New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 70

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✨ Telegraph Revenue Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th June, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 203 131,048 4,409 9 2½ 7,767 464 2 0 9,118 396 0 7 9,639 226 16 6 157,572 5,496 8 3½ 13,459 1,262 11 3
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 22 11,828 388 6 7½ 559 41 14 4 206 52 15 2 839 27 4 6 13,427 510 0 7½ 1,824 127 15 3
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 109 87,866 2,899 19 3 4,816 354 14 10 5,171 661 11 0 5,834 171 16 3 103,687 4,088 1 4 8,449 858 16 10
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 131 107,059 3,775 6 2½ 4,444 350 12 0 8,747 278 13 2 7,422 202 12 2 127,672 4,607 3 6½ 7,953 796 2 0
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 20 11,889 442 2 8 508 41 1 1 845 138 14 5 4,489 158 18 1 17,731 780 16 3 1,472 105 4 9
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 22,391 724 16 10½ 1,590 100 16 9 1,355 116 11 2 115 3 2 0 25,451 945 6 9½ 2,314 303 6 0
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 18 9,551 326 12 4 337 22 13 0 538 79 15 11 .. .. 10,426 429 1 3 699 60 15 10
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 80 34,922 1,197 10 11 1,096 90 15 2 1,500 131 15 3 17,135 442 11 3 54,653 1,862 12 7 3,123 220 4 9
Napier .. .. .. .. 52 39,131 1,341 0 4 2,336 134 10 8 2,849 196 8 0 2,601 80 1 3 46,917 1,752 0 3 3,152 221 2 9
Nelson .. .. .. .. 40 19,705 630 11 11 650 45 12 10 22,590 102 2 9 161 5 8 3 43,106 783 15 9 3,319 243 7 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 21,300 729 17 8 1,785 131 5 7 807 111 8 9 7,415 223 13 9 31,307 1,196 5 9 3,055 209 9 0
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 27 12,445 409 15 11 620 36 11 11 595 110 7 5 1,666 60 19 3 15,326 617 14 6 1,046 85 14 6
Thames .. .. .. .. 25 27,701 893 5 7½ 1,500 105 6 2 842 170 0 8 355 10 0 3 30,398 1,178 12 8½ 2,713 165 18 8
Timaru .. .. .. .. 26 20,487 694 2 9 1,011 69 2 6 950 207 7 7 460 15 17 9 22,908 986 10 7 1,852 129 9 4
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 47 44,757 1,467 14 1 3,530 208 18 6 1,677 178 3 1 4,915 149 17 6 54,879 2,004 13 2 4,024 353 7 9
Wellington .. .. .. .. 121 138,871 5,838 15 4½ 8,435 582 4 11 22,950 367 0 0 10,273 333 1 8 180,529 7,121 1 11½ 28,704 2,872 15 4
Westport .. .. .. .. 24 14,258 460 15 6 858 86 6 7 375 76 2 0 .. .. 15,491 623 4 1 1,614 109 16 11
Total second quarter in 1901 .. .. 1,002 755,204 26,630 3 3 41,842 2,866 8 10 81,115 3,374 16 11 73,319 2112 0 5 951,480 34,983 9 5 88,772 8,125 18 4
Total second quarter in 1900 .. .. 936 672,160 22,573 3 10 35,945 2,478 0 8 61,601 2,706 7 7 57,431 1601 14 9 827,137 29,359 6 10 87,949 10,297 10 0
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd July, 1901.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 June 1901

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 July 1901
Telegraph, Revenue, Statistics, Postal Districts, New Zealand, Quarterly Return, 1901
  • W. Gray, Secretary