New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 32

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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 March, 1906.

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 .. .. .. .. 264 212,671 6,976 17 5½ 13,027 813 2 1 8,732 522 3 10 17,093 283 15 3 251,523 8,595 18 7½ 12,069 911 8 10
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 40 20,588 670 13 7½ 659 49 2 11 735 147 4 4 3,948 69 13 6 25,930 936 14 4½ 1,781 106 18 5
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 143 120,214 4,084 16 7 4,340 320 19 7 6,755 606 12 7 23,317 547 2 6 154,626 5,559 11 3 6,795 620 5 8
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 159 115,376 3,855 15 3½ 3,903 254 15 8 7,024 812 18 0 16,044 353 0 0 142,347 4,776 8 11½ 5,014 370 3 6
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 25 22,656 765 5 0 1,648 104 2 9 1,099 115 1 2 14,449 301 12 0 39,852 1,286 0 11 1,395 87 5 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 24 24,189 854 10 8½ 1,120 62 1 9 1,275 119 12 2 4,033 83 18 0 30,617 1,120 2 7½ 1,871 164 10 3
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 24 8,186 277 8 5 210 14 4 3 842 73 7 5 3,847 73 14 3 13,085 438 14 4 827 84 2 11
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 109 46,686 1,531 10 4½ 870 61 18 6 1,816 139 7 0 24,959 572 12 0 74,331 2,305 7 10½ 2,732 211 17 2
Napier .. .. .. .. 70 69,622 2,273 12 7½ 4,954 283 15 2 3,369 248 9 3 24,184 489 3 3 102,129 3,295 0 3½ 2,228 236 2 6
Nelson .. .. .. .. 49 34,283 1,097 14 8 1,365 73 8 4 26,007 132 15 11 818 18 6 0 62,473 1,322 4 11 3,559 234 12 4
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 46 28,521 966 1 9 2,521 131 4 11 1,450 131 11 0 10,807 230 6 3 43,299 1,459 3 11 3,163 200 10 11
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 33 14,849 483 12 9 396 27 4 7 1,101 126 6 9 4,143 96 18 0 20,489 734 2 1 624 43 18 1
Thames .. .. .. .. 31 34,009 1,064 17 0 2,544 152 17 2 1,042 144 17 0 3,353 63 10 3 40,948 1,426 1 5 1,594 153 6 11
Timaru .. .. .. .. 39 28,053 930 18 11 991 62 9 4 859 158 12 5 10,764 229 15 9 40,667 1,381 16 5 1,446 95 1 2
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 69 71,020 2,276 11 11 5,367 280 2 0 2,953 201 16 3 17,348 363 1 3 96,688 3,121 11 5 2,839 230 18 6
Wellington .. .. .. .. 157 219,610 8,136 15 8 13,437 815 14 0 25,903 508 18 4 36,768 782 6 6 295,718 10,243 14 6 24,955 2,192 10 3
Westport .. .. .. .. 30 17,074 575 16 3 604 59 8 2 335 70 18 7 1,860 48 1 6 19,873 754 4 6 1,873 134 18 2
Totals first quarter in 1906 .. .. 1,312 1,087,607 36,822 19 0 57,956 3,566 11 2 91,297 3,760 12 0 217,735 4606 16 3 1,454,595 48,756 18 5 74,765 6,078 11 0
Totals first quarter in 1905 .. .. 1,200 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 5,601 19 7
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th April, 1906.

T. ROSE,
Acting Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31 March 1906

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 April 1906
Telegraph statistics, Postal districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Government communications, Quarterly report
  • T. Rose, Acting Secretary