New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 122

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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, 1916.

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	..	..	..	..	..	619	304,149	11,747 7 2½	16,192	1,252 15 4	5,282
Blenheim	..	..	..	..	..	96	20,425	796 16 3½	871	57 4 7	108
Christchurch	..	..	..	..	..	228	134,279	5,357 7 2	7,771	583 13 0	4,334
Dunedin	..	..	..	..	..	246	106,057	4,402 4 4	4,535	389 16 7	2,372
Gisborne	..	..	..	..	..	38	32,911	1,413 19 1	1,589	132 7 4	307
Greymouth	..	..	..	..	..	38	24,209	996 5 10	848	70 17 10	208
Hokitika	..	..	..	..	..	52	7,941	312 3 10½	188	13 18 10	163
Invercargill	..	..	..	..	..	206	43,143	1,694 9 2	1,142	99 6 9	282
Napier	..	..	..	..	..	91	67,245	2,538 12 1	3,334	226 4 4	1,185
Nelson	..	..	..	..	..	99	30,549	1,208 15 0½	1,464	110 10 2	20,433
New Plymouth	..	..	..	..	..	112	55,130	2,173 0 7	2,243	169 19 1	351
Oamaru	..	..	..	..	..	52	12,729	489 19 4½	389	30 14 10	89
Thames	..	..	..	..	..	80	46,556	1,746 13 8	2,082	154 13 9	256
Timaru	..	..	..	..	..	74	27,791	1,061 7 10½	1,072	69 12 5	533
Wanganui	..	..	..	..	..	110	62,742	2,456 18 3½	3,500	210 19 6	1,187
Wellington	..	..	..	..	..	214	322,405	16,056 16 2	19,876	1,615 8 0	38,792
Westport	..	..	..	..	..	51	14,236	580 13 3	671	64 14 1	59
Totals 3rd quarter in 1916	..	..	..	..	..	2,406	1,312,497	55,033 9 3½	67,772	5,252 16 5	75,941
Totals 3rd quarter in 1915	..	..	..	..	..	2,355	1,479,062	50,305 9 11½	81,210	6,546 1 11	127,141

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th October, 1916.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated25 October 1916
KeywordsTelegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, September 1916, Statistics
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W. R. Morris, Secretary

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