New Zealand Gazette – 1908 – No. 57

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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 June, 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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
338 264,759 £ s. d. 8,053 16 2 15,539 £ s. d. 967 15 11 15,070 £ s. d. 559 2 7½ 29,188 £ s. d. 626 1 3 324,556 £ s. d. 10,206 15 11½
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
66 24,334 714 15 9½ 924 57 9 3 796 185 11 9 7,667 144 9 6 33,721 1,102 6 3¾
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
190 127,621 3,991 4 4 5,454 377 17 10 7,183 752 19 8½ 28,531 620 15 3 168,789 5,742 17 1½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
183 121,386 3,726 16 10 4,389 286 2 6 8,713 422 11 1½ 22,829 636 6 0 157,317 5,071 16 5½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
32 26,697 912 16 4 1,177 86 11 7 1,519 214 17 6 18,614 389 19 0 48,007 1,604 4 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
31 26,454 856 2 6 1,111 66 9 4 1,630 126 18 8½ 7,491 164 0 6 36,686 1,213 11 0½
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
46 9,454 302 12 0 182 12 2 2 559 72 5 3 4,626 90 14 3 14,821 477 13 8
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
132 48,401 1,454 4 0 1,045 73 14 11 2,396 295 8 4½ 37,528 994 4 9 89,370 2,817 12 0½
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
78 74,929 2,233 6 2 4,059 215 10 1 5,642 320 16 11 38,909 747 13 9 123,539 3,517 6 11
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
62 32,098 980 7 11½ 1,337 80 6 2 27,443 163 3 0 1,871 41 15 9 62,749 1,265 12 10½
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
50 33,651 1,045 11 7 1,673 107 6 9 746 176 16 6 13,291 278 7 3 49,361 1,608 2 1
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
36 15,315 453 9 10½ 412 24 7 3 692 154 2 5 7,116 209 5 3 23,535 841 4 9½
Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
47 42,306 1,262 6 11½ 2,651 148 4 8 692 149 0 10 4,936 88 15 9 50,585 1,648 8 2½
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
48 30,742 932 3 11 1,141 66 15 3 840 174 14 3 14,609 333 10 0 47,332 1,507 3 5
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
93 85,599 2,562 7 10½ 4,358 236 7 2 2,899 300 3 11 24,819 520 3 9 117,675 3,619 2 8½
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
184 260,499 9,050 6 9 11,675 708 16 3 30,300 980 16 2 60,321 1,354 3 9 362,795 12,094 2 11
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
34 20,479 644 0 6 840 66 4 9 1,252 81 3 9½ 2,750 81 13 0 25,321 873 2 0½
Totals second quarter in 1908 .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. ..
1,650 1,244,724 39,176 9 6½ 57,967 3,582 1 10 108,372 5,130 12 10 325,096 7,321 18 9 1,736,159 55,211 2 11½
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th July, 1908.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts for Quarter ended 30 June 1908

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 July 1908
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Financial Statistics, Revenue, Expenditure, New Zealand
  • D. Robertson, Secretary