New Zealand Gazette – 1913 – No. 58

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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, 1913.

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 .. .. .. .. .. .. 537 363,080 11,133 7 2 20,459 1,310 5 0 14,217 690 6 3 135,314 3,564 16 4 533,070 16,698 14 9
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. 84 27,109 797 12 2½ 1,198 77 18 2 403 77 0 7 16,744 352 12 6 45,454 1,305 3 5½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 230 159,551 4,938 9 5½ 7,247 508 7 3 6,888 684 13 10 81,274 1,967 6 0 254,960 8,098 16 6½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. 221 132,084 4,161 8 9 4,490 315 16 6 5,957 360 12 2½ 56,160 1,624 18 9 198,691 6,462 16 2½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. 36 87,120 1,290 16 8 2,035 144 9 0 1,159 210 2 4 23,987 829 2 11½ 64,301 2,474 10 6½
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 35 81,565 1,067 4 1½ 1,501 100 19 10 1,169 172 8 0 8,355 224 13 11 42,590 1,565 5 10½
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 9,430 302 8 0½ 291 20 10 1 473 92 3 7½ 6,619 145 19 4 16,813 561 1 1
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 182 57,161 1,748 18 6 1,315 95 13 5 2,441 253 9 0 63,431 1,817 0 5½ 124,348 3,915 1 4½
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. 91 85,635 2,613 4 4½ 4,892 280 19 9 3,398 315 15 10½ 93,646 2,404 13 8½ 187,571 5,614 13 8½
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 89 36,878 1,152 16 8½ 1,649 106 16 1 17,624 163 18 4½ 14,995 398 14 3 71,146 1,822 5 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 81 40,609 1,255 18 10½ 1,914 126 14 2 728 192 0 2 24,476 536 3 0 67,727 2,110 16 2½
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 49 17,130 578 10 9 656 36 15 8 477 141 1 4 12,960 469 17 4½ 31,223 1,226 5 1½
Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. 67 49,069 1,449 9 10 2,080 124 12 8 900 113 10 0 17,975 431 13 1½ 70,024 2,119 5 7½
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 70 36,173 1,079 15 9 1,284 80 19 0 1,571 168 19 11 37,433 1,153 12 0½ 76,461 2,483 6 8½
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 130 100,301 3,121 2 10 5,714 351 10 2 3,267 286 16 11 61,234 1,428 9 11½ 170,516 5,187 19 10½
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 222 287,200 9,860 16 3½ 15,559 1,027 5 5 45,690 801 3 2 134,022 3,438 5 2½ 482,471 15,127 10 1
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 46 21,112 655 19 3½ 1,032 81 14 7 365 83 17 0 4,775 143 14 11 27,284 965 5 9½
Totals second quarter in 1913 .. .. .. 2,222 1,491,207 47,207 19 2½ 73,315 4,791 6 9 106,727 4,807 18 7 793,400 20,931 13 10 2,464,650 77,738 18 4½
Totals second quarter in 1912 .. .. .. 2,105 1,502,868 47,190 1 9½ 67,225 4,305 2 9 113,144 5,752 15 1 658,477 17,932 1 8½ 2,341,714 75,180 1 4

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st July, 1913.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 July 1913
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics, 1913
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary