New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 31

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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 31st MARCH, 1903.

POSTAL DISTRICTS.

Number of Offices Open at End of Quarter Ordinary Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams.* Press Telegrams. Bureau Communications. Government Telegrams.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. | Number. | Amount. | Number. | Value.
Auckland .. .. .. 224 160,743 £ 9,370 592 18 2 £ 8,639 450 16 11½ £ 11,071 236 10 4 189,823 6,628 19 11½ 10,715 986 6 10 £ 5. 4.
Blenheim .. .. .. 32 15,003 849 58 7 2 537 71 5 0 841 23 9 9 17,230 644 8 2 1,500 114 14 3
Christchurch .. .. 118 105,935 4,486 337 4 3 6,790 644 6 0½ 10,996 304 17 0 127,607 4,949 10 3¾ 6,755 599 18 1
Dunedin .. .. .. 137 109,486 3,889 273 12 7 7,517 372 14 11 8,117 216 14 3 129,009 4,641 13 7¾ 6,189 492 14 0
Gisborne .. .. .. 22 17,176 1,129 80 18 7 1,276 127 13 7 7,669 232 5 1 27,250 1,054 19 8 1,718 112 7 0
Grey mouth .. .. 18 23,188 1,033 73 7 4 1,591 111 17 3 1,248 30 3 0 27,060 970 12 6 1,699 155 10 9
Hokitika .. .. .. 23 8,679 235 15 2 0 996 76 7 2 1,052 31 3 9 10,962 400 16 10¾ 691 75 6 11
Invercargill .. .. 87 41,397 883 69 3 1 1,980 140 18 8 18,843 492 7 4 63,103 2,058 6 0 3,177 231 5 8
Napier .. .. .. 61 54,363 4,258 222 12 4 4,437 266 9 3 5,475 143 3 4 68,533 2,485 15 0¾ 2,661 255 2 4
Nelson .. .. .. 43 27,472 1,035 64 19 2 25,312 134 16 5 311 7 16 5 54,130 1,105 0 3 3,680 297 14 0
New Plymouth .. .. 38 27,034 3,200 179 19 10½ 1,522 133 10 8 7,798 214 14 8 39,554 1,455 18 9¾ 2,690 200 3 5
Oamaru .. .. .. 28 12,863 336 23 10 2 401 128 12 2 1,915 50 18 9 15,515 613 11 9¾ 773 53 2 10
Thames .. .. .. 27 31,175 1,513 95 3 9 887 138 5 1 770 15 8 9 34,345 1,253 3 7¾ 1,299 108 1 11
Timaru .. .. .. 31 23,314 744 55 9 4 952 133 8 3 1,744 45 14 3 26,754 978 7 6 1,499 119 6 10
Wanganui .. .. 57 54,967 6,000 335 9 11 3,260 204 7 8 10,605 258 10 11 74,832 2,598 12 0¾ 2,592 247 8 8
Wellington .. .. 132 173,729 11,711 766 4 0 27,122 497 12 4 15,304 428 7 1 227,866 8,299 6 10¾ 24,306 2,210 6 5
Westport .. .. .. 25 16,583 779 70 8 11 612 73 10 3 1,111 38 17 6 19,085 732 5 1¾ 1,853 144 0 6
Total first quarter in 1903 1,103 902,507 31,073 3,314 10 7¾ 93,831 3,706 11 8 104,870 2777 2 2 1,152,653 40,871 8 1¾ 73,737 6,403 10 5
Total first quarter in 1902 1,038 825,282 29,286 1 10 46,402 3,024 7 2 88,107 3,651 13 6 1,043,842 38,490 10 3 76,275 7,103 8 0
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as "Collect" on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1903.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31 March 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1903
Telegraph, Business statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly return, Revenue, Government communications, March 1903
  • W. Gray, Secretary

🚂 Telegraph Business Statistics by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1903
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Statistics, New Zealand, Quarterly report
  • W. Gray, Secretary