New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 64

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 64

STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the Colony of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1899.

Postal Districts.	Number of telegrams to be replied to	Ordinary Telegrams.	Urgent Ordinary Telegrams.*	Press Telegrams.*	Bureau Communications.	Total.	Government Telegrams.
		Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.
Auckland	181	101,155	£ s. d.	5,090	£ s. d.	6,088	£ s. d.
Blenheim	21	9,800	335 7 11¾	545	40 6 6	155	85 9 5
Christchurch	92	65,884	2,394 6 11	3,519	285 2 0	2,063	381 12 1
Dunedin	127	88,048	3,138 10 8	3,425	253 18 10	3,337	216 1 2
Gisborne	17	9,753	375 10 7½	394	35 19 9	329	50 4 10
Greymouth	16	14,186	498 6 0¾	530	42 9 5	357	86 19 9
Hokitika	18	6,547	222 4 1¾	198	13 17 8¾	132	50 3 0
Invercargill	67	32,142	1,113 4 2¾	699	58 12 6	958	83 18 11
Napier	46	32,422	1,118 18 5	2,258	114 15 10	1,541	154 7 6
Nelson	37	16,690	560 9 10¾	525	35 1 0	18,168	86 12 8
New Plymouth	32	18,651	661 3 4	1,309	90 4 10	667	80 10 9
Oamaru	22	8,951	298 1 5	411	21 19 11	215	90 0 8
Thames	24	22,555	699 9 3¾	1,055	75 0 6¾	538	73 7 8
Timaru	20	15,162	525 6 7	693	47 2 2	473	81 4 1
Wanganui	35	33,992	1,116 11 2	1,663	110 19 10	838	106 6 2
Wellington	109	102,929	3,953 3 4¾	5,888	389 2 10	18,182	222 11 11
Westport	20	10,635	362 18 4	540	59 1 7	274	36 11 11

Total second quarter in 1899	884	589,502	20,927 11 8¾	28,742	1,951 15 1	54,315	2,139 5 2
Total second quarter in 1898	833	534,205	18,838 5 11	29,494	2,480 5 10¾	51,699	2,077 1 11

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

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1899.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1899, No 64

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business within Postal Districts for Quarter ended 30 June 1899

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated25 July 1899
KeywordsTelegraph, Postal Districts, Statistics, Revenue, Telegrams, Government Telegrams, Quarterly Report, 1899
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W. Gray, Secretary

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