New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 59

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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, 1903.

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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 228 152,251 £ s. d. 5,015 18 4½ 8,909 £ s. d. 525 14 7 8,846 £ s. d. 435 7 4 9,633 £ s. d. 191 19 8 179,639 £ s. d. 6,168 19 11½ 10,647 £ s. d. 965 12 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 36 15,253 487 0 3½ 644 47 2 11 246 57 15 9 618 21 10 6 16,761 613 9 5½ 1,594 105 3 8
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 120 98,518 3,399 14 7½ 4,398 313 5 10 6,246 556 12 0 13,105 336 1 4 122,267 4,605 13 9½ 6,030 580 3 1
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 137 105,864 3,660 14 7½ 3,350 300 17 7 6,937 300 10 6 8,309 202 6 3 124,460 4,464 8 11½ 5,683 433 12 11
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 23 14,077 528 18 10 611 47 11 0 494 117 15 11 7,626 201 6 5 22,808 895 12 2 1,438 92 3 7
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 20 21,712 712 17 6½ 757 54 2 6 1,139 111 12 4 1,727 34 15 9 25,335 913 8 1½ 1,664 136 14 5
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 22 8,223 274 3 6 195 13 9 10 711 78 2 11 2,696 57 10 0 11,825 423 6 3 637 64 15 5
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 89 38,134 1,269 12 2½ 897 66 1 7 1,407 133 1 3 21,244 515 19 9 61,682 1,984 14 9½ 2,952 225 18 5
Napier .. .. .. .. 63 46,376 1,552 14 2 2,529 154 5 10 3,196 234 18 0 6,239 137 16 2 58,340 2,079 14 2 2,608 241 13 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 45 24,513 788 5 8½ 1,031 57 12 10 25,562 136 14 6 397 8 12 0 51,503 991 5 0½ 3,312 268 12 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 25,941 878 3 5½ 1,749 118 7 8 1,043 129 14 1 7,789 200 5 3 36,522 1,326 10 5½ 2,436 171 12 9
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 29 13,388 433 2 3½ 399 23 9 6 452 122 2 2 2,200 49 19 0 16,439 628 12 11½ 854 59 10 11
Thames .. .. .. .. 27 28,975 944 2 6 1,404 97 2 1 876 138 5 8 978 15 17 6 32,233 1,195 7 9 1,095 83 9 6
Timaru .. .. .. .. 31 24,202 822 0 10 980 72 2 0 1,115 121 16 5 2,857 63 12 0 29,154 1,079 11 3 1,591 116 15 6
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 60 50,946 1,649 9 8½ 4,370 236 16 3 2,826 195 0 11 11,327 243 0 6 69,469 2,324 7 4½ 2,225 205 13 9
Wellington .. .. .. .. 130 161,985 6,196 8 3 9,731 667 14 5 22,691 431 10 8 15,783 379 4 3 210,190 7,674 17 7 23,949 2,388 18 10
Westport .. .. .. .. 25 15,561 513 13 3 807 74 10 7 601 75 13 7 1,294 38 8 6 18,263 702 5 11 1,844 142 14 5
Total second quarter in 1903 .. 1,123 845,919 29,127 0 2 42,761 2,870 7 0 84,388 3,376 14 0 113,822 2698 4 10 1,086,890 38,072 6 0 70,559 6,283 5 3
Total second quarter in 1902 .. 1,058 790,359 27,790 7 11 43,166 2,913 7 1 91,293 3,494 8 3 82,688 2445 2 6 1,007,506 36,643 5 9 67,848 7,019 11 2
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

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💰 Postal and Telegraph Revenue for Quarter ended 30 June 1903 (continued from previous page)

💰 Finance & Revenue
21 July 1903
Revenue, Post Office, Telegraph, Quarterly Report, 1903, Postal Districts
  • W. Gray, Secretary