New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 30

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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, 1898.

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 .. .. .. .. 171 101,045 3,702 6 4½ 5,906 508 5 5 6,144 314 18 7 6,385 132 7 6 119,480 4,657 17 10½ 9,134 755 7 11
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 19 8,690 303 0 3½ 652 48 1 0 148 39 14 1 670 15 14 11 10,160 406 10 3½ 1,104 75 11 0
Christchurch .. .. .. 86 63,775 2,370 17 7 3,452 296 8 11 2,639 422 10 4 2,478 62 18 6 72,344 3,152 15 4 5,159 419 6 6
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 125 75,649 2,859 7 9½ 3,368 287 5 4 4,930 205 4 11 5,884 134 13 0 89,831 3,486 11 0½ 4,613 424 16 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 15 10,364 417 13 9½ 747 76 16 4 437 55 0 10 1,211 41 11 6 12,759 591 2 5½ 1,069 83 11 4
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 12 13,950 488 0 8 743 67 1 1 571 102 3 3 5 0 2 6 15,269 657 7 6 1,513 137 3 4
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 20 7,103 258 10 11½ 200 15 0 8 149 64 1 6 .. .. 7,452 337 13 1½ 749 80 11 8
Invercargill .. .. .. 62 28,618 1,016 4 4 681 59 19 1 1,047 88 17 0 9,530 243 10 0 39,876 1,408 10 5 2,352 200 12 5
Napier .. .. .. .. 44 33,371 1,231 19 1½ 2,623 225 4 11 2,294 160 1 9 1,303 35 12 10 39,591 1,652 18 7½ 2,575 187 10 3
Nelson .. .. .. .. 32 15,004 391 13 1 628 33 15 10 21,429 59 9 3 8 0 3 3 37,069 485 1 5 2,046 126 5 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. 19 15,678 553 5 5 1,667 124 15 9 829 75 5 6 328 9 9 6 18,502 762 16 2 1,728 151 16 5
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 21 8,174 280 3 1 995 26 11 10 854 89 15 6 765 24 12 3 10,188 421 2 8 544 41 4 8
Thames .. .. .. .. 23 25,357 821 9 10½ 1,316 105 13 8 392 101 8 9½ 370 12 3 0 27,435 1,040 15 4 2,396 159 14 9
Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 13,426 474 2 4 492 48 13 8 456 86 11 1 .. .. 14,374 609 7 1 1,046 69 1 7
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 33 33,279 1,134 0 0½ 2,704 176 5 11 1,617 124 9 4 260 6 14 9 37,860 1,441 10 0½ 1,777 130 11 2
Wellington .. .. .. .. 102 100,466 3,230 12 11½ 8,106 677 6 9 15,492 250 12 3 3,559 110 7 3 127,623 4,268 19 2½ 22,717 3,616 12 8
Westport .. .. .. .. 20 10,077 361 17 3 479 55 11 5 160 45 15 10 .. .. 10,716 463 4 6 1,556 115 12 5
Total first quarter in 1898 .. .. 824 564,026 19,895 4 11½ 34,159 2,832 17 7 59,588 2,285 19 9½ 32,756 830 0 9 690,529 25,844 3 1 62,078 6,775 9 10
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

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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th April, 1898.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts for Quarter ended 31st March 1898 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 April 1898
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Statistics, Quarterly, Revenue
  • W. Gray, Secretary