New Zealand Gazette – 1912 – No. 79

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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, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. 490 332,413 10,205 2 3½ 19,330 1,229 10 0 12,842
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. 84 26,151 778 1 1½ 1,035 70 13 0 355
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 222 153,723 4,742 5 11½ 7,033 440 14 6 7,988
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 216 123,632 3,903 5 0½ 3,949 294 6 3 6,231
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 34 34,909 1,145 18 2½ 1,757 140 5 9 2,241
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 35 29,811 998 12 7 1,429 117 8 8 1,326
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. 53 9,462 294 8 11 274 18 15 2 159
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 176 56,642 1,717 14 4 1,238 90 16 0 1,470
Napier .. .. .. .. .. 88 75,354 2,269 13 6½ 2,874 199 2 5 2,760
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 84 33,585 1,036 1 11½ 1,357 91 7 3 23,060
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. 76 40,074 1,228 2 5 1,626 105 3 9 547
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. 48 15,242 458 2 10 331 22 14 5 291
Thames .. .. .. .. .. 63 49,749 1,456 10 6 2,514 151 6 2 1,959
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 63 32,558 962 13 3 1,022 62 3 9 1,227
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 131 95,725 2,927 6 6 4,708 286 18 2 2,677
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 221 281,950 9,600 3 2 13,483 911 16 11 57,357
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 44 23,144 722 1 7½ 990 77 15 2 248
Totals third quarter in 1912 .. .. .. .. .. 2,128 1,414,124 44,446 4 3 64,950 4,310 17 4 122,738
Totals third quarter in 1911 .. .. .. .. .. 2,006 1,356,676 42,158 18 1 56,634 3,615 18 5 109,093

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st October, 1912.

D. ROBERTSON, Secretary.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 October 1912
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Revenue, Telegrams, Bureau communications, Statistics, Quarter ended 30 September 1912
  • D. Robertson, Secretary