New Zealand Gazette – 1915 – No. 8

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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, 1914.

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	..	..	..	..	..	605	363,087	£ 11,399 11 6½	20,493	£ 1,272 12 5	12,499
Blenheim	..	..	..	..	..	92	28,252	870 6 9	1,260	83 8 0	626
Christchurch	..	..	..	..	..	284	164,757	5,326 10 3½	10,167	631 10 6	5,955
Dunedin	..	..	..	..	..	235	136,001	4,491 19 2	5,406	371 19 8	7,077
Gisborne	..	..	..	..	..	38	43,051	1,508 8 4½	3,105	207 2 4	1,232
Greymouth	..	..	..	..	..	38	35,266	1,171 1 8½	1,750	120 5 6	1,299
Hokitika	..	..	..	..	..	51	11,452	372 4 7	352	22 15 10	359
Invercargill	..	..	..	..	..	194	54,684	1,716 1 10	1,829	104 0 0	1,535
Napier	..	..	..	..	..	94	86,599	2,651 9 7½	4,923	325 6 7	2,402
Nelson	..	..	..	..	..	95	38,572	1,204 1 6½	2,469	121 7 4	20,743
New Plymouth	..	..	..	..	..	82	39,579	1,271 3 10½	2,007	115 5 2	745
Oamaru	..	..	..	..	..	51	17,638	670 10 6	602	31 10 7	341
Thames	..	..	..	..	..	79	55,450	1,770 2 8½	2,716	172 3 0	859
Timaru	..	..	..	..	..	73	36,243	1,093 18 5½	1,408	74 5 8	1,350
Wanganui	..	..	..	..	..	139	95,560	3,033 8 1	4,614	299 7 6	1,975
Wellington	..	..	..	..	..	223	316,205	11,710 2 1	19,530	1,486 9 3	57,452
Westport	..	..	..	..	..	51	23,884	755 3 1	1,070	92 7 3	378
Totals fourth quarter in 1914	..	..	..	..	..	2,374	1,546,280	51,016 4 2½	83,701	5,531 16 7	116,827
Totals fourth quarter in 1913	..	..	..	..	..	2,291	1,657,152	52,622 0 6	84,264	5,671 8 3	135,731

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 19th January, 1915.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated19 January 1915
KeywordsTelegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue
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W. R. Morris, Secretary

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