New Zealand Gazette – 1899 – No. 88

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

[No. 88

STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several Postal Districts of the Colony of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1899.

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 182 94,521 3,268 8 10½ 3,432 247 17 10 5,054 423 13 8 8,071 163 4 6 111,078 4,123 4 10½ 9,620 743 3 2
Blenheim 22 9,530 322 10 11½ 425 36 10 8 81 44 6 10 499 15 4 6 10,535 418 12 11½ 1,322 86 4 10
Christchurch 92 63,161 2,268 10 0½ 3,529 191 8 5 2,517 472 4 2 3,770 107 9 6 72,977 3,039 12 1½ 5,854 447 13 9
Dunedin 127 88,583 3,198 16 9 3,306 245 7 6 3,825 308 16 0 5,267 132 16 0 100,981 3,885 16 3 4,891 362 2 9
Gisborne 17 9,006 339 1 3½ 415 28 6 1½ 329 73 12 1 2,342 82 11 0 12,092 523 10 6 1,072 82 3 6
Greymouth 16 13,833 485 6 4½ 442 33 10 9 174 120 18 0 2 0 1 0 14,451 639 16 1½ 1,789 128 7 9
Hokitika 18 6,634 236 6 5½ 142 9 15 4 92 52 11 4 .. .. 6,868 298 13 1½ 574 47 15 1
Invercargill 68 28,799 1,005 6 6½ 644 51 5 1½ 877 143 2 8 12,266 319 14 9 42,586 1,519 9 1 2,097 163 15 7
Napier 47 30,211 1,050 8 1 1,031 73 10 10 1,036 207 7 8 2,149 57 12 9 34,427 1,388 19 4 2,861 197 1 4
Nelson 38 14,780 530 1 10 423 20 11 6 18,679 116 1 6 26 0 14 9 33,908 667 9 7 2,148 135 18 7
New Plymouth 32 18,304 623 10 1 804 56 17 3 1,110 102 16 5 1,415 48 13 6 21,633 831 17 3 2,167 161 16 2
Oamaru 23 8,337 271 19 0 427 18 3 7 154 143 12 6 1,041 39 9 3 9,959 473 4 4 907 53 9 7
Thames 24 22,575 693 16 2½ 860 58 3 9 540 84 4 10 464 12 11 9 24,439 848 16 6½ 2,193 140 1 7
Timaru 21 14,776 506 13 0½ 727 42 16 10 500 118 0 10 1 0 17 6 16,004 668 8 2½ 1,392 91 4 2
Wanganui 36 33,033 1,081 8 8½ 1,750 103 14 3 1,027 156 12 8 527 15 11 3 36,337 1,357 6 10½ 2,656 227 3 11
Wellington 109 104,392 3,751 15 9½ 4,402 308 12 9 27,156 215 2 7 6,309 212 19 2 142,259 4,488 10 3½ 17,459 1,407 4 0
Westport 20 10,678 379 6 9 587 61 5 8 166 53 12 2 .. .. 11,431 494 4 7 1,806 125 5 10
Total third quarter in 1899 892 571,153 20,033 6 9½ 23,346 1,587 18 2 63,317 2,836 15 11 44,149 1,209 11 2 701,965 25,667 12 0½ 60,308 4,600 11 7
Total third quarter in 1898 848 499,780 17,676 7 6½ 23,227 1,935 4 4 53,227 2,545 8 9½ 33,381 851 6 2 609,615 23,008 6 10 57,909 6,462 16 1
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1899.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 September 1899

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 October 1899
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, 1899, Statistics, Auckland, Christchurch, Dunedin, Wellington, Government Telegrams
  • W. Gray, Secretary, General Post Office