New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 37

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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 31st March, 1905.

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 242 190,760 6,227 12 5½ 10,963 702 2 11 10,619 554 7 11½ 14,783 252 15 4 227,125 7,736 18 8 11,333
Blenheim 38 18,678 609 7 1½ 630 46 0 6 525 71 8 7 889 20 14 9 20,722 747 10 11½ 1,771
Christchurch 134 113,949 3,857 19 1½ 4,302 315 4 9 6,583 724 9 5 22,202 509 16 8 147,036 5,407 9 11½ 5,968
Dunedin 146 113,579 3,788 18 10½ 3,491 227 4 9 7,454 400 14 1 12,558 285 13 6 137,082 4,702 11 2½ 5,382
Gisborne 25 19,641 716 5 10 1,159 94 18 2 1,724 125 6 0 10,684 263 10 3 33,208 1,200 0 3 1,119
Greymouth 20 23,607 836 11 11½ 1,350 73 8 11 967 123 2 6 3,883 75 8 0 29,807 1,108 11 4½ 1,492
Hokitika 24 7,568 251 12 3 213 12 12 10 1,072 71 16 5 3,629 70 7 3 12,482 406 8 9 612
Invercargill 94 46,332 1,513 8 9 1,027 77 4 10 1,868 146 1 0 23,258 596 0 5 72,485 2,332 15 0 2,962
Napier 66 61,715 2,035 18 9½ 3,594 200 16 11 3,332 278 1 7 17,199 338 8 9 85,840 2,853 6 0½ 2,147
Nelson 45 30,648 977 13 6 1,127 69 2 2½ 26,303 139 3 1 760 16 19 9 58,838 1,202 18 6½ 3,589
New Plymouth 39 28,326 922 1 3½ 2,919 143 16 6 1,535 137 18 7½ 9,137 203 19 2 41,917 1,407 15 7 2,828
Oamaru 32 15,251 490 6 6 400 28 3 1 703 121 18 10 3,241 78 18 6 19,595 719 6 11 527
Thames 29 34,006 1,113 19 5 2,261 135 13 1 972 167 16 1½ 1,109 17 10 9 38,348 1,434 19 4½ 1,175
Timaru 33 27,351 910 16 7½ 809 59 14 11 635 158 15 4 7,252 156 17 6 36,047 1,286 4 4½ 1,519
Wanganui 63 65,321 2,108 18 9½ 6,554 338 7 4 3,083 229 12 0 14,553 300 12 9 89,511 2,977 10 10½ 2,262
Wellington 142 205,591 7,653 9 6½ 12,529 780 17 3 29,687 540 16 8 25,407 538 17 10 273,214 9,514 1 3½ 22,844
Westport 29 16,897 557 1 6½ 675 64 17 6 400 71 19 5 1,839 48 14 0 19,811 742 12 5½ 1,853
Totals first quarter in 1905 1,201 1,019,220 34,572 2 4½ 54,003 3,370 6 5½ 97,462 4,063 7 7½ 172,383 3775 5 2 1,343,068 45,781 1 7½ 69,383
Totals first quarter in 1904 1,153 997,107 34,239 10 8½ 49,995 3,183 2 6 99,513 3,982 4 3 153,129 3436 8 1 1,299,744 44,841 5 6½ 88,964
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 17th April, 1905.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts for Quarter Ended 31 March 1905

🚂 Transport & Communications
17 April 1905
Telegraph revenue, Postal districts, Telegram statistics, Government telegrams, Financial report, General Post Office, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary