New Zealand Gazette – 1897 – No. 65

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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 30th June, 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.
Auckland 169 88,431 £ s. d. 3,323 3 11½ 5,279 £ s. d. 433 10 5 5,401 £ s. d. 282 14 2 5,604 £ s. d. 108 4 2 104,715 £ s. d. 4,147 12 8½
Blenheim 19 7,786 281 0 4 583 47 15 2 90 33 19 10 476 13 8 9 8,935 376 4 1
Christchurch 78 52,286 1,962 13 11 2,823 241 3 7 2,171 844 1 6 2,189 52 1 9 59,469 2,600 0 9
Dunedin 122 62,450 2,345 9 4½ 2,318 214 1 7 3,269 180 17 8 4,751 105 12 0 72,788 2,846 0 7½
Gisborne 15 8,913 361 10 11½ 320 31 12 8 415 54 16 9 318 10 15 11 9,966 458 16 3½
Greymouth 11 12,156 469 7 2 507 45 3 6 284 92 2 0 .. .. 12,947 606 12 8
Hokitika 19 5,480 201 18 9 232 20 8 10 229 54 11 4 .. .. 5,941 276 18 11
Invercargill 60 24,025 886 12 9 700 66 13 6 704 78 16 11 9,750 244 3 6 35,179 1,276 6 8
Napier 41 26,388 1,007 17 0 1,747 140 7 4 1,857 130 16 7 1,577 42 19 0 31,569 1,321 19 11
Nelson 32 12,775 359 17 6 624 37 17 10 18,322 52 4 11 8 0 4 0 31,729 450 4 3
New Plymouth 17 12,956 464 9 9 1,040 90 2 9 408 47 18 11 226 6 9 3 14,630 609 0 8
Oamaru 19 7,055 252 2 1 245 24 0 4 171 83 2 5 768 17 19 9 8,289 377 4 7
Thames 23 25,358 900 1 8 1,839 100 1 9 469 76 1 9 275 8 11 0 27,441 1,084 16 2
Timaru 20 12,053 434 4 4½ 500 38 10 2 542 75 13 0 .. .. 13,095 548 7 6½
Wanganui 33 24,860 849 4 5 2,056 149 10 6 650 101 12 0 229 5 5 3 27,795 1,105 12 2
Wellington 94 83,922 2,915 5 1 5,763 512 17 7 14,474 209 9 1 2,135 62 14 3 106,294 3,700 6 0
Westport 20 9,755 371 0 4 481 55 13 9 219 40 10 4 .. .. 10,455 467 4 5
Total second quarter in 1897 792 476,649 17,385 19 5 26,557 2,249 11 3 49,675 1,939 9 2 28,306 678 8 7 581,187 22,253 8 5
Total second quarter in 1896 747 405,976 19,059 0 7 18,397 2,021 15 10 46,980 2,328 0 1 24,308 569 5 10 495,661 23,978 2 4

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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1897.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 July 1897
Telegraph, Business, Statistics, Postal Districts, New Zealand, Second Quarter, 1897
  • W. Gray, Secretary