New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 61

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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 June, 1904.

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 .. .. .. .. 240 161,957 5,354 18 1½ 8,525 543 17 5 9,510 411 4 3 11,845 210 9 9 191,837 6,520 9 6½ 9,973 842 3 10
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 38 15,661 496 6 2 764 46 3 4 397 62 6 9 1,029 21 6 0 17,851 626 2 3 1,370 93 7 9
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 127 97,822 3,341 2 7½ 4,058 281 4 3½ 5,286 652 12 9 18,395 433 12 5 125,561 4,708 12 1 5,144 459 1 0
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 140 101,076 3,458 10 0 2,984 240 12 4 7,784 287 0 10 10,267 241 19 6 122,111 4,228 2 8 4,466 321 12 2
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 24 14,872 546 4 5 774 65 3 10 1,704 123 6 0 9,026 241 16 4 26,376 976 10 7 1,414 94 4 8
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 19 20,775 749 9 5½ 994 60 19 7 819 113 15 10 3,720 73 1 0 26,308 997 5 10½ 1,267 104 17 4
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 22 7,366 248 19 2½ 165 11 8 6 806 72 1 10 3,432 72 12 9 11,769 405 2 3½ 475 51 19 3
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 91 39,521 1,299 7 10½ 835 74 16 8 1,394 131 6 0 22,136 521 13 3 63,886 2,027 3 9½ 3,645 281 0 0
Napier .. .. .. .. 65 49,473 1,652 14 6½ 3,492 166 6 3 4,027 234 6 0 11,829 231 18 6 68,821 2,285 5 3½ 2,130 217 9 9
Nelson .. .. .. .. 45 24,682 805 6 0½ 693 49 8 6 24,983 131 13 9 536 11 15 4 50,894 998 3 7½ 2,596 177 14 6
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 24,489 865 7 1 1,682 109 11 10 999 131 17 2 8,439 199 9 0 35,609 1,306 5 1 2,402 160 16 0
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 32 13,309 421 16 0 473 26 6 8 617 117 13 8 2,564 59 8 6 16,963 625 4 10 824 56 3 2
Thames .. .. .. .. 29 28,940 936 0 4½ 1,129 78 2 10 919 129 4 8 902 14 16 9 31,890 1,158 4 7½ 1,195 94 15 10
Timaru .. .. .. .. 33 24,607 836 8 8½ 824 56 2 6 1,211 144 6 6 4,903 117 10 4 31,545 1,154 8 0½ 1,324 79 6 4
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 60 56,061 1,800 12 11½ 4,714 272 0 3 2,987 205 14 1 12,863 271 1 3 76,625 2,549 8 6½ 2,212 169 7 11
Wellington .. .. .. .. 138 170,488 6,392 0 11½ 10,738 715 17 8 24,894 451 16 2 20,384 450 9 7 226,504 8,010 4 4½ 22,798 1,982 19 6
Westport .. .. .. .. 29 15,231 500 14 9 676 66 16 1 423 69 13 1 1,797 49 2 6 18,127 686 6 5 1,772 136 11 8
Total second quarter in 1904 .. 1,170 866,330 29,705 19 3½ 43,520 2,864 18 6½ 88,760 3,469 19 4 144,067 3,222 2 9 1,142,677 39,262 19 11 65,007 5,323 10 8
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 2,698 4 10 1,086,890 38,072 6 0 70,559 6,283 5 3
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th July, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in New Zealand Postal Districts for Quarter Ended 30 June 1904

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 July 1904
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Telegram statistics, Government telegrams, Financial report, Quarterly data, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary