New Zealand Gazette – 1906 – No. 89

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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 30th September, 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.
Auckland 274 190,881 £ s. d. 6,264 11 8½ 11,406 £ s. d. 724 3 2 7,660 £ s. d. 539 0 8 14,902 £ s. d. 243 9 9 224,849 £ s. d. 7,771 5 3½ 11,419 £ s. d. 842 3 6
Blenheim 40 18,508 608 5 1 547 39 0 5 673 196 17 11 5,257 87 13 6 24,985 931 16 11 2,003 126 5 9
Christchurch 146 104,680 3,506 6 0½ 4,915 290 4 10 7,061 625 15 4 21,876 500 9 6 138,532 4,922 15 8½ 6,431 676 4 5
Dunedin 159 98,064 3,257 12 6 2,915 226 10 8 5,969 378 18 9 16,513 378 1 9 123,461 4,241 3 8 4,389 299 19 3
Gisborne 26 20,887 717 8 11 1,220 87 9 6 1,632 169 9 2 14,351 287 6 0 37,590 1,261 13 7 1,544 110 17 1
Greymouth 25 21,935 780 13 5 1,038 60 13 10 759 143 18 9 3,720 74 15 0 27,452 1,060 1 0 1,560 114 5 3
Hokitika 33 8,506 297 0 1 176 11 1 6 872 82 5 9 3,454 64 2 6 13,008 454 9 10 555 51 14 7
Invercargill 112 40,101 1,330 1 8 711 60 14 1 1,241 262 17 2 29,429 682 4 3 71,482 2,335 17 2 2,686 209 13 9
Napier 72 57,623 1,922 14 10 2,154 160 12 9 2,453 278 14 8 28,990 601 19 9 91,220 2,964 2 0 2,275 201 15 10
Nelson 50 26,965 859 2 0 721 44 17 0 29,607 153 4 10 819 18 10 9 58,112 1,075 14 7 3,315 205 11 8
New Plymouth 47 26,739 906 7 7½ 1,197 72 7 10 1,134 150 12 6 11,744 254 5 9 40,814 1,383 13 8½ 2,626 163 1 8
Oamaru 34 13,036 416 8 0 301 20 5 2 619 129 18 5 4,143 93 9 6 18,099 660 1 1 567 30 0 5
Thames 35 33,893 1,077 8 2 2,011 120 18 5 649 162 9 4 2,622 48 1 9 38,675 1,408 17 8 994 74 16 0
Timaru 39 24,025 783 13 2 747 48 2 5 627 144 13 7 11,223 229 16 3 36,622 1,206 5 5 811 54 17 3
Wanganui 78 67,246 2,153 0 9 4,860 242 7 4 2,957 229 17 8 19,996 416 19 6 95,059 3,042 5 3 2,580 207 9 8
Wellington 162 199,672 7,439 5 0 9,087 651 8 5 29,057 496 15 3 40,876 908 11 6 278,692 9,496 0 2 22,539 2,063 17 7
Westport 30 16,434 557 12 7 784 84 5 7 428 73 10 8 1,774 45 0 3 19,420 760 9 1 1,861 129 14 2
Totals third quarter in 1906 1,362 968,195 £2,877 11 6½ 44,790 2,945 2 11 93,398 4,219 0 5 231,689 4,934 17 3 1,338,072 44,976 12 1½ 68,155 5,562 7 10
Totals third quarter in 1905 1,244 909,107 30,775 15 5 42,567 2,719 17 1 96,604 4,320 1 3 178,533 3,843 2 9 1,226,811 41,658 16 6 64,832 5,010 0 5
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 23rd October, 1906.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.



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23 October 1906
Telegraph statistics, Postal districts, Revenue, Quarterly report, Post Office, New Zealand
  • W. Gray, Secretary