New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 64

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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 June, 1912.

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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 477 352,674 £ s. d. 10,795 19 6½ 19,076 £ s. d. 1,197 4 6 17,195
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. 84 28,798 853 6 10 1,271 77 7 3 605
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 220 160,562 4,975 8 5½ 6,801 451 11 4 6,922
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 214 137,924 4,302 6 2½ 4,356 306 3 9 7,963
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 34 35,603 1,211 14 11 1,795 134 10 9 1,451
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 35 31,976 1,073 19 4 1,197 88 7 5 1,746
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. 53 9,665 296 7 2 228 13 14 7 251
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 175 59,213 1,788 6 5½ 1,097 75 11 10 1,304
Napier .. .. .. .. .. 88 79,703 2,392 15 8 3,961 221 17 8 3,307
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 83 35,575 1,108 0 9½ 1,416 95 12 10 19,601
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. 75 42,280 1,307 7 7½ 1,691 111 14 4 838
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. 48 18,484 562 9 8 559 30 9 10 583
Thames .. .. .. .. .. 64 52,139 1,543 7 3½ 2,389 144 2 4 1,604
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 63 36,783 1,090 10 7½ 1,108 64 12 4 1,238
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 131 105,757 3,225 4 10 5,217 309 12 9 2,990
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 218 291,854 9,915 9 11 14,133 909 12 10 45,148
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 43 23,878 747 6 5½ 930 72 16 5 398
Totals second quarter in 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 2,105 1,502,868 47,190 1 9½ 67,225 4,305 2 9 113,144
Totals second quarter in 1911 .. .. .. .. .. 1,980 1,403,164 43,677 12 11 58,654 3,644 15 10 98,983
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd July, 1912. D. ROBERTSON, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business Statistics by Postal District

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 July 1912
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Statistics, Revenue, Telegrams, Press Telegrams, Bureau Communications, Quarter ended 30 June 1912
  • D. Robertson, Secretary