New Zealand Gazette – 1900 – No. 34

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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, 1900.

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 .. .. .. .. 185 118,224 4,034 18 0½ 5,644 360 18 11 6,342 413 17 5 9,891 203 8 0 140,101 5,013 2 4½ 10,913 914 2 4
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 22 12,478 423 4 8 608 44 9 4 242 57 1 0 677 21 6 3 14,005 546 1 3 1,629 116 18 2
Christchurch .. .. .. 93 86,247 3,135 7 1 4,237 330 17 1 3,874 535 18 5 4,465 127 12 9 98,823 4,129 15 4 8,028 759 12 8
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 128 122,964 4,370 1 0 6,000 427 4 7 6,236 380 4 8 5,653 153 8 4 140,853 5,330 18 7 7,803 790 8 2
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 20 12,101 459 5 1 656 47 18 7½ 488 65 1 1 3,593 128 13 7 16,838 700 18 4½ 1,436 144 0 8
Greymouth .. .. .. 16 19,533 672 13 1½ 970 63 19 2 571 113 11 2 11 0 5 6 21,085 850 8 11½ 1,790 146 3 0
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 18 9,855 356 0 10½ 541 36 6 5 468 64 19 0 .. .. 10,864 457 6 3½ 848 81 8 1
Invercargill .. .. .. 71 37,348 1,261 11 1½ 940 64 15 8 1,105 122 0 10 12,582 339 7 3 51,975 1,787 14 10½ 8,066 250 3 3
Napier .. .. .. .. 50 40,970 1,445 10 5 2,856 153 19 4 2,182 196 9 5 2,482 68 4 6 48,490 1,864 3 8 3,373 319 7 6
Nelson .. .. .. .. 39 18,972 612 10 7½ 966 28 10 3½ 20,788 102 6 0 142 4 7 6 40,868 747 14 5 2,450 161 17 5
New Plymouth .. .. 34 20,079 692 18 0 1,618 98 18 10½ 980 100 10 3 5,127 165 14 8 27,804 1,058 1 9½ 2,358 178 14 1
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 23 11,487 347 5 10 465 34 18 6 117 112 13 0 1,337 50 19 3 13,406 545 16 7 867 93 14 0
Thames .. .. .. .. 25 25,923 806 0 10 1,195 75 19 0 494 105 7 9 409 11 7 0 28,021 998 14 7 2,389 151 3 9
Timaru .. .. .. .. 22 20,008 703 11 8 793 67 0 2 487 202 3 10 31 0 14 9 21,319 973 10 5 1,437 108 9 10
Wanganui .. .. .. 37 41,558 1,371 3 7 3,205 180 12 7½ 1,507 136 11 0 3,054 97 1 0 49,324 1,785 8 2½ 3,353 315 18 4
Wellington .. .. .. 111 130,724 4,055 15 0½ 7,854 515 11 2 25,782 273 12 7 7,984 267 16 9 172,344 5,112 15 6½ 48,437 7,077 14 9
Westport .. .. .. .. 22 12,616 438 3 1 727 76 17 8 412 65 17 0 .. .. 13,755 580 17 9 1,761 125 15 7
Total first quarter in 1900 .. .. .. 916 741,087 25,186 0 1 39,275 2,608 17 5 72,075 3,048 4 5 57,438 1,640 7 1 909,875 32,483 9 0 101,938 11,735 11 7
Total first quarter in 1899 .. .. .. 878 620,849 21,666 3 4½ 29,690 1,957 3 5½ 56,177 2,573 2 10 41,812 1,119 7 0 748,528 27,315 16 8 63,581 5,712 11 1
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1900.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 April 1900
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, 1900
  • W. Gray, Secretary