New Zealand Gazette – 1903 – No. 83

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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, 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 .. .. .. .. 231 152,547 £ s. d. 5,133 3 1 7,570 £ s. d. 487 13 11 7,874 £ s. d. 515 0 6 9,585 £ s. d. 183 4 7 177,576 £ s. d. 6,319 2 1 10,150 £ s. d. 923 19 6
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 37 13,797 444 17 1 548 40 8 6 253 55 13 7 534 15 3 3 15,132 556 2 5 1,133 76 13 10
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 123 93,354 3,198 1 11 4,805 274 2 4 5,181 667 9 0 15,579 382 15 11 118,919 4,522 9 2 5,879 465 10 9
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 136 94,581 3,261 7 10 2,832 258 0 10 6,036 401 11 7 9,262 224 9 2 112,711 4,145 9 5 5,437 395 14 11
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 23 14,124 513 10 7½ 745 49 9 5 663 130 0 7 7,658 201 19 8 23,190 895 0 3½ 1,472 106 7 0
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 21,311 736 2 7 787 59 7 3 989 123 2 11 2,253 44 0 6 25,340 962 13 3 1,596 123 0 5
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 22 7,919 274 15 5½ 187 13 10 11 675 94 5 6 3,264 66 10 0 12,045 449 1 10½ 373 49 14 0
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 91 35,598 1,194 1 1 856 67 15 9 1,581 211 19 1 21,512 517 2 9 59,547 1,990 18 8 3,340 293 11 10
Napier .. .. .. .. 64 45,762 1,525 8 11 1,799 126 5 9 3,104 263 18 3 7,366 156 15 0 58,031 2,072 7 11 2,486 209 5 7
Nelson .. .. .. .. 45 23,733 749 1 1 1,105 48 19 1 28,326 169 14 5 396 8 5 6 53,560 976 0 1 3,060 197 2 2
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 25,926 885 2 6½ 1,381 114 11 10 1,001 156 16 1 8,525 221 5 1 36,833 1,377 15 6½ 2,273 167 8 2
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 29 11,649 377 11 10 279 20 17 11 228 133 4 4 2,049 47 5 6 14,205 578 19 7 841 51 9 1
Thames .. .. .. .. 29 28,776 947 0 4 1,111 73 8 8 878 139 12 10 1,048 17 18 0 31,813 1,177 19 10 886 75 5 1
Timaru .. .. .. .. 31 20,545 683 16 2½ 1,144 60 12 3 1,322 144 5 2 3,287 76 4 9 26,298 964 18 4½ 1,489 94 15 5
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 60 51,004 1,638 4 8 3,113 169 2 1 2,604 211 6 0 12,407 267 8 0 69,128 2,286 0 9 2,215 191 7 1
Wellington .. .. .. .. 134 162,225 6,018 15 11 7,634 551 19 9 29,959 409 17 11 17,744 410 19 3 217,562 7,391 12 10 22,249 1,900 10 7
Westport .. .. .. .. 29 14,744 489 3 10 728 72 14 2 444 75 3 6 1,505 47 5 0 17,421 684 6 6 2,307 178 9 11
Total third quarter in 1903 .. .. 1,141 817,595 28,070 5 0 36,624 2,489 0 5 91,118 3,903 1 3 123,974 2888 11 11 1,069,311 37,350 18 7 67,186 5,500 5 4
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 September 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 October 1903
Telegraph Services, Postal Districts, Revenue, Financial Statistics, Quarterly Report, Government Telegrams, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary