New Zealand Gazette – 1907 – No. 92

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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th September, 1907.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Telegrams. Press Telegrams.* Bureau Communications. Total.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
Auckland 315 283,359 £ s. d. 7,177 15 0 15,345 £ s. d. 968 0 11 12,715 £ s. d. 584 9 3½ 25,147 £ s. d. 530 7 9 286,566
Blenheim 49 21,067 636 16 1 818 50 10 0 721 190 2 5 6,330 111 6 9 28,936
Christchurch 177 116,939 3,577 18 4 6,418 371 17 9 6,767 746 19 4 24,539 542 1 0 154,668
Dunedin 178 106,580 3,274 1 2½ 3,718 244 1 10 6,798 457 17 8½ 19,754 514 4 0 136,850
Gisborne 27 23,474 841 6 7½ 1,323 84 19 6 1,185 264 8 9 14,613 288 19 6 40,595
Greymouth 30 24,242 784 16 2½ 846 53 14 2 842 170 11 8 4,797 98 4 3 30,727
Hokitika 39 9,005 283 7 5 202 13 13 6 544 87 9 9 3,852 75 5 9 13,603
Invercargill 124 43,632 1,341 2 6 899 59 18 2 1,858 293 0 7 32,987 873 7 6 79,376
Napier 75 66,952 2,082 5 10 3,306 213 17 7 2,880 350 19 9½ 37,473 734 15 6 110,611
Nelson 58 29,732 918 9 11½ 1,431 70 6 5 31,020 187 10 6½ 1,238 27 15 0 63,421
New Plymouth 50 32,028 981 15 8 2,132 127 10 1 1,072 200 4 9 13,944 290 12 6 49,176
Oamaru 34 13,300 400 5 0 505 31 0 3 855 173 9 0 4,519 105 2 9 19,179
Thames 44 40,356 1,243 16 1½ 2,753 156 6 6 783 180 5 11 3,699 62 5 6 47,591
Timaru 46 26,233 808 4 6½ 1,036 59 4 11 903 199 10 8½ 12,047 253 1 6 40,219
Wanganui 88 83,391 2,492 19 4 5,771 277 11 6 2,876 303 18 6½ 23,592 503 3 9 115,630
Wellington 173 247,718 8,479 12 7½ 12,928 783 3 5 40,991 623 6 3 53,518 1,202 8 3 355,155
Westport 32 18,925 597 16 3½ 794 60 16 11 417 86 2 7 2,293 58 17 9 22,429
Totals third quarter in 1907 1,539 1,136,933 35,922 8 9 60,225 3,626 13 5 113,227 5,100 7 7 284,342 6,271 19 0 1,594,727
Totals third quarter in 1906 1,362 968,195 32,877 11 6½ 44,790 2,945 2 11 93,398 4,219 0 5 231,689 4,934 17 3 1,338,072
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

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

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 30 September 1907

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 October 1907
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Press Telegrams, Bureau Communications, Statistics, 1907
  • D. Robertson, Secretary