New Zealand Gazette – 1909 – No. 33

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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, 1909.

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 .. .. .. 380 305,267 9,224 2 11½ 15,496 995 16 2 12,815 643 17 1 40,216
Blenheim .. .. .. 68 27,212 810 16 0½ 1,081 66 16 0 325 204 3 9 9,047
Christchurch .. .. .. 196 153,036 4,794 11 6½ 6,112 457 4 2 9,148 779 8 7 36,353
Dunedin .. .. .. 189 132,765 4,119 1 3 4,625 316 6 7 8,228 442 18 1½ 27,539
Gisborne .. .. .. 32 31,233 1,189 14 5 1,641 104 11 6 1,498 249 12 3 21,349
Greymouth .. .. .. 29 29,990 987 19 10½ 882 59 19 4 1,348 143 6 2½ 7,903
Hokitika .. .. .. 48 10,575 332 4 2½ 234 15 1 10 466 78 0 7 4,586
Invercargill .. .. .. 146 54,204 1,615 18 9 980 67 6 10 2,695 329 1 6 40,641
Napier .. .. .. 79 80,795 2,361 10 1 4,062 232 18 10 4,684 346 19 7 47,717
Nelson .. .. .. 68 37,430 1,164 18 1 1,358 81 10 11 22,697 194 2 6 2,384
New Plymouth .. .. .. 53 36,160 1,129 10 6½ 2,029 109 9 2 1,758 193 3 0½ 14,439
Oamaru .. .. .. 41 17,180 512 7 0½ 427 27 18 9 517 179 12 0½ 8,034
Thames .. .. .. 51 45,026 1,339 6 3 2,037 121 3 8 1,094 153 11 1½ 7,181
Timaru .. .. .. 55 34,620 1,031 15 8 1,129 71 17 0 1,245 192 2 2 15,017
Wanganui .. .. .. 98 96,470 2,939 0 7 4,870 266 13 1 3,060 339 16 6 29,907
Wellington .. .. .. 194 285,552 10,063 5 0½ 13,315 795 7 7 34,190 1,003 9 10 74,633
Westport .. .. .. 36 23,466 729 19 5 1,024 78 12 8 863 82 18 7½ 2,776
Totals first quarter in 1909 .. .. .. 1,763 1,400,981 44,346 1 9 61,302 3,868 14 1 106,631 5,556 3 6 389,722
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as "Collect" on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 19th April, 1909.

W. R. MORRIS,
Acting-Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal District for Quarter Ended 31st March, 1909

🚂 Transport & Communications
19 April 1909
Statistics, Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Press Telegrams, Bureau Communications, Quarter ended 31 March 1909
  • W. R. Morris, Acting-Secretary