New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 123

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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, 1915.

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 615 352,808 11,420 7 1½ 17,455 1,227 17 7 8,716 870 16 3½ 183,458 5,331 11 0½
Blenheim 93 22,271 683 16 0½ 736 51 18 9 65 112 18 6 19,073 421 2 5
Christchurch 232 154,455 5,193 16 7 8,303 591 3 10 5,620 991 5 11 77,089 2,339 7 11½
Dunedin 243 127,125 4,319 17 6½ 4,272 357 8 11 4,947 479 9 2 59,816 1,859 4 10
Gisborne 38 38,300 1,326 15 6½ 2,286 147 15 2 732 302 6 1 29,217 1,070 5 5½
Greymouth 38 28,369 961 0 3 1,233 96 4 7 476 232 15 3½ 9,230 261 7 5
Hokitika 52 9,176 282 6 4 223 15 9 8 132 126 2 10 7,435 159 15 11
Invercargill 199 52,536 1,698 12 4½ 1,253 93 13 1 592 344 1 3½ 75,891 2,111 14 0½
Napier 93 76,978 2,355 0 7 3,740 242 19 9 1,114 405 11 2½ 114,880 2,845 15 4½
Nelson 96 34,693 1,143 6 2 1,644 112 11 6 22,738 334 8 4 19,141 519 7 5
New Plymouth 111 54,784 1,776 8 2½ 2,103 147 13 5 488 321 6 8 47,232 1,031 0 8½
Oamaru 51 16,212 576 15 1½ 527 31 12 8 236 210 0 3 14,550 559 2 5
Thames 81 53,397 1,659 4 0½ 2,155 148 9 1 385 197 10 1 28,350 708 9 9½
Timaru 74 33,364 1,015 0 7 1,192 75 7 9 748 278 5 7 41,588 1,271 5 0
Wanganui 107 82,295 2,581 9 9½ 4,424 262 7 7 2,244 340 17 2½ 66,174 1,689 9 0
Wellington 219 347,297 14,026 13 4 23,339 2,069 16 4 66,160 807 10 9 177,870 5,176 9 11½
Westport 53 17,458 558 3 7 864 71 12 5 177 114 19 6 4,759 151 15 6
Totals third quarter in 1915 2,395 1,501,518 51,578 13 2½ 75,754 5,744 2 1 115,570 6,470 4 11½ 975,753 27,507 4 3
Totals third quarter in 1914 2,355 1,479,062 50,305 9 11½ 81,210 6,546 1 11 127,141 6,194 9 10½ 964,329 25,127 13 1
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 26th October, 1915. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 October 1915
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Revenue, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary