New Zealand Gazette – 1919 – No. 94

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✨ Telegraph Business Quarterly Statement



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several Postal Districts of the Dominion of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 30th June, 1919.

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.
General Post Office
28.7. 3,970 10 2 3,970 10 2
Auckland 602 404,073 16,546 19 2½ 36,064 2,754 15 5½ 10,169 945 19 2 340,802 10,104 2 8½ 791,108
Blenheim 96 26,982 1,106 11 10½ 2,583 154 12 8½ 437 149 13 9 32,153 713 4 8½ 62,105
Christchurch 224 179,951 7,377 11 11 15,029 1,194 5 11 7,704 842 6 10½ 128,427 4,359 16 2 331,111
Dunedin 240 141,785 5,874 19 3 9,790 818 3 9 5,087 406 12 6½ 101,913 3,650 5 2 258,575
Gisborne 42 39,564 1,745 11 7 3,925 258 1 6½ 743 274 19 1½ 55,951 2,162 16 2 100,183
Greymouth 41 23,008 963 17 4 1,272 107 4 4 590 263 4 11½ 12,420 324 2 0 37,290
Hokitika 51 8,446 320 3 7½ 342 23 8 10 297 78 15 0½ 9,828 212 12 4 18,913
Invercargill 203 57,044 2,276 9 5 2,633 190 3 3½ 765 350 13 6½ 94,092 2,901 0 3 154,534
Napier 88 83,892 3,341 1 1½ 7,903 465 0 10½ 2,162 511 3 11½ 161,861 4,540 19 6 255,818
Nelson 100 35,594 1,446 4 4 2,542 192 5 2½ 286 214 19 10 32,521 870 12 2 70,943
New Plymouth 108 65,325 2,570 11 7½ 5,014 370 4 7½ 941 457 17 11 77,742 1,815 8 8 149,022
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Oamaru 53 18,291 705 1 3 1,202 70 14 8 400 254 3 2 22,405 947 17 5 42,298
Thames 80 54,524 2,088 2 7½ 3,715 296 6 5 888 246 13 8½ 48,429 1,260 2 2 107,556
Timaru 72 40,303 1,455 9 11 2,401 149 15 1 1,098 322 1 9 59,214 2,122 18 10½ 103,016
Wanganui 102 82,826 3,355 6 8½ 6,454 447 11 5½ 1,301 367 15 4½ 90,915 2,868 9 6½ 181,496
Wellington 193 370,618 17,012 16 5½ 37,108 2,930 14 7½ 58,292 946 8 2½ 255,058 8,599 3 4 721,076
Westport 54 13,477 528 16 1 945 72 0 7½ 466 155 4 8 8,237 209 8 10 23,125
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1919 2,349 1,645,703 72,686 4 6 138,872 10,495 9 5 91,626 6,788 13 7 1,581,968 47,663 0 0 3,408,169
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1918 2,375 1,424,881 61,170 3 1 99,818 8,816 15 7½ 72,363 7,031 2 2 1,297,541 39,148 14 7½ 2,894,603

General Post Office, Wellington, 30th July, 1919.

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

W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business

🚂 Transport & Communications
30 July 1919
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Transactions, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary