New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 36

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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, 1910.

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 412 308,916 £ s. d. 9,248 12 9 22,251 £ s. d. 1,347 14 5 14,094 £ s. d. 549 14 3 66,121 £ s. d. 1,441 19 10 411,382
Blenheim 70 26,921 803 15 10½ 926 59 12 6 449 185 11 8 10,843 227 6 0 39,139
Christchurch 205 156,959 4,951 18 10½ 6,630 479 10 4 8,518 704 6 11½ 43,377 1,049 13 8½ 215,484
Dunedin 199 140,172 4,378 4 1½ 5,091 331 9 11 8,185 349 0 5½ 32,913 967 9 3 186,361
Gisborne 34 30,957 1,020 11 2 1,568 110 3 3 1,222 215 11 5 24,656 597 14 0 58,403
Greymouth 30 32,869 1,086 17 0½ 2,006 127 7 5 1,059 156 10 6½ 7,941 192 11 11 43,875
Hokitika 49 10,293 322 4 6 309 19 3 10 311 84 8 11½ 5,383 109 11 7½ 16,296
Invercargill 154 59,340 1,777 6 7½ 1,153 77 9 7 2,380 313 15 0 48,503 1,398 7 6½ 111,376
Napier 84 80,473 2,406 2 4½ 3,934 237 14 4 4,188 333 12 0½ 60,284 1,277 13 2½ 148,879
Nelson 73 38,088 1,165 9 2 1,401 84 7 0 21,660 184 8 3 5,543 136 5 7 66,692
New Plymouth 57 39,429 1,240 2 10 2,158 113 12 4 1,494 179 19 5 18,115 384 8 2 61,196
Oamaru 41 17,532 519 18 1 381 25 2 9 339 160 11 3 9,689 295 7 10 27,941
Thames 56 45,563 1,374 8 7 2,607 148 11 1 674 142 3 10 8,958 185 19 1½ 57,802
Timaru 56 36,121 1,073 18 1½ 952 62 9 4 602 171 15 5 20,768 597 16 3 58,443
Wanganui 112 96,253 2,953 1 8 5,006 271 3 1 4,031 317 6 4 35,559 798 12 5 140,849
Wellington 202 281,498 9,417 5 4½ 14,937 853 5 0 33,087 924 14 10 90,532 2,246 19 4½ 420,104
Westport 37 25,108 800 16 8½ 1,207 96 1 7 511 90 18 1 3,760 110 13 7 30,586
Totals first quarter in 1910 1,871 1,426,492 44,540 13 10½ 72,517 4,444 17 9 102,804 5,064 8 8½ 492,995 12018 9 5 2,094,808
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 8,871 11 0 1,958,636
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 18th April, 1910.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
18 April 1910
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Financial statistics, Quarter ended March 1910
  • D. Robertson, Secretary