New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 6

Page 365

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st December, 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 .. .. .. .. 428 316,840 9,635 7 7½ 17,658 1,039 13 6 10,175 791 16 8
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 77 27,638 816 0 3 826 50 10 10 602 130 16 1
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 208 160,262 4,961 14 10½ 6,898 423 13 8 8,152 787 15 0
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 203 134,455 4,157 4 10 4,297 283 5 5 6,841 468 16 10
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 34 34,321 1,193 18 8½ 1,763 126 9 5 958 224 15 6
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 30 37,641 1,224 10 3½ 1,125 75 7 4 1,180 201 16 9½
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 49 11,522 356 14 3½ 214 14 17 11 195 98 4 7
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 161 58,989 1,783 4 7 1,230 81 8 2 1,652 310 2 9
Napier .. .. .. .. 86 83,132 2,439 13 7½ 4,130 217 5 2 2,950 418 2 4
Nelson .. .. .. .. 78 35,313 1,068 5 10½ 1,354 70 14 0 24,274 212 1 7
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 60 40,354 1,248 7 1 1,690 109 11 10 948 237 15 10½
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 49 16,146 492 13 1 472 21 13 0 348 187 0 10½
Thames .. .. .. .. 58 51,954 1,554 19 4½ 2,678 146 19 9 731 155 4 7½
Timaru .. .. .. .. 55 34,619 1,034 19 0½ 1,005 57 16 3 1,087 169 4 6
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 120 96,258 2,975 17 0½ 3,942 251 13 4 1,912 342 9 5½
Wellington .. .. .. .. 209 294,337 9,689 11 5 14,571 801 7 2 51,060 923 12 1½
Westport .. .. .. .. 37 26,310 810 12 6 973 73 15 7 518 109 15 2
Totals fourth quarter in 1910 .. .. .. .. 1,936 1,460,091 45,443 14 6½ 64,826 3,866 2 4 113,583 5,769 10 9
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
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 24th January, 1911.

D. ROBERTSON,
Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
JAN. 26.
996



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🚂 Statistics of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts - Quarter ended 31 December 1910

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 January 1911
Telegraphs, Postal districts, Statistics, Revenue, Telegrams, Press, Bureau communications, Financial data, Quarterly report
  • D. Robertson, Secretary