New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – 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, 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.
Auckland .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 600 481,490 19,508 9 1½ 40,143 2,901 17 11 10,048 1,158 9 9½ 388,909 11,777 0 5 920,590 35,345 17 3
Blenheim .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 95 32,089 1,324 12 9½ 2,276 . 184 13 1½ 894 163 11 0 35,208 771 10 6½ 69,967 2,444 7 5½
Christchurch .. .. .. .. .. .. 222 205,836 8,305 16 11 18,382 1,262 8 9 7,798 1,108 9 10 139,341 4,755 6 7½ 371,357 15,431 17 1½
Dunedin .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 239 163,238 6,750 7 1 9,894 753 15 0 5,003 592 2 4 117,372 4,212 7 2½ 295,507 12,308 11 7½
Gisborne .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 48,988 2,180 10 11 3,892 281 19 7 1,211 372 8 3½ 63,938 2,512 12 2½ 118,029 5,347 11 0
Greymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 42 29,656 1,216 16 11½ 1,732 129 17 10 688 309 13 0 14,192 393 11 4 46,268 2,049 19 1½
Hokitika .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 50 10,995 435 7 7 573 84 6 8 294 91 18 7 10,913 252 11 8½ 22,775 814 4 *6½
Invercargill .. .. .. .. .. .. 205 68,317 2,706 15 5 3,061 231 16 7 1,050 451 5 9½ 105,575 3,228 3 0½ 178,003 6,618 0 10
Napier .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 88 103,271 4,064 18 11 7,345 512 2 2 1,384 620 2 5 184,920 5,272 11 4½ 296,920 10,469 14 10½
Nelson .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101 41,050 1,663 11 3 2,709 198 13 1 340 265 5 11 33,291 881 18 1 77,390 3,009 8 4
New Plymouth .. .. .. .. .. .. 108 77,483 3,186 12 5½ 4,942 362 12 0 1,170 569 4 5½ 89,937 2,178 2 1 173,532 6,296 11 0
Oamaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 53 20,822 805 11 1 1,136 65 19 10 401 311 9 0 22,661 953 1 7 45,020 2,136 1 6
Thames .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 78 68,528 2,667 19 2½ 4,716 327 19 2 829 316 1 10½ 57,364 1,527 14 11 131,437 4,839 15 2
Timaru .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 72 43,172 1,590 3 7½ 2,706 157 2 9½ 1,177 420 16 8 61,704 2,263 4 3½ 108,759 4,431 7 4½
Wanganui .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 101 96,306 3,835 10 7½ 6,248 473 1 8 1,106 440 12 8½ 100,923 3,261 13 1 204,583 8,010 18 1
Wellington .. .. .. .. .. .. 190 428,808 21,971 13 4½ 37,017 2,909 5 2 59,629 1,222 6 8½ 281,155 9,559 8 11 806,609 35,662 14 2
Westport .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 54 17,788 694 4 2 1,250 96 3 5 280 182 17 7½ 10,279 265 16 6 29,597 1,239 1 8½
Totals, 4th quarter in 1919 .. .. .. .. 2,340 1,937,837 82,909 1 6 148,022 10,883 9 9 92,802 8,596 16 0 1,717,682 54,066 13 11 3,896,343 156,456 1 2
Totals, 4th quarter in 1918 .. .. .. .. 2,368 1,239,952 53,514 14 9½ 293,946 24,268 7 8½ 77,954 7,014 6 7½ 1,403,356 44,620 19 0½ 3,015,208 129,413 8 2
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 27th January, 1920. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
27 January 1920
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Quarterly Statistics, Revenue
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary