New Zealand Gazette – 1902 – No. 85

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✨ Telegraph Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1902.

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 .. .. .. .. 216 135,460 4,565 7 7 6,807 443 2 2½ 7,964 485 2 9 8,909 217 9 5 159,140 5,711 1 11½ 9,483 852 7 1
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 26 12,426 406 10 11½ 512 39 18 4 392 62 16 5 503 17 16 6 13,833 527 2 2½ 1,465 97 10 2
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 112 86,650 2,982 16 3½ 4,587 274 2 4 4,788 631 0 8 8,492 268 0 2 104,517 4,155 19 5½ 6,355 548 4 7
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 136 92,917 3,297 11 1½ 3,011 241 13 10 7,025 401 3 10 6,507 188 13 3 109,460 4,129 2 0½ 6,267 430 14 1
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 23 12,334 450 9 3 629 48 13 7 1,142 142 9 2 4,754 172 17 3 18,859 814 9 3 977 73 11 8
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 18 20,384 701 15 10 896 62 8 2 1,402 127 15 2 923 29 1 6 23,605 921 0 8 1,549 121 2 10
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 23 7,945 273 0 3½ 223 17 5 6 588 101 9 8 625 25 12 9 9,381 417 8 2½ 468 52 12 10
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 83 34,322 1,191 18 2½ 807 67 19 0 1,239 191 0 0 17,989 500 5 3 54,357 1,951 2 5½ 2,788 185 8 6
Napier .. .. .. .. 58 40,334 1,345 5 6½ 2,004 127 3 1 2,804 264 4 11 3,734 112 11 6 48,876 1,849 5 0½ 2,068 174 14 3
Nelson .. .. .. .. 42 21,729 679 1 3 699 45 13 2 25,788 168 10 10 186 6 5 0 48,402 899 10 3 3,102 240 18 11
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 24,947 831 17 5 1,488 99 8 5 1,459 145 9 1 7,426 235 2 11 35,320 1,311 17 10 2,190 136 12 7
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 27 9,861 318 14 11½ 313 21 9 3 358 153 15 9 1,364 51 3 0 11,896 545 2 11½ 732 47 1 10
Thames .. .. .. .. 27 27,037 852 0 3½ 1,301 89 3 8 964 137 18 1 776 22 13 3 30,078 1,101 15 3½ 1,232 94 1 11
Timaru .. .. .. .. 31 19,149 635 3 4 1,097 55 8 3½ 1,386 145 8 8 1,369 43 11 3 23,001 879 11 6½ 1,043 76 8 11
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 54 44,601 1,444 17 7½ 3,368 186 3 6½ 2,352 234 18 7 9,427 278 11 0 59,748 2,144 10 9 2,147 200 17 5
Wellington .. .. .. .. 131 155,554 5,931 10 9½ 7,777 567 5 6 35,646 441 13 9 13,286 422 6 3 212,263 7,362 16 3½ 23,273 2,165 14 2
Westport .. .. .. .. 23 14,513 483 5 1½ 787 77 6 0 693 80 9 1 643 24 8 0 16,636 665 8 2½ 1,901 140 12 2
Total third quarter in 1902 .. .. 1,068 760,163 26,391 5 10½ 36,306 2,464 3 10½ 95,990 3,915 6 5 86,913 2616 8 3 979,372 35,387 4 5 67,040 5,638 13 11
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st October, 1902.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Telegraph Business for Quarter Ended 30 September 1902 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 October 1902
Telegrams, Postal districts, Statistics, Quarterly return, Government telegrams, Financial transactions, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary