New Zealand Gazette – 1910 – No. 96

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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 September, 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 .. .. .. .. 419 284,158 8,678 13 4 19,986 1,189 4 8 11,250 775 17 3½
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 75 21,775 638 8 5½ 763 44 5 5 345 148 7 1½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 208 136,420 4,244 4 0 6,370 402 8 1 8,656 788 4 9
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 203 114,919 3,618 4 9½ 4,277 290 1 11 6,389 482 8 2
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 34 29,513 1,003 19 10½ 1,566 107 0 5 1,013 260 8 5
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 30 31,482 1,064 14 9 1,843 115 5 1 1,086 193 8 0
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 49 9,884 308 2 10 558 33 17 0 239 91 13 6
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 160 47,687 1,432 19 6 941 65 18 0 1,327 367 18 3½
Napier .. .. .. .. 85 69,156 2,061 5 4½ 2,294 162 6 8 2,321 403 13 9
Nelson .. .. .. .. 76 31,354 949 14 9 1,209 75 6 0 20,809 206 19 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 58 37,431 1,167 16 6 1,477 95 19 0 1,001 240 9 2½
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 43 13,816 424 12 11 285 18 5 4 192 183 2 2
Thames .. .. .. .. 58 46,645 1,391 1 1 3,045 159 10 3 659 156 3 2½
Timaru .. .. .. .. 55 30,011 891 7 1½ 882 52 0 6 600 158 8 9
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 115 88,406 2,738 4 4½ 4,419 231 0 4 2,746 324 19 0
Wellington .. .. .. .. 206 257,110 8,504 3 11 13,999 816 10 9 50,930 898 4 5½
Westport .. .. .. .. 37 22,445 707 8 11½ 1,161 90 0 2 725 95 16 2
Totals third quarter in 1910 .. .. .. .. 1,911 1,272,212 39,825 2 6½ 65,075 3,948 19 7 110,288 5,776 2 0
Totals third quarter in 1909 .. .. .. .. 1,824 1,198,741 37,327 16 4 70,932 4,398 8 0 103,372 4,811 10 11½
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as "Collect" on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th October, 1910.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.



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🚂 Telegraph Business Statistics by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 October 1910
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Press Telegrams, Quarter ended September 1910
  • D. Robertson, Secretary