New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 38

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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics

APRIL 25

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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STATEMENT of Telegraph Business within the several Postal Districts of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st March, 1912.

Postal Districts.

Number of Offices open to public	Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams.	Urgent Ordinary Telegrams.*	Press Telegrams.*	Bureau Communications.	Total.
Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.	Number.	Amount.
£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
Auckland	468	367,641	11,307 12 0½	19,181	1,223 9 8
Blenheim	84	31,117	939 3 3½	1,090	70 16 8
Christchurch	217	174,475	5,386 9 2½	7,384	508 9 3
Dunedin	213	141,811	4,385 17 2	4,585	311 5 2
Gisborne	34	39,420	1,315 5 3	2,156	151 1 1
Greymouth	35	34,314	1,134 17 9½	1,119	76 6 7
Hokitika	53	10,485	327 14 11½	240	16 15 5
Invercargill	169	63,976	1,926 2 1	1,320	85 8 5
Napier	87	88,616	2,649 9 8	4,213	249 2 11
Nelson	88	39,570	1,231 2 3½	1,583	101 13 6
New Plymouth	74	42,971	1,325 8 7½	2,038	108 16 7
Oamaru	46	18,382	549 1 9½	521	27 11 5
Thames	64	53,630	1,591 12 4½	2,327	136 0 8
Timaru	64	38,875	1,168 8 8½	1,160	73 11 0
Wanganui	129	107,846	3,303 18 4	5,538	314 2 2
Wellington	217	309,564	10,429 15 6½	14,269	881 10 4
Westport	42	26,031	826 6 2½	1,071	84 5 1
Totals first quarter in 1912	2,079	1,588,724	49,798 5 4	69,745	4,420 5 11
Totals first quarter in 1911	1,963	1,493,544	46,801 1 5½	63,984	3,995 9 11

The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 20th April, 1912.

D. ROBERTSON, Secretary.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1912, No 38

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated20 April 1912
KeywordsTelegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Transactions, New Zealand
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D. Robertson, Secretary

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