New Zealand Gazette – 1920 – No. 89

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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, 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.
Auckland 595 398,310 £ s. d. 21,436 9 3½ 25,708 £ s. d. 2,958 7 10 8,649 £ s. d. 1,242 3 9½ 388,699 £ s. d. 14,137 0 8½ 821,366
Blenheim 94 21,406 1,133 8 10 1,088 124 6 6 255 218 5 0 34,292 967 16 2 57,041
Christchurch 224 154,263 8,309 12 1½ 11,571 1,326 16 8 6,074 1,214 3 5 137,327 5,738 12 3 309,235
Dunedin 242 116,975 6,305 6 8½ 5,842 732 8 7 3,209 632 11 2 104,391 4,603 1 8 230,417
Gisborne 41 36,898 2,194 3 9½ 2,165 255 7 8 1,119 406 18 3 53,834 2,962 12 3 94,016
Greymouth 42 21,186 1,197 15 2 965 122 1 6 494 288 0 0 14,024 481 0 11½ 36,669
Hokitika 49 7,304 382 3 2 266 32 18 11 238 120 6 10 10,426 282 16 8 18,234
Invercargill 203 47,772 2,484 5 2 1,741 190 11 3 485 529 4 6½ 99,064 3,628 16 7 149,062
Napier 87 76,088 3,968 17 2 3,981 474 9 1 907 707 14 5½ 169,899 5,757 6 2 250,875
Nelson 104 29,704 1,551 0 8 1,329 137 19 8 257 198 11 7 32,476 1,074 3 11 63,766
New Plymouth 108 63,201 3,317 17 0 3,634 402 13 9 766 642 17 8 96,142 2,612 9 5½ 163,748
Oamaru 52 14,463 716 9 3 420 49 0 7 211 318 16 8 20,076 1,013 11 0 35,170
Thames 81 55,809 2,839 17 2½ 3,343 341 19 9 528 335 3 2 61,539 1,993 2 8 121,219
Timaru 71 32,636 1,592 14 0 1,553 142 3 3 1,086 430 7 11 57,851 2,581 14 11 93,126
Wanganui 101 73,004 3,770 0 9½ 4,392 444 15 7 1,244 476 1 7 94,693 3,753 7 7 173,333
Wellington 186 328,821 21,998 2 4½ 22,350 2,802 6 2 66,720 1,164 6 8 261,600 10,795 17 6 679,491
Westport 57 12,963 711 2 11 773 87 14 0 232 165 0 0 9,545 298 15 9 23,513
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1920 2,337 1,490,803 83,909 5 7½ 91,121 10,626 0 9 92,474 9,090 12 8½ 1,645,878 62,682 6 2½ 3,320,276
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1919 2,344 1,703,064 75,499 0 0 126,232 10,250 1 2½ 79,510 7,460 19 9 1,643,983 51,844 5 2½ 3,552,789
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery.

General Post Office, Wellington, 27th October, 1920. A. MARKMAN, Acting-Secretary.

[No. 68] 2966
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
27 October 1920
Telegraph business, Postal districts, Quarterly report, Statistics
  • A. Markman, Acting-Secretary