New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 10

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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, 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. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. 607 272,906 10,548 5 4 77,127 6,136 13 11 6,504 828 1 6 300,400 9,274 10 4½ 656,937 26,782 11 1½
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. 97 19,052 768 0 5 4,280 356 4 3 114 160 3 10 31,574 702 1 6½ 55,020 1,986 10 0½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. 224 127,495 5,093 1 3½ 31,533 2,565 16 9½ 4,196 921 13 3 107,169 3,695 6 10½ 270,393 12,275 18 2½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. 241 100,968 4,196 11 2 18,088 1,499 19 11½ 3,057 436 3 10½ 99,526 3,476 19 10 221,639 9,609 14 10
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. 41 29,045 1,308 3 2½ 5,553 436 7 10 358 299 11 5 50,586 1,998 2 4 85,542 4,042 4 9½
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 41 22,063 896 8 2 3,662 287 19 5 613 268 9 6 11,582 302 4 5 37,920 1,755 1 6
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. 52 7,716 291 13 2 1,169 86 12 3 209 78 16 1 9,192 201 9 6 18,286 658 11 0
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. 204 43,648 1,742 9 9½ 7,162 565 7 3 660 390 4 11½ 89,589 2,869 8 4½ 141,059 5,567 10 4½
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. 90 59,371 2,418 16 0½ 11,256 856 9 1 638 546 17 3½ 146,992 4,421 2 5½ 218,257 8,243 4 10½
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. 102 26,242 1,065 6 9½ 5,583 412 14 11 183 221 7 9 27,304 746 10 7 59,312 2,446 0 0½
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 108 48,157 1,902 19 1½ 9,695 685 9 0½ 627 481 15 0½ 71,459 1,656 7 9½ 129,938 4,726 11 0
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 53 12,856 447 3 5½ 2,135 155 11 6 372 251 10 2½ 20,147 815 7 2 35,510 1,669 12 4
Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. 79 37,949 1,407 1 1 9,523 700 11 11½ 225 294 4 11 42,680 1,114 9 6½ 90,377 3,516 7 6
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. 73 25,870 937 17 8½ 4,416 333 9 10 568 319 9 0 50,066 1,793 17 10½ 80,920 3,384 14 6
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. 104 58,009 2,270 14 9 11,247 969 1 7 743 370 19 7 84,683 2,651 4 10 154,682 6,262 0 9
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 198 334,815 17,674 15 8½ 89,055 8,003 19 1½ 58,633 981 12 9 251,455 8,679 7 10 733,958 35,339 15 5
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. 54 13,790 545 7 6 2,462 210 19 0 254 168 5 8 8,952 222 7 8½ 25,458 1,146 19 10½
Totals, 4th quarter in 1918 .. .. .. .. 2,368 1,239,952 53,514 14 9½ 293,946 24,263 7 8½ 77,954 7,014 6 7½ 1,403,356 44,620 19 0½ 3,015,208 129,413 8 2
Totals, 4th quarter in 1917 .. .. .. .. 2,385 1,528,751 64,478 18 5½ 98,314 9,379 7 11 64,495 6,122 16 11½ 1,312,732 39,459 3 5 3,004,292 119,440 6 9
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 28th January, 1919. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.

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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

JAN. 30.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business for the Quarter ended 31st December, 1918 (continued from previous page)

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 January 1919
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary