New Zealand Gazette – 1911 – No. 84

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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, 1911.

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 446 316,145 9,681 1 8 16,590 1,069 2 9 10,870 822 9 5½ 77,588 2,129 8 7 421,193 13,701 17 5½
Blenheim 81 23,552 702 19 5½ 667 44 14 2 415 92 17 8 10,970 246 5 4 35,604 1,086 16 7½
Christchurch 211 142,058 4,381 14 3 6,127 364 6 2 7,346 733 18 6 47,487 1,289 11 9 203,018 6,769 10 8
Dunedin 209 119,286 3,704 14 5 3,615 240 2 4 6,349 403 5 3½ 34,261 1,075 16 9½ 163,511 5,423 18 10
Gisborne 34 32,555 1,107 12 10 1,531 108 6 11 1,236 259 5 5 20,707 674 4 0½ 56,029 2,149 9 2½
Greymouth 31 32,066 1,076 10 5½ 1,101 73 17 8 910 185 4 8 7,821 205 8 11 41,898 1,541 1 8½
Hokitika 50 9,568 296 17 11½ 177 11 18 0 169 97 18 4 5,930 129 6 9 15,844 536 1 0½
Invercargill 165 52,055 1,576 12 6½ 961 66 10 6 1,004 291 5 4 53,630 1,570 13 3 107,650 3,505 1 7½
Napier 86 72,048 2,173 6 2½ 2,555 179 0 0 1,702 393 17 2 71,133 1,865 19 3 147,438 4,612 2 7½
Nelson 80 32,603 1,015 2 6½ 1,228 76 2 7 19,615 204 5 8 11,080 278 3 5½ 64,526 1,573 14 3
New Plymouth 71 39,712 1,206 10 5 1,488 97 15 5 1,156 229 6 10½ 22,001 517 8 10 64,357 2,051 1 6½
Oamaru 44 13,747 416 13 3 257 16 12 10 337 164 3 6½ 9,834 348 12 10 24,175 946 2 5½
Thames 61 51,010 1,516 2 10½ 2,387 140 2 4 711 151 9 6 13,069 289 17 8 67,177 2,097 12 4½
Timaru 60 29,864 889 2 2 854 49 3 4 1,082 180 10 11 24,691 726 3 11 56,491 1,845 0 4
Wanganui 124 94,872 2,910 7 4 4,272 243 9 0 2,775 331 4 0 46,131 1,120 7 4 148,050 4,605 7 8
Wellington 212 271,861 8,761 11 2½ 11,851 757 9 3 53,084 962 1 3½ 101,700 2,765 16 2½ 438,496 13,246 17 11½
Westport 41 23,674 741 18 6 973 77 5 2 332 98 16 2 4,178 129 2 0 29,157 1,047 1 10
Totals third quarter in 1911 2,006 1,356,676 42,158 18 1 56,634 3,615 18 5 109,093 5,601 19 9½ 562,211 15,362 1 11 2,084,614 66,738 18 2½
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 0 482,999 12,832 12 10 1,930,574 62,382 16 11½
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st October, 1911. D. ROBERTSON, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 October 1911
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Statistics, Quarter ended September 1911
  • D. Robertson, Secretary