New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 5

Page 188

✨ Telegraph Revenue Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the COLONY of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st December, 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 219 162,385 5,398 19 7½ 10,460 632 1 8 11,277 441 15 6½ 10,573 246 16 8 194,695 6,719 13 6 12,696
Blenheim 26 14,216 466 9 9 669 45 4 4 526 67 7 10 585 20 4 9 15,996 599 6 8 1,609
Christchurch 114 100,395 3,410 19 11 6,215 336 11 1 6,140 647 9 3 9,777 306 10 7 122,527 4,701 10 10 6,753
Dunedin 137 106,857 3,638 9 1½ 3,721 254 0 2 8,153 370 0 2 7,806 232 8 0 126,537 4,494 17 5½ 6,621
Gisborne 22 16,609 633 4 4½ 1,088 71 12 11 947 127 0 9 6,570 236 11 3 25,214 1,068 9 3½ 1,420
Greymouth 18 24,283 839 15 3 1,040 74 8 4 1,477 117 17 10 990 31 12 3 27,790 1,063 13 8 1,738
Hokitika 23 9,143 313 3 10½ 288 18 6 11 795 74 15 0 789 32 3 9 11,015 438 9 6½ 572
Invercargill 86 38,795 1,303 12 3½ 1,079 79 12 7 2,047 140 8 3 18,114 496 18 0 60,035 2,020 11 1½ 3,585
Napier 59 52,311 1,802 17 8 3,506 191 14 10 3,235 239 1 7 5,197 174 7 10 64,249 2,408 1 11 2,780
Nelson 42 26,053 893 1 0½ 1,032 59 14 8 21,734 133 10 0 248 8 6 6 49,067 1,034 12 2½ 3,633
New Plymouth 38 27,037 905 16 2½ 2,278 142 4 8 1,854 135 4 11 7,603 234 2 3 38,772 1,417 8 0½ 2,840
Oamaru 27 11,721 373 14 9½ 416 22 5 0 711 126 18 6 1,386 50 16 9 14,234 573 15 0½ 901
Thames 27 33,073 1,066 11 1½ 1,785 118 7 8 1,165 128 5 5 704 22 9 9 36,727 1,335 13 11½ 1,743
Timaru 31 22,081 728 15 2½ 828 62 1 2 1,082 129 5 2 1,538 47 16 8 25,529 967 18 2½ 1,260
Wanganui 54 53,230 1,746 5 3½ 4,479 275 12 6 2,846 203 10 11 10,097 287 16 3 70,652 2,513 4 11½ 2,676
Wellington 132 173,765 6,605 2 10½ 12,795 763 9 0 28,250 477 2 5 14,565 467 7 7 229,375 8,313 1 10½ 26,673
Westport 25 16,830 574 12 9 811 79 19 10 692 74 4 1 935 37 0 0 19,268 765 16 8 1,961
Total fourth quarter in 1902 1,080 888,784 30,641 11 2 52,490 3,227 7 4 92,931 3,633 17 7½ 97,477 2933 8 10 1,131,682 40,436 4 11½ 79,461
Total fourth quarter in 1901 1,027 775,025 27,198 17 3 42,733 2,707 0 8 83,529 3,509 2 4 79,023 2358 9 6 980,310 35,773 9 9 75,656
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1903.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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💰 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District

💰 Finance & Revenue
20 January 1903
Telegraph, Revenue, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Financial Statistics, Government Telegrams, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary