New Zealand Gazette – 1901 – No. 92

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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 30th September, 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 .. .. .. .. 207 116,450 3,983 4 2½ 5,542 353 2 5 6,257 398 0 9 8,196 194 6 3 136,445 4,928 13 7½ 11,513 877 9 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 22 10,494 336 17 4 524 37 4 5 102 46 9 2 666 21 6 9 11,786 441 17 8 1,672 121 15 0
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 108 77,761 2,723 15 7 4,185 264 14 9 4,302 585 13 5 5,473 175 8 0 91,721 3,749 11 9 6,856 525 8 0
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 132 101,255 3,604 14 4 3,794 275 16 11 6,863 353 8 9 7,589 208 14 1 119,501 4,442 14 1 7,802 599 18 7
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 20 10,896 404 5 3½ 656 46 10 0 877 128 14 10 4,322 157 13 0 16,751 737 3 1½ 1,459 93 19 11
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 20,344 721 17 0 1,079 71 6 9 1,027 111 10 6 144 3 13 3 22,594 908 7 6 2,301 186 7 1
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 18 9,002 297 7 9 267 19 13 9 67 71 5 6 307 10 2 0 9,643 398 14 0 705 58 0 3
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 80 34,186 1,178 2 2 929 81 13 6 1,521 151 6 11 18,115 480 4 7 54,751 1,891 7 2 3,478 238 13 3
Napier .. .. .. .. 52 35,991 1,227 16 1 1,850 116 9 11 1,948 206 11 8 2,691 81 5 9 42,480 1,632 3 5 3,073 211 11 2
Nelson .. .. .. .. 40 17,544 561 0 7 892 42 4 11 21,520 113 16 5 98 3 8 9 40,054 720 10 8 3,067 218 17 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 20,564 712 6 10½ 1,257 90 3 7 916 112 11 2 7,891 245 7 11 30,628 1,160 9 6½ 2,794 177 13 2
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 27 10,294 289 6 4 321 23 5 4 129 118 4 8 1,433 53 3 1 12,177 483 19 5 819 62 7 11
Thames .. .. .. .. 25 25,475 826 10 1 1,200 84 3 4 719 150 7 11 999 27 2 9 28,393 1,088 4 1 2,649 147 4 3
Timaru .. .. .. .. 30 17,237 594 18 5 674 51 10 6 588 191 8 2 930 28 11 6 19,429 866 8 7 1,708 102 2 2
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 50 40,840 1,322 18 0½ 2,716 158 3 1 1,489 196 18 4 5,323 164 8 6 50,368 1,842 7 11½ 3,768 333 12 11
Wellington .. .. .. .. 123 128,342 5,256 13 2 6,805 508 16 0 26,985 302 10 3 10,454 341 15 6 172,586 6,409 14 11 23,917 2,274 13 8
Westport .. .. .. .. 24 14,235 476 7 3 873 90 1 11 344 64 16 6 .. .. 15,452 631 5 8 2,124 139 13 5
Total third quarter in 1901 .. .. 1,015 690,910 24,518 0 6 33,564 2,315 6 1 75,654 3,303 14 11 74,631 2196 11 8 874,759 32,333 13 2 79,705 6,369 8 2
Total third quarter in 1900 .. .. 946 637,449 21,020 3 4½ 28,590 1,962 17 9 69,424 3,267 16 2 57,922 1654 5 10 793,385 27,905 3 1½ 86,706 7,925 1 0
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business for Quarter ended 30 September 1901

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