New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 120

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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 June, 1917.

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 .. .. .. .. .. 618 331,914 £ s. d. 12,994 5 6½ 20,008 £ s. d. 1,519 1 0 6,584
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. 96 21,258 800 10 3½ 1,120 80 8 2½ 108
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. 229 148,558 6,273 19 9 8,451 729 7 10½ 4,408
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. 245 124,676 5,327 8 2 5,440 487 19 1½ 3,401
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. 39 35,156 1,556 16 4 2,287 184 17 4 643
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. 41 23,455 1,000 7 6 1,083 100 13 1½ 976
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. 53 7,554 292 19 2 199 10 16 11½ 136
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. 205 49,283 1,901 17 2 1,525 137 16 2 520
Napier .. .. .. .. .. 90 70,959 2,754 4 5 4,468 289 6 9 1,669
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. 101 29,414 1,185 7 11½ 1,742 127 10 10½ 16,121
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. 112 55,413 2,201 1 0 2,963 196 5 0½ 522
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. 51 15,468 572 2 6½ 558 37 6 2 206
Thames .. .. .. .. .. 82 45,996 1,729 9 3½ 2,197 169 1 2 282
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. 74 30,144 1,165 11 0 1,094 80 7 5 530
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. 110 66,489 2,603 15 8½ 4,041 282 4 8 876
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. 210 370,174 17,712 15 3½ 34,209 3,939 12 1 36,256
Westport .. .. .. .. .. 51 13,828 556 8 9 622 56 2 6 416
Totals 2nd quarter in 1917 .. .. .. .. .. 2,407 1,439,739 60,628 19 10½ 92,007 8,428 16 5½ 73,654
Totals 2nd quarter in 1916 .. .. .. .. .. 2,414 1,415,966 58,184 12 10½ 69,944 5,436 18 5 77,344
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd July, 1917. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
23 July 1917
Telegraph Business, Quarterly Report, Postal Districts, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary