New Zealand Gazette – 1918 – No. 143

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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, 1918.

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.
Auckland	605	315,272	£ s. d. 11,854 19 1½	21,074	£ s. d. 1,762 7 10	3,747
Blenheim	97	20,243	818 3 5½	1,213	97 5 7	18
Christchurch	225	141,473	5,798 14 9	12,784	1,034 12 3	4,838
Dunedin	243	106,205	4,441 19 0	5,749	513 10 10	2,094
Gisborne	40	32,821	1,451 17 5½	1,992	172 1 7	832
Greymouth	41	21,619	903 11 4½	1,192	110 0 1½	961
Hokitika	52	7,399	277 12 5½	285	18 13 6½	107
Invercargill	202	43,862	1,703 19 4	1,287	108 12 5½	263
Napier	90	65,875	2,622 8 5	4,080	317 17 7½	515
Nelson	102	27,325	1,085. 1 11	1,656	122 9 2	265
New Plymouth	108	53,070	2,065 8 7	3,398	246 12 5	646
Oamaru	53	13,008	431 2 6½	445	36 12 0	153
Thames	78	44,786	1,692 10 9½	2,299	169 1 4	198
Timaru	73	27,704	1,038 9 7½	1,413	96 14 2½	563
Wanganui	104	64,792	2,548 1 10½	3,967	303 10 6½	657
Wellington	202	358,209	17,922 4 4½	32,709	3,427 15 6	53,124
Westport	54	12,693	497 2 3½	862	80 2 6	266
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1918	2,369	1,356,356	57,203 7 4½	96,405	8,617 19 6	68,747
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1917	2,390	1,338,636	56,398 7 4	78,971	7,460 12 5	68,470

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd October, 1918. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated22 October 1918
KeywordsTelegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
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W. R. Morris, Secretary

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