New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 71

Page 2075

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th June, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 416 294,685 8,879 17 11 21,677 1,299 10 10 12,540 586 7 3½
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 72 23,904 694 12 7½ 982 55 12 1 606 196 10 5½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 206 139,145 4,434 8 7½ 6,623 483 16 11 7,795 706 16 3½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 202 123,209 3,833 3 2½ 4,586 313 4 9 6,556 347 11 8
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 33 30,346 1,038 10 10 1,658 121 9 3 1,053 191 7 9
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 30 31,937 1,053 1 9½ 1,842 121 7 1 1,471 165 10 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 49 9,510 296 15 4 370 23 10 7 542 93 2 4½
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 158 52,153 1,590 9 7½ 1,211 84 13 4 1,828 297 9 3
Napier .. .. .. .. 85 71,124 2,095 12 4½ 3,773 208 1 6 3,948 347 15 9½
Nelson .. .. .. .. 76 33,980 1,048 9 10 1,399 92 8 11 20,883 188 19 7
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 58 37,235 1,160 14 6½ 1,531 95 17 9 788 207 12 11½
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 42 16,154 487 6 5½ 511 25 3 1 454 148 9 6
Thames .. .. .. .. 58 45,158 1,363 18 1½ 2,771 157 1 8 797 166 14 5½
Timaru .. .. .. .. 55 32,922 980 12 7½ 986 58 6 1 839 148 1 2½
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 115 88,797 2,706 12 5½ 4,249 242 18 4 2,644 340 17 10½
Wellington .. .. .. .. 205 257,607 8,676 6 9 13,005 794 7 1 41,795 950 0 5½
Westport .. .. .. .. 37 22,993 732 4 3 1,085 85 16 0 281 96 3 11½
Totals second quarter in 1910 .. .. .. .. 1,897 1,310,859 41,072 17 4½ 68,259 4,263 5 3 104,820 5,179 11 4½
Totals second quarter in 1909 .. .. .. .. 1,808 1,283,644 40,148 0 8 65,629 4,064 6 3 104,872 4,670 13 7½
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 25th July, 1910.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

[905] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. [JULY 28.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business Statistics by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 July 1910
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Statistics, Revenue, Telegrams, Press Telegrams, Bureau Communications, Quarter ended 30 June 1910
  • D. Robertson, Secretary