New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 42

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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 March, 1920.

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 599 509,404 20,721 1 9½ 46,683 3,593 7 10½ 9,424 1,060 8 6 415,731 13,078 13 1 981,242
Blenheim 95 33,723 1,402 15 4½ 3,546 239 4 2½ 552 193 18 6 37,191 831 17 3½ 75,012
Christchurch 222 215,233 8,953 11 3 19,478 1,672 13 1 7,227 972 1 7 152,764 5,314 7 6½ 394,702
Dunedin 240 174,649 7,154 2 8½ 11,062 919 11 6 4,865 466 7 1 121,903 4,437 13 10 312,479
Gisborne 42 48,566 2,052 10 5½ 4,608 344 3 3 1,592 301 16 1 67,960 2,689 14 3 122,666
Greymouth 42 28,252 1,179 12 10 1,780 143 15 11 581 280 3 8½ 15,637 431 1 8 46,250
Hokitika 50 9,644 376 17 9 483 34 9 5 131 126 3 4 11,663 265 18 8 21,921
Invercargill 204 71,105 2,751 3 6 3,504 254 9 11½ 1,208 409 13 11 108,736 3,334 12 5 184,553
Napier 88 105,097 4,175 1 11½ 10,045 642 6 4½ 1,597 577 6 4 192,876 5,610 9 8½ 309,615
Nelson 101 46,115 1,868 12 8½ 3,303 252 5 8 704 245 17 9 36,726 977 10 2½ 86,848
New Plymouth 108 80,843 3,311 0 9 7,211 449 10 11 1,636 551 15 11 94,886 2,231 0 7 184,576
Oamaru 53 21,437 825 10 5½ 1,376 83 17 11½ 267 286 14 8 23,817 1,039 18 5 46,897
Thames 79 69,227 2,628 12 11½ 5,581 404 11 9 1,125 306 12 0½ 60,037 1,621 11 6½ 135,970
Timaru 71 46,828 1,759 2 10½ 2,300 159 0 1 605 371 18 2 68,201 2,542 7 8½ 117,934
Wanganui 101 100,669 4,018 14 5 9,597 597 6 5 2,087 407 2 11 105,627 3,424 14 6 217,980
Wellington 189 431,698 22,028 18 0½ 39,862 3,141 19 10 60,462 1,159 5 10½ 299,901 10,216 17 5½ 831,923
Westport 55 16,898 662 14 8 1,200 95 0 6 411 184 14 0 11,237. 288 17 3 29,746
Totals, 1st quarter in 1920 2,339 2,009,338 85,870 4 6 171,619 12,967 14 8½ 94,414 7,902 0 4½ 1,824,893 58,337 6 1½ 4,100,314
Totals, 1st quarter in 1919 2,354 1,527,918 65,380 3 3½ 124,612 9,700 15 3½ 86,162 6,922 12 3 1,492,731 45,827 13 5½ 3,231,423
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 28th April, 1920. W. R. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business

🚂 Transport & Communications
28 April 1920
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • W. R. Morris, Secretary