New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 5

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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 31st December, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 234 174,507 5,785 16 4 9,186 574 16 3 8,248 487 13 11 11,093 214 16 9 203,034 7,063 3 3 10,495 879 18 5
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 37 17,137 548 14 10½ 799 51 17 0 293 56 8 11 789 20 3 9 19,018 677 4 6½ 1,430 100 12 7
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 123 106,145 3,667 15 2½ 5,345 298 16 4 5,402 663 6 4 15,852 392 14 4 132,744 5,022 12 2½ 4,550 356 6 10
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 137 108,927 3,687 6 4 3,206 216 16 2 6,039 364 13 9 10,707 252 13 4 128,879 4,521 9 7 5,145 379 10 1
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 23 15,991 613 15 7 756 55 1 3 965 129 9 3 8,658 223 10 6 26,370 1,021 16 7 1,551 108 10 6
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 25,157 862 3 5½ 1,022 70 14 1 1,434 126 8 9 2,781 52 0 6 30,394 1,111 6 9½ 1,669 132 3 8
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 22 9,033 313 10 3½ 161 10 16 0 481 92 6 0 3,378 70 9 9 13,053 487 2 0½ 434 41 6 6
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 91 41,293 1,408 14 4 845 59 9 6 1,243 198 17 3 21,393 510 19 4 64,774 2,178 0 5 2,965 194 17 3
Napier .. .. .. .. 64 54,081 1,823 11 4 2,910 168 2 0 3,099 265 5 6 9,597 199 3 4 69,687 2,456 2 2 2,055 178 1 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 45 28,364 909 16 9 981 60 17 0 29,526 169 9 4 517 11 6 6 59,388 1,151 9 7 3,215 212 5 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 27,130 928 10 10 2,301 140 4 5 1,050 154 15 10 8,533 217 0 11 39,014 1,440 12 0 2,514 158 16 11
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 29 13,339 429 3 10 442 27 18 1 367 130 7 2 2,120 49 12 0 16,268 637 1 1 708 47 10 0
Thames .. .. .. .. 29 31,363 1,005 2 2 1,256 82 13 0 663 141 9 9 863 15 10 3 34,145 1,244 15 2 1,138 99 10 9
Timaru .. .. .. .. 31 23,982 794 10 8½ 717 50 16 5 1,007 140 13 11 3,548 79 16 5 29,254 1,065 17 5½ 1,202 85 1 5
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 60 56,637 1,875 6 9 4,017 234 6 10 1,774 231 2 9 12,733 277 0 11 75,161 2,617 17 3 2,111 160 2 2
Wellington .. .. .. .. 135 192,349 7,106 8 9½ 12,764 742 11 7 27,771 428 4 9 21,103 483 16 10 253,987 8,761 1 11½ 23,281 1,890 6 6
Westport .. .. .. .. 29 17,618 585 3 3 688 62 4 8 479 73 7 0 2,004 54 16 6 20,789 775 11 5 2,121 152 19 3
Total fourth quarter in 1903 .. 1,146 943,053 32,345 10 10 47,396 2,908 0 7 89,841 3,854 0 2 135,669 3125 11 11 1,215,959 42,233 3 6 66,584 5,172 19 7
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 7,378 7 4
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th January, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in New Zealand Postal Districts for Quarter ended 31 December 1903

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 January 1904
Telegraph, Telegrams, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Government Telegrams, Revenue, Business Statement, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary