New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 41

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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, 1901.

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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 200 130,107 £ s. d. 4,391 18 2 6,654 £ s. d. 414 7 9 6,945 £ s. d. 383 0 9 10,928 £ s. d. 260 10 4 154,634 £ s. d. 5,449 17 0 13,709 £ s. d. 1,168 18 0
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 22 13,398 431 5 5 712 47 18 11 184 57 13 4 781 26 1 3 15,075 562 18 11 1,969 154 0 11
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 108 92,826 3,223 5 9 5,175 383 5 0 5,241 718 18 7 6,078 168 12 6 109,315 4,494 1 10 7,304 693 7 11
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 131 113,988 4,103 7 9 5,304 350 14 7 7,577 293 12 10 7,573 204 18 4 134,442 4,952 13 6 7,084 594 9 8
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 21 13,630 504 15 4 807 54 9 0 1,758 123 16 1 5,282 188 17 9 21,477 871 18 2 1,578 132 0 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 25,059 884 14 11 2,192 145 1 1 884 124 2 3 136 4 3 3 28,271 1,158 1 6 2,505 241 15 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 17 10,421 364 6 9½ 441 28 13 8 402 88 0 2 .. .. 11,264 481 0 7½ 849 72 7 3
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 80 36,989 1,261 1 3½ 1,042 74 14 5 1,361 128 4 10 15,858 411 11 9 55,250 1,875 12 3½ 3,180 263 19 7
Napier .. .. .. .. 52 43,149 1,495 3 2 3,057 151 14 10 2,951 223 6 5 3,117 95 6 6 52,274 1,965 10 11 3,717 261 4 7
Nelson .. .. .. .. 40 21,639 714 0 2½ 740 42 11 10 23,193 117 8 5 161 4 17 9 45,733 878 18 2½ 3,262 267 5 6
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 35 21,027 613 15 7 2,226 125 15 4 1,266 120 3 1 7,561 216 13 9 32,080 1,076 7 9 2,874 273 4 4
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 27 11,789 386 13 2 491 35 4 10 241 123 19 6 1,798 61 7 6 14,319 607 5 0 821 76 8 7
Thames .. .. .. .. 25 28,997 902 1 0½ 1,674 110 7 8 690 162 13 3 390 11 1 9 31,751 1,186 3 8½ 2,816 185 5 6
Timaru .. .. .. .. 26 20,463 708 7 1 840 63 8 8 623 220 8 5 203 6 2 6 22,129 998 6 8 1,644 118 16 3
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 46 46,893 1,510 0 8½ 3,796 202 6 6 2,995 199 12 7 4,912 149 10 4 58,596 2,061 10 1½ 3,868 359 11 7
Wellington .. .. .. .. 118 143,500 5,932 10 9½ 9,372 608 18 3 23,319 304 3 8 11,085 354 10 10 187,276 7,200 3 6½ 41,477 4,379 7 8
Westport .. .. .. .. 24 14,767 469 19 3 774 67 3 5 264 83 17 11 .. .. 15,805 621 0 7 1,886 140 13 4
Total first quarter in 1901 .. .. .. .. 991 788,642 27,897 6 5 45,297 2,906 15 9 79,894 3,473 2 1 75,858 2,164 6 1 989,691 36,441 10 4 100,543 9,382 16 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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd April, 1901.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31 March 1901

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 April 1901
Telegraph, Post Office, Revenue, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary