New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 11

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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1896.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams.* Bureau Communications. Total. Government Telegrams.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Value.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 159 99,399 4,000 19 5 5,405 477 16 1½ 5,394 329 19 4 6,181 120 0 3 116,379 4,928 15 1½ 10,648 982 9 0
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 19 8,672 327 0 10 510 43 1 5 169 44 4 7 454 13 13 2 9,805 428 0 0 1,457 124 19 6
Christchurch .. .. .. 76 54,102 2,104 18 11½ 2,987 268 15 10 2,817 390 2 5 2,213 50 17 0 62,119 2,814 14 2½ 5,855 446 16 10
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 121 64,038 2,544 14 1 2,749 252 15 3 4,208 233 15 3 5,195 113 18 6 76,190 3,145 3 1 5,205 499 15 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 15 10,418 434 3 5½ 488 42 6 3 488 50 13 9 .. .. 11,394 528 3 5½ 1,906 117 7 7
Greymouth .. .. .. 10 13,390 518 13 2 457 35 5 6 444 97 11 11 .. .. 14,291 651 10 7 1,450 149 18 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 19 6,051 227 6 10 165 13 1 3 154 52 9 0 .. .. 6,370 292 17 1 748 91 16 5
Invercargill .. .. .. 60 23,801 914 10 8 771 75 13 0 706 88 7 6 7,907 202 2 3 33,185 1,280 13 5 2,163 213 6 11
Napier .. .. .. .. 40 29,573 1,153 12 11½ 1,955 156 12 6 1,956 190 19 8 1,191 32 11 6 34,675 1,533 16 7½ 2,968 252 10 9
Nelson .. .. .. .. 32 12,997 367 4 0 479 37 19 7½ 1,179 99 1 3 11 0 8 0 14,666 504 12 10½ 2,071 179 4 6
New Plymouth .. .. 16 13,183 490 12 3½ 560 44 9 9 648 63 6 10 238 7 0 3 14,629 605 9 1½ 1,765 153 7 10
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 19 6,893 244 7 0 390 28 17 1 205 94 13 11 381 13 14 9 7,869 381 12 9 527 47 19 8
Thames .. .. .. .. 22 29,221 1,101 3 2 1,794 139 10 8 506 82 0 3 395 11 19 3 81,916 1,334 13 4 2,750 289 3 9
Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 11,625 433 17 1½ 619 51 9 4 558 86 6 4 .. .. 12,802 571 12 9½ 1,311 103 11 5
Wanganui .. .. .. 32 26,750 947 16 11 1,501 102 17 7 936 121 6 5 259 5 11 5 29,446 1,177 12 4 2,806 253 13 7
Wellington .. .. .. 89 88,601 3,650 0 0½ 5,722 514 15 5 26,903 193 2 3 2,519 69 7 3 123,745 4,427 4 11½ 20,374 2,178 10 2
Westport .. .. .. .. 20 10,447 371 12 3 477 53 8 4 346 43 17 8 .. .. 11,270 468 18 3 1,522 130 13 10
Total 4th quarter in 1896 .. .. 769 509,161 19,832 13 2 27,029 2,339 14 11 47,617 2,261 18 4 26,944 641 3 7 610,751 25,075 10 0 64,426 6,215 5 3
Total 4th quarter in 1895 .. .. 725 407,367 19,365 17 9 15,920 2,037 10 10 49,760 2,343 14 7 23,017 540 16 5 496,064 24,287 19 7 55,360 6,142 10 4

*The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th January, 1897.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Telegraph Business Statistics for Postal Districts, Q4 1896

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 January 1897
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, 1896, Business Data
  • W. Gray, Secretary