New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 5

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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 December, 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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 259 206,691 £ s. d. 6,818 14 8½ 14,616 £ s. d. 855 3 1 9,987 £ s. d. 557 11 0 15,906 £ s. d. 266 5 9 247,200 £ s. d. 8,497 14 6½ 14,659 £ s. d. 1,292 11 1
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 39 20,453 664 10 0 818 49 9 1 1,034 162 14 8 2,073 41 2 3 24,378 917 16 0 1,729 128 1 11
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 139 116,640 3,896 2 9½ 6,412 318 7 0 7,930 615 10 11 22,254 513 12 6 153,236 5,343 13 2½ 7,338 627 8 10
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 157 111,499 3,703 9 5 3,992 233 14 1 7,206 388 11 3 15,409 345 3 0 138,106 4,670 17 9 5,822 442 13 10
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 25 23,396 832 3 8 1,263 94 6 0 1,136 126 16 8 12,787 287 0 3 38,582 1,340 6 7 1,692 126 11 9
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 24 26,097 950 9 6 1,371 83 7 10 931 136 7 1 3,716 92 19 0 32,115 1,263 3 5 1,837 160 5 1
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 24 8,481 281 12 6½ 193 14 2 11 503 79 0 6 3,660 70 13 0 12,837 445 8 11½ 554 48 18 11
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 100 43,544 1,423 4 11 1,061 70 16 1 1,684 165 17 2 23,952 580 2 3 70,242 2,240 0 5 3,314 275 3 9
Napier .. .. .. .. 69 65,041 2,195 19 2 4,504 233 10 6 3,149 265 14 10 21,273 423 11 6 93,967 3,118 16 0 2,538 243 1 6
Nelson .. .. .. .. 47 28,812 914 12 9½ 1,569 55 2 3 29,628 148 9 4 756 16 10 9 60,765 1,134 15 1½ 3,704 297 17 2
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 44 26,884 913 15 6 1,933 120 7 7 1,122 165 17 3 9,453 208 7 0 39,392 1,408 7 4 3,116 220 15 7
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 32 14,834 488 6 3½ 526 25 2 2 979 134 6 4 3,462 82 13 3 19,801 730 8 0½ 642 61 19 7
Thames .. .. .. .. 30 36,544 1,185 10 5½ 2,841 158 3 4 1,004 162 14 7 3,350 64 2 3 43,739 1,570 10 7½ 1,909 268 6 2
Timaru .. .. .. .. 34 26,055 868 6 4 904 52 15 11 782 174 1 5 8,722 189 7 3 36,463 1,284 10 11 1,480 110 9 2
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 69 66,431 2,198 5 7 3,841 250 8 7 1,798 238 13 9 17,481 343 7 9 89,551 3,030 15 8 2,739 229 10 6
Wellington .. .. .. .. 150 218,212 8,023 10 9½ 15,631 849 5 9 29,343 513 0 9 31,169 636 7 3 294,355 10,022 4 6½ 25,953 2,568 17 10
Westport .. .. .. .. 30 16,987 559 13 5½ 651 59 12 0 399 75 7 0 1,832 48 4 3 19,869 742 16 8½ 2,010 135 12 3
Totals fourth quarter in 1905 .. 1,272 1,056,601 35,918 7 11 62,126 3,523 14 2 98,615 4,110 14 6 197,256 4209 9 3 1,414,598 47,762 5 10 81,036 7,238 4 11
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 January 1906
Telegrams, Statistics, Postal districts, Financial report, Quarterly report
  • W. Gray, Secretary

🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 January 1906
Statistics, Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report
  • W. Gray, Secretary