New Zealand Gazette – 1916 – No. 81

Page 2541

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th June, 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 .. .. .. .. 623 331,209 12,782 9 3½ 17,058 1,274 1 8 6,507 782 8 7½
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 97 22,658 866 8 1½ 1,320 75 4 9 253 137 7 3
Christchurch .. .. .. .. 231 144,493 5,942 9 4½ 7,763 647 9 0 5,066 951 14 10½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 245 123,762 5,085 0 1½ 4,697 431 9 6 3,351 467 12 10
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 38 34,702 1,486 0 5½ 2,000 163 18 3 641 306 10 6
Greymouth .. .. .. .. 38 25,321 1,048 16 0½ 877 72 7 2 237 251 8 3
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 52 7,973 312 17 4½ 238 12 15 9 206 121 16 0
Invercargill .. .. .. .. 206 49,370 1,927 16 1 1,241 100 19 5 459 311 11 1½
Napier .. .. .. .. 92 71,370 2,780 10 0½ 4,059 265 11 7 1,248 462 4 1½
Nelson .. .. .. .. 99 33,516 1,271 7 2½ 1,424 103 19 9 20,628 249 2 9
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. 112 56,505 2,193 16 9 2,511 167 16 3 533 377 11 4
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 50 15,774 594 10 1 567 32 16 0 291 215 1 3½
Thames .. .. .. .. 80 46,961 1,769 6 5 1,891 143 11 2 225 236 12 2
Timaru .. .. .. .. 74 30,156 1,160 15 2 845 66 10 2 248 264 7 6
Wanganui .. .. .. .. 111 67,880 2,631 14 9½ 3,598 241 6 1 1,023 328 12 2
Wellington .. .. .. .. 215 339,019 15,719 12 11 19,199 1,577 5 11 36,377 999 6 11½
Westport .. .. .. .. 51 15,297 611 2 7½ 656 59 16 0 51 137 10 1
Totals 2nd quarter in 1916 .. .. .. .. 2,414 1,415,966 58,184 12 10½ 69,944 5,436 18 5 77,344 6,600 17 10
Totals 2nd quarter in 1915 .. .. .. .. 2,385 1,521,307 50,598 11 3½ 75,791 5,334 6 7 112,434 5,548 7 10½
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1916

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

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