New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 7

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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 December, 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 402 304,500 9,253 4 9½ 19,520 1,210 11 5 11,628 646 11 0½ 57,717 1,287 16 4 393,365
Blenheim 69 26,699 809 6 1 1,027 62 10 1 631 163 18 8½ 9,670 196 3 4 38,027
Christchurch 205 149,857 4,622 15 10 6,588 397 6 2 8,270 769 14 11½ 40,593 966 1 0 205,308
Dunedin 196 129,913 4,018 9 2½ 4,360 289 6 4 6,603 467 17 11½ 30,007 858 1 9½ 170,883
Gisborne 35 31,185 1,016 1 9½ 1,609 115 9 8 829 216 10 0 23,376 550 0 8 56,999
Greymouth 30 35,724 1,168 8 11 2,335 148 1 10 1,550 167 14 0 8,206 205 8 0 47,815
Hokitika 50 11,219 354 12 1½ 387 25 6 2 369 90 17 0 5,689 117 19 3 17,664
Invercargill 154 54,717 1,629 5 1½ 1,106 71 10 0 1,627 295 8 5 46,174 1,330 3 10 103,624
Napier 85 77,611 2,266 6 8½ 4,017 209 13 2 3,171 379 11 1½ 57,031 1,216 5 11½ 141,830
Nelson 71 34,955 1,060 19 11½ 1,509 79 9 7 24,979 187 7 10½ 4,564 114 3 9 66,007
New Plymouth 55 40,051 1,266 7 4½ 1,802 110 12 7 963 181 2 4½ 18,036 386 8 8 60,852
Oamaru 41 16,166 483 16 2 463 23 12 2 635 151 17 8 8,233 254 0 9½ 25,497
Thames 55 45,981 1,378 14 8½ 2,920 164 4 4 672 161 7 6½ 8,141 169 7 0 57,714
Timaru 56 33,297 994 2 8½ 1,024 60 12 10 715 148 6 3 17,606 510 18 7 52,642
Wanganui 107 91,922 2,836 15 0½ 3,465 229 14 1 1,899 293 0 4½ 34,636 792 15 11½ 131,922
Wellington 204 284,937 9,457 13 0½ 15,107 798 18 2 42,864 779 17 11 85,036 2,150 4 11 427,944
Westport 36 25,389 805 1 11 1,000 79 11 8 489 86 12 0½ 3,735 110 16 8 30,613
Totals fourth quarter in 1909 1,851 1,394,123 43,422 1 6 68,239 4,076 10 3 107,894 5,187 15 3 458,450 11,216 16 6 2,028,706
Totals fourth quarter in 1908 1,719 1,389,192 44,211 10 2½ 68,488 3,811 0 10 108,582 5,072 19 10 374,649 8,437 12 9 1,940,911
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 20th January, 1910.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 January 1910
Telegraphs, Postal districts, Statistics, Revenue, Telegrams, Press telegrams, Bureau communications, 1909, 1908
  • D. Robertson, Secretary