New Zealand Gazette – 1898 – No. 6

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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, 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 171 96,805 3,564 15 11 4,406 380 3 8 6,380 396 5 10 6,499 124 13 3 114,090 4,465 18 8 8,787
Blenheim 19 7,705 264 2 9½ 514 44 14 2½ 279 38 1 1 469 13 15 9 8,967 360 13 10 1,125
Christchurch 83 59,208 2,209 5 10½ 3,044 250 11 10 2,909 487 17 7 1,991 49 8 6 67,152 2,997 3 9½ 4,983
Dunedin 124 65,811 2,465 18 1 2,347 205 3 1 3,436 347 8 3 5,488 126 7 10 77,082 3,144 17 3 4,122
Gisborne 15 9,847 413 9 4½ 471 46 16 1 266 75 6 8 1,117 39 3 3 11,701 574 15 4½ 968
Greymouth 11 14,415 535 6 5 627 54 6 5 317 118 10 1 5 0 2 6 15,364 708 5 5 1,634
Hokitika 19 6,591 244 19 7½ 181 13 13 1 115 75 17 5 .. .. 6,887 334 10 1½ 638
Invercargill 62 24,558 873 14 1 519 43 16 4 801 126 17 7½ 8,676 217 17 0 34,554 1,262 5 0½ 1,993
Napier 42 29,717 1,098 5 9 2,146 146 6 7 1,969 220 10 10 1,522 39 11 9 35,354 1,504 14 11 2,322
Nelson 32 14,208 426 1 5 515 30 13 7 17,806 81 5 1 4 0 0 6 32,533 538 0 7 2,174
New Plymouth 18 14,915 523 3 5½ 951 83 5 3 770 63 3 9 302 7 19 9 16,938 677 12 2½ 1,997
Oamaru 19 6,679 227 13 4 437 24 3 4 273 123 17 2 706 16 15 6 8,095 392 9 4 554
Thames 23 25,600 890 6 1½ 1,190 90 3 10 328 101 4 1 293 8 12 3 27,411 1,090 6 3½ 2,240
Timaru 20 11,161 398 12 5 354 31 4 0 338 103 7 2 .. .. 11,853 533 3 7 869
Wanganui 33 29,026 978 17 1 1,640 123 4 0 937 150 6 0 262 6 15 0 31,865 1,259 2 1 2,105
Wellington 102 99,768 3,472 17 4 5,991 509 13 3 23,597 223 5 8 2,965 88 3 2 132,321 4,293 19 5 20,794
Westport 20 10,897 396 17 1 509 55 11 2 228 41 8 8 .. .. 11,634 493 16 11 1,745
Total fourth quarter in 1897 813 526,911 18,984 6 2 25,842 2,133 9 8½ 60,749 2,774 12 11½ 30,299 739 6 0 643,801 24,631 14 10 59,050
Total fourth 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

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

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Telegraph Business Statistics by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 January 1898
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, 1897
  • W. Gray, Secretary