New Zealand Gazette – 1905 – No. 5

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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 December, 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 .. .. .. .. 241 180,519 5,943 4 10 9,830 605 10 6½ 8,172 497 8 7 13,739 234 9 8 212,260 7,280 13 7½ 10,610 809 14 0
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 38 17,809 572 6 7½ 788 52 17 11 370 55 14 6 873 19 4 6 19,840 700 3 6½ 1,386 99 2 6
Christchurch .. .. .. 130 113,216 3,708 0 11 5,554 309 17 9 6,289 616 0 6 20,162 464 4 2 145,221 5,098 3 4 5,084 428 1 11
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 144 106,899 3,623 18 4½ 2,982 207 13 2½ 6,867 381 12 7 11,608 269 19 10 128,356 4,483 4 0 4,100 281 2 3
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 24 18,334 691 4 7½ 1,037 75 19 1 1,964 123 6 0 10,109 246 12 8 30,844 1,137 2 4½ 1,408 94 3 11
Greymouth .. .. .. 20 24,747 897 11 5 901 60 0 2 962 152 3 4 3,768 73 16 10 30,378 1,183 11 9 1,552 105 3 5
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 23 8,260 271 2 3 152 10 7 3 474 75 19 10 3,645 71 18 11 12,531 429 8 3 450 38 9 5
Invercargill .. .. .. 92 42,761 1,412 3 5 738 52 13 9 1,166 160 9 1 24,037 611 7 3 68,702 2,236 13 6 2,581 160 13 8
Napier .. .. .. .. 65 57,752 1,927 4 5 3,849 198 0 2 2,969 242 15 8 16,173 317 18 9 80,243 2,685 19 0 1,959 222 5 7
Nelson .. .. .. .. 45 28,696 914 13 5 997 61 0 5 26,572 146 19 1½ 677 14 19 6 56,942 1,137 12 5½ 2,912 181 7 4
New Plymouth .. .. 37 26,814 907 17 11 2,152 130 4 6 1,157 143 14 11 8,645 190 16 6 38,768 1,372 13 10 2,364 151 17 7
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 32 13,781 429 13 4½ 440 25 11 1 683 125 8 5 2,703 67 3 3 17,607 647 16 1½ 478 32 2 2
Thames .. .. .. .. 29 33,803 1,103 15 1 1,638 103 2 10 735 141 14 4 1,056 16 7 3 37,232 1,364 19 6 1,204 94 2 0
Timaru .. .. .. .. 33 25,608 866 15 6 736 59 16 6 527 149 2 8 4,581 106 9 4 31,452 1,182 4 0 1,035 69 14 7
Wanganui .. .. .. 61 61,453 1,994 14 11½ 3,648 251 19 5 1,995 223 7 3 14,297 297 8 3 81,393 2,767 9 10½ 2,276 201 13 3
Wellington .. .. .. 139 202,853 7,458 3 10½ 13,427 836 11 4½ 26,925 466 11 10 24,415 524 11 11 267,620 9,285 19 0 20,913 1,765 5 9
Westport .. .. .. .. 29 18,052 609 2 5 617 57 0 6 617 69 8 0 1,757 48 2 9 21,043 783 13 8 1,805 122 4 8
Totals fourth quarter in 1904 .. 1,182 981,357 33,331 13 5 48,986 3,098 6 5½ 87,844 3,771 16 7½ 162,245 3575 11 4 1,280,432 43,777 7 10 62,117 4,857 4 0
Totals 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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1905.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in New Zealand Postal Districts for Quarter Ended 31 December 1904

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 January 1905
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Telegrams, Government telegrams, Revenue statistics, New Zealand Post Office, 1904 Q4
  • W. Gray, Secretary