New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 54

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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 March, 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 .. .. .. .. 622 352,876 13,626 4 10 17,039 1,301 11 2 8,046 778 14 10
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 97 25,874 1,005 6 8½ 1,275 94 5 10 65 120 1 0½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 231 156,743 6,485 1 1½ 8,311 727 17 6 3,577 846 7 2½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 246 133,430 5,476 7 3½ 4,957 424 14 0 3,695 398 15 8½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 38 39,046 1,654 2 8 2,120 174 0 3 785 246 16 9½
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 38 28,045 1,145 13 5 895 70 10 2 409 223 4 9
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 52 8,693 336 16 5 233 17 18 8 96 113 2 4
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 203 52,984 2,008 5 6 1,276 94 12 0 787 259 19 7½
Napier .. .. .. .. 93 80,024 3,161 5 9 4,274 300 18 10 2,028 422 2 3½
Nelson .. .. .. .. 99 38,822 1,549 0 8½ 1,661 117 18 0 23,483 232 14 2½
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 112 60,012 2,381 14 8½ 3,207 190 12 7 964 342 14 7
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 51 16,299 674 5 0½ 653 46 13 7 307 189 15 6
Thames .. .. .. .. 81 50,425 1,876 13 8 2,059 153 7 9 423 220 10 2½
Timaru .. .. .. .. 74 33,972 1,295 5 0½ 1,325 81 11 5 838 239 8 10½
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 108 75,174 2,931 1 11 4,510 281 13 9 1,599 288 4 5
Wellington .. .. .. .. 217 361,985 16,849 0 1 21,406 1,810 2 1 27,041 1,014 18 3
Westport .. .. .. .. 51 16,873 662 10 9 906 70 1 7 133 116 7 10
Totals first quarter in 1916 .. .. .. .. 2,413 1,531,277 63,118 15 7½ 76,107 5,958 9 2 74,276 6,053 18 5½
Totals first quarter in 1915 .. .. .. .. 2,386 1,575,692 51,712 2 5½ 79,601 5,502 13 3 111,500 4,893 19 2
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd May, 1916.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
2 May 1916
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Financial Transactions, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary