New Zealand Gazette – 1917 – No. 17

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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, 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 618 343,553 13,384 0 7 18,759 1,412 11 7½ 6,086 680 7 4½ 221,876 6,321 6 9½ 590,274
Blenheim 96 23,791 910 12 2 1,178 79 12 3 106 130 9 3½ 23,543 511 6 6½ 48,618
Christchurch 227 148,047 6,223 16 4 9,024 699 17 4 4,203 913 16 5½ 87,447 2,675 13 11 248,721
Dunedin 245 123,803 5,134 7 4 5,083 429 0 10½ 3,291 413 4 3½ 74,435 2,254 6 4 206,612
Gisborne 38 37,240 1,605 19 4 2,240 180 6 2 446 229 11 11 34,001 1,344 17 0 73,927
Greymouth 39 28,348 1,154 12 8 1,070 94 11 3 737 194 9 3½ 9,166 244 14 2½ 39,321
Hokitika 52 8,751 334 18 5½ 216 12 7 8½ 166 125 7 8 7,445 159 12 5½ 16,578
Invercargill 207 50,036 2,012 3 11½ 1,294 109 11 11 385 312 8 3 78,472 2,242 6 5½ 130,187
Napier 90 77,024 2,944 16 0 3,754 297 1 0½ 680 423 7 3 136,729 3,561 14 4 218,187
Nelson 100 33,599 1,320 3 10½ 1,761 133 17 10 21,723 227 1 8½ 23,096 604 8 7 80,179
New Plymouth 112 56,793 2,268 10 1½ 2,337 175 9 8½ 529 348 5 8 61,883 1,373 13 10 121,592
Oamaru 52 15,879 600 10 6½ 532 33 2 2½ 237 208 4 4½ 15,633 620 9 7½ 32,281
Thames 81 50,681 1,895 10 1 2,212 166 3 11½ 310 212 17 2 33,584 867 7 11 86,787
Timaru 74 32,228 1,195 10 6 1,154 75 3 8 577 266 14 10 44,634 1,434 17 8 78,593
Wanganui 110 69,766 2,768 16 1½ 3,396 275 10 7 667 289 8 4 69,046 1,834 8 8½ 142,875
Wellington 213 366,527 17,018 5 8 23,628 1,962 5 9½ 31,012 944 10 9 204,426 6,278 11 1 625,598
Westport 51 16,669 651 7 2 631 57 6 1 88 134 15 0 4,804 145 4 9 22,192
Totals 4th quarter in 1916 2,405 1,482,735 61,424 0 11 78,319 6,194 0 0 71,243 6,053 19 7½ 1,130,220 32,475 0 2½ 2,762,517
Totals 4th quarter in 1915 2,409 1,508,029 61,685 7 7 72,171 5,733 7 5 80,875 6,344 16 6 996,146 28,175 7 6½ 2,657,221
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th January, 1917.

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

[No. 17]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
29 January 1917
Telegraph, Business, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Transactions
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary