New Zealand Gazette – 1914 – No. 4

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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 31st December, 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 .. .. .. .. 571 398,927 12,298 15 8 24,252 1,591 12 6 15,857 950 11 4
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 85 30,117 917 9 1½ 1,132 80 13 2 581 113 17 6
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 230 176,941 5,441 14 9 9,275 603 0 11 9,747 1,056 6 9
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 231 143,164 4,519 1 4½ 5,694 419 16 9 8,714 550 0 0½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 38 41,044 1,413 10 4 2,265 151 17 3 1,116 342 18 1
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 35 36,141 1,229 19 7½ 1,889 127 18 3 1,450 263 4 10
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 51 12,624 399 3 5½ 465 31 17 9 391 139 0 4½
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 186 62,348 1,870 18 0 1,362 95 7 4 1,787 380 11 11
Napier .. .. .. .. 94 91,508 2,712 6 9 4,170 279 15 4 2,167 443 7 2½
Nelson .. .. .. .. 92 40,892 1,215 0 7 1,992 123 9 0 21,046 249 6 5
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 82 43,413 1,336 13 0½ 2,103 135 1 7 810 317 4 8
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 52 18,598 749 11 6½ 564 32 4 4 429 203 15 7
Thames .. .. .. .. 68 55,879 1,674 9 6½ 2,910 183 16 9 696 153 11 10½
Timaru .. .. .. .. 73 38,835 1,149 15 5 1,261 72 19 4 1,377 288 19 4
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 131 105,977 3,291 12 4½ 5,073 340 8 11 3,190 484 14 11½
Wellington .. .. .. .. 223 337,035 11,657 3 7 18,663 1,312 2 1 65,098 1,018 19 8½
Westport .. .. .. .. 49 23,709 744 15 4 1,194 89 7 0 1,275 128 19 0½
Totals fourth quarter in 1913 .. .. .. .. 2,291 1,657,152 52,622 0 6 84,264 5,671 8 3 135,731 7,085 9 7½
Totals fourth quarter in 1912 .. .. .. .. 2,161 1,611,084 50,314 19 1½ 71,357 4,624 13 0 110,901 5,747 17 10½

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 20th January, 1914.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

[Jan. 23.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 871



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
20 January 1914
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary