New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 64

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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 June, 1907.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams:* Bureau Communications. Total.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 308 238,595 7,269 2 4½ 15,470 898 17 0 14,317 576 12 6½ 21,183 410 10 0 289,565 9,155 1 11
Blenheim 46 22,784 669 7 5 1,209 65 11 1 1,000 189 4 11½ 6,270 110 6 0 31,263 1,034 9 5½
Christchurch 174 134,803 4,181 18 2 6,833 436 5 5 6,872 725 13 7 23,902 543 19 0 172,410 5,887 16 2
Dunedin 174 115,890 3,549 18 6 4,260 275 3 6 7,965 359 18 9½ 19,476 491 15 9 147,591 4,676 16 6½
Gisborne 26 23,583 801 8 1½ 1,446 102 0 1 1,216 173 1 10 16,591 318 4 3 42,836 1,394 14 3½
Greymouth 29 24,552 809 6 9 1,030 56 5 6 907 132 14 1 4,898 97 12 3 31,387 1,095 18 7
Hokitika 38 9,281 296 8 8 243 18 8 8 655 78 10 8 3,486 64 4 3 13,665 457 12 3
Invercargill 119 46,532 1,426 17 10 972 65 14 5 2,434 287 10 9½ 32,976 884 19 9 82,914 2,665 2 9½
Napier 74 68,988 2,116 2 2½ 4,971 232 10 10 3,628 315 0 7½ 35,526 724 2 0 113,113 3,387 15 8
Nelson 53 30,589 921 12 10½ 1,139 76 10 1 28,948 175 15 9 994 21 5 3 61,670 1,195 3 11½
New Plymouth 49 31,636 1,004 12 5 2,015 124 9 4 1,766 178 7 5½ 13,056 271 14 6 48,473 1,579 3 8½
Oamaru 34 14,539 435 9 1½ 648 27 7 11 786 162 3 5 4,348 97 5 3 20,321 722 5 8½
Thames 44 38,200 1,181 13 6½ 1,978 122 11 0 915 196 1 7½ 3,083 53 2 6 44,176 1,553 8 8
Timaru 43 29,657 911 19 5 1,215 75 7 0 834 176 15 9½ 12,355 259 10 3 44,061 1,423 12 5½
Wanganui 85 81,817 2,453 1 9 5,858 311 8 2 2,273 300 5 8 21,674 442 12 6 111,622 3,507 8 1
Wellington 169 249,146 8,777 7 5 13,869 827 13 1 30,343 649 19 4½ 50,056 1,127 3 9 343,414 11,382 3 7½
Westport 32 19,039 603 11 5½ 811 64 2 2 355 85 11 11½ 2,518 65 5 0 22,723 818 10 7
Totals second quarter in 1907 1,497 1,179,631 37,409 18 0½ 63,967 3,780 5 3 105,214 4,763 8 11 272,392 5,983 12 3 1,621,204 51,937 4 5½
Totals second quarter in 1906 1,339 1,026,098 34,903 9 7½ 53,589 3,451 2 9 91,130 4,099 19 1 217,729 4,623 8 9 1,388,546 47,078 0 2½
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 22nd July, 1907.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 July 1907
Telegraph, Postal Districts, New Zealand, Statistics, Revenue, Press Telegrams, Bureau Communications, Quarter ended June 1907
  • D. Robertson, Secretary