New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 40

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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 March, 1897.

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 .. .. .. .. 163 98,037 3,801 8 2½ 5,807 521 18 0 6,337 284 7 10 5,946 113 14 5 116,127 4,721 8 5½ 9,958 865 6 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 19 9,134 337 5 0 526 46 7 1 121 48 12 3 496 14 1 6 10,277 446 5 10 1,375 111 13 11
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 76 55,709 2,177 15 1½ 2,633 293 17 7 3,164 360 5 7 2,584 55 17 3 64,090 2,887 15 6½ 4,790 399 11 4
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 121 65,881 2,618 18 1½ 2,557 259 3 5 3,126 215 11 8 5,394 120 14 4 76,958 3,214 7 6½ 4,582 412 18 1
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 15 10,154 407 13 6 561 46 18 2 310 60 2 3 .. .. 11,025 514 13 11 1,142 100 17 2
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 10 13,370 521 7 5 659 60 2 4 520 90 19 4 .. .. 14,549 672 9 1 1,308 186 1 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 19 6,174 235 2 9½ 203 17 8 9 218 50 11 5 .. .. 6,595 303 2 11½ 601 71 1 7
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 61 25,103 937 15 9 576 56 16 3 631 82 18 0 8,541 217 8 3 34,851 1,294 18 3 2,105 184 1 8
Napier .. .. .. .. 41 29,658 1,144 16 0 2,308 175 8 0 2,055 153 16 11 1,224 33 8 6 35,245 1,507 9 5 2,716 230 3 1
Nelson .. .. .. .. 32 14,156 314 13 2½ 539 39 1 5 16,873 74 7 10 19 0 8 9 31,587 428 11 2½ 2,125 158 4 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 16 13,230 482 9 8 1,191 78 7 5 695 55 3 3 223 5 15 6 15,339 621 15 10 1,800 167 18 11
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 19 7,724 281 15 6 448 26 7 8 168 85 7 10 829 21 19 0 9,169 415 10 0 562 46 16 5
Thames .. .. .. .. 23 28,628 1,047 11 9 1,876 137 6 6 480 83 7 1 322 10 1 9 31,306 1,278 7 1 2,240 198 5 5
Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 12,525 461 4 4½ 457 43 6 1 313 77 6 10 .. .. 13,295 581 17 3½ 905 78 8 7
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 33 27,915 983 14 1 2,093 133 19 3 1,107 111 11 5 216 5 2 0 31,331 1,234 6 9 2,270 185 10 10
Wellington .. .. .. .. 92 91,318 3,313 9 2 6,151 585 1 3 16,440 214 11 2 2,896 79 8 1 116,805 4,192 9 8 20,024 2,007 2 8
Westport .. .. .. .. 20 9,525 297 18 6 417 49 16 2 260 42 4 10 .. .. 10,202 389 19 6 1,179 91 6 11
Total first quarter in 1897 .. .. 780 518,241 19,364 18 2 29,002 2,571 5 4 52,818 2,091 5 6 28,690 677 19 4 628,751 24,705 8 4 59,682 5,445 9 2
Total first quarter in 1896 .. .. 743 408,309 20,165 16 7½ 17,565 2,227 17 9 49,931 2,317 6 6 25,593 604 5 9 501,398 25,315 6 7 57,770 6,632 1 3

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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1897.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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21 April 1897
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics, Government Telegrams
  • W. Gray, Secretary