New Zealand Gazette – 1904 – No. 85

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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 September, 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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 239 160,312 £ s. d. 5,303 15 6 9,001 £ s. d. 561 17 6 8,505 £ s. d. 529 3 10½ 12,006 £ s. d. 203 18 11½ 189,824 £ s. d. 6,598 15 10 10,539 £ s. d. 797 14 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 37 14,860 477 7 7½ 507 36 8 4 372 52 5 2 894 18 15 3 16,633 584 16 4½ 1,331 95 19 9
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 130 94,699 3,159 5 0½ 4,674 254 0 0½ 5,869 652 7 11 18,636 431 8 10 123,878 4,497 1 10 5,015 414 6 8
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 140 95,140 3,181 1 3 2,721 203 18 6 6,145 448 7 4 10,590 256 15 9 114,596 4,090 2 10 4,634 293 8 1
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 24 15,046 553 10 0 857 70 12 2 882 134 2 9 8,840 219 6 8 25,625 977 11 7 1,536 96 17 10
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 20 20,528 741 6 7½ 788 51 4 5 914 134 6 5 3,744 76 2 5 25,974 1,002 19 10½ 1,406 102 12 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 23 6,910 235 16 9½ 119 7 15 1 743 82 7 7 3,598 70 4 0 11,310 396 3 5½ 403 36 0 8
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 92 37,091 1,221 18 9½ 737 59 0 0 1,182 206 5 2 21,396 514 1 6 60,406 2,001 5 5½ 2,499 157 18 5
Napier .. .. .. .. 65 49,248 1,641 15 8 1,698 123 1 10 2,407 256 8 9 13,615 270 16 9 66,968 2,292 3 0 1,773 189 18 11
Nelson .. .. .. .. 46 24,078 777 3 11½ 797 51 15 0 27,080 163 0 11 601 13 8 0 52,556 1,005 7 10½ 2,809 174 8 1
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 38 25,006 854 17 0½ 1,679 95 4 9 1,200 149 6 4 8,683 203 19 0 36,568 1,303 7 1½ 2,318 146 13 3
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 32 11,780 375 8 6 276 22 9 9 528 125 19 0 2,820 69 14 1 15,404 593 11 4 591 44 1 3
Thames .. .. .. .. 29 31,398 1,030 19 3 2,196 127 19 7 748 142 10 4 1,073 16 5 0 35,415 1,317 14 2 1,230 100 10 2
Timaru .. .. .. .. 33 23,059 758 8 11 884 50 2 2 1,221 149 12 11 4,547 105 0 3 29,711 1,063 4 3 1,432 83 9 10
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 61 52,700 1,683 10 9 4,417 219 2 2 2,751 253 8 11 13,538 282 12 11 73,406 2,438 14 9 2,180 179 5 6
Wellington .. .. .. .. 137 176,030 6,460 9 2½ 8,555 566 13 11 32,068 419 19 7 21,453 464 0 10 238,106 7,911 3 6½ 21,265 1,765 0 8
Westport .. .. .. .. 29 15,322 511 17 10½ 612 59 11 7 385 70 2 6 1,619 44 9 0 17,938 686 0 11½ 1,982 136 11 4
Totals third quarter in 1904 .. 1,175 853,207 28,968 12 9½ 40,518 2,560 16 9½ 93,000 3,969 15 5½ 147,593 3260 19 2½ 1,134,318 38,760 4 3 62,943 4,814 17 7
Totals 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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th October, 1904.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Return of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 September 1904 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 October 1904
Telegraph revenue, Statistics, Postal districts, Government telegrams, Quarterly report, General Post Office, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary