New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 57

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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, 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 .. .. .. .. 174 95,050 3,454 3 8 5,030 428 6 4 5,984 314 0 7 5,775 111 11 6 111,839 4,308 2 1 9,707 893 10 0
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 19 8,860 311 15 2 568 51 5 1 148 32 1 4 526 14 19 9 10,102 410 1 4 1,290 86 1 3
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 86 59,329 2,187 6 0½ 3,289 265 19 4 2,643 370 1 6 2,428 62 2 9 67,689 2,885 9 7½ 4,821 372 5 0
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 125 74,230 2,789 18 2 2,785 275 8 5 3,591 187 8 5 5,314 124 9 3 85,920 3,377 4 3 4,263 370 17 11
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 16 8,771 342 4 0 367 40 10 3 275 46 17 11 1,146 39 16 6 10,559 469 8 8 1,023 77 12 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 16 12,726 451 9 2 622 58 10 11 311 90 3 9 1 0 0 6 13,660 595 4 4 1,454 129 14 7
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 18 6,224 229 0 7 239 18 14 0 67 56 6 10 .. .. 6,530 304 1 5 633 63 15 11
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 63 28,790 1,049 4 11 806 75 17 3½ 984 82 11 8 10,882 275 10 6 41,402 1,483 4 4½ 2,062 172 15 3
Napier .. .. .. .. 45 29,917 1,061 14 9 2,158 147 3 3 2,005 156 0 6 1,224 30 10 3 35,304 1,395 8 9 2,331 200 0 9
Nelson .. .. .. .. 32 15,495 428 15 3 722 36 1 5 17,234 57 16 3 9 0 4 3 33,460 522 17 2 2,206 147 19 10
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 20 15,541 544 5 6 1,901 118 5 11 876 75 8 7 351 10 10 9 17,569 748 10 9 1,693 138 19 10
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 21 7,071 235 17 7 252 21 4 4 73 88 8 7 730 26 9 6 8,126 372 0 0 502 41 12 4
Thames .. .. .. .. 23 24,094 817 9 0 1,165 96 14 3 487 88 17 9 310 9 12 6 26,056 1,012 13 6 2,267 156 5 8
Timaru .. .. .. .. 20 12,276 429 18 1 584 48 5 6 567 78 12 7 .. .. 13,427 556 16 2 857 61 0 10
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 33 30,839 1,028 12 4 2,257 159 8 8 819 107 11 2 358 9 13 9 34,273 1,299 5 11 2,072 165 10 2
Wellington .. .. .. .. 103 95,038 3,121 16 4½ 6,728 576 18 7 16,011 206 18 11 2,832 87 15 1 120,609 3,993 8 11½ 22,032 3,728 4 11
Westport .. .. .. .. 19 9,964 354 15 4 621 72 12 4 174 37 15 7 .. .. 10,759 465 3 3 1,633 123 5 3
Total second quarter in 1898 .. .. 833 534,205 18,838 5 11 29,494 2,480 5 10½ 51,699 2,077 1 11 31,886 803 6 10 647,284 24,199 0 6½ 60,846 6,929 11 11
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 51,512 5,572 19 10
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 June 1898

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 July 1898
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Revenue, Statistics, Quarterly Report, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington
  • W. Gray, Secretary