New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 32

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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 31st March, 1908.

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 330 290,483 8,794 14 11 15,070 1,004 14 1 14,842 609 8 8 31,068 655 1 0 351,463
Blenheim 65 26,843 792 10 2 1,013 67 18 5 565 205 7 5½ 7,161 134 19 9 85,082
Christchurch 190 145,742 4,571 17 2½ 6,479 484 16 3 6,852 819 19 1 29,976 651 19 0 189,049
Dunedin 178 133,794 4,075 14 0 4,510 330 18 4 8,633 427 9 11½ 25,157 668 16 0 172,094
Gisborne 80 29,764 1,320 16 1½ 1,609 114 4 7 1,624 215 14 4 19,164 384 2 0 52,161
Greymouth 31 27,970 895 1 5 934 61 15 7 2,307 152 5 0 6,459 142 11 9 87,670
Hokitika 43 10,423 329 5 0½ 248 16 8 8 497 84 6 3 4,838 82 15 3 15,506
Invercargill 127 56,720 1,688 5 0½ 1,110 78 4 11 2,224 305 3 5 37,695 990 8 3 97,749
Napier 77 89,617 2,698 9 8½ 4,592 279 4 11 5,300 394 16 9½ 43,199 873 12 0 142,708
Nelson 58 36,662 1,112 4 4 1,569 81 14 2 34,237 190 4 0½ 1,893 42 4 6 74,361
New Plymouth 50 36,731 1,111 2 5 1,851 109 10 3 2,159 200 3 3 14,562 306 9 9 55,303
Oamaru 35 16,102 475 9 11 346 24 13 8 592 168 13 6½ 6,950 196 9 9 23,990
Thames 45 43,885 1,344 5 9 2,659 158 11 8 891 185 13 6½ 4,468 77 9 9 51,903
Timaru 47 34,484 1,041 14 10 1,315 86 3 7 1,057 195 1 6 15,261 344 6 3 52,117
Wanganui 91 95,690 2,853 11 1½ 5,156 277 7 11 3,424 352 17 3 25,950 549 19 3 130,220
Wellington 180 289,702 10,093 0 3 13,435 839 17 0 33,454 1,132 19 11 62,813 1,410 15 6 899,404
Westport 34 21,537 664 5 2 787 72 8 1 798 87 12 5 2,863 81 13 6 25,985
Totals first quarter in 1908 1,611 1,385,649 43,862 7 5 62,683 4,088 12 1 119,456 5,727 16 5 338,977 7,593 13 3 1,906,765
Totals first quarter in 1907 1,446 1,358,157 42,901 0 2½ 73,927 4,322 2 1 107,451 5,076 12 4½ 277,162 6,037 14 6 1,816,697
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 21st April, 1908.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31 March 1908

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 April 1908
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Dominion of New Zealand, Quarterly statistics, Telegrams, Press telegrams, Bureau communications, Revenue
  • D. Robertson, Secretary