New Zealand Gazette – 1921 – No. 70

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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 June, 1921.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Press Telegrams.* Night-letter Telegrams. Bureau Communications. Total.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
Auckland†.. .. .. .. 397 260,882 £ s. d. 16,202 7 6½ 14,574 £ s. d. 1,965 16 5 8,873 £ s. d. 977 19 5½ 804 £ s. d. 71 5 5 223,454
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 96 20,973 1,245 18 5 1,041 125 5 11 685 273 9 7 , 64 4 18 8½ 33,911
Christchurch .. .. .. 220 136,782 8,364 17 0 7,938 1,177 2 6 5,107 1,324 10 0 490 42 1 9½ 140,786
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 241 109,480 6,626 19 0½ 4,371 617 17 3 3,637 561 3 6 472 42 12 3½ 105,077
Gisborn● .. .. .. .. 40 32,697 2,146 4 2 1,693 266 3 11 1,140 395 4 0 342 26 3 7½ 52,866
Greymouth .. .. .. 41 19,789 1,237 4 2 925 121 0 11 493 361 11 6 199 18 9 7½ 15,411
Hamilton† .. .. .. 201 101,228 5,866 0 9½ 4,437 565 9 8 666 410 3 8 73 4 18 3½ 163,813
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 49 6,875 411 6 6 170 24 8 6 222 128 4 9 14 1 5 0½ 10,995
Invercargill .. .. .. 202 43,083 2,515 2 10½ 1,130 156 13 10 590 594 1 10 121 10 3 0 97,914
Napier .. .. .. .. 88 66,428 3,934 8 5½ 3,505 419 6 8 2,379 737 4 1 189 16 14 9 155,953
Nelson .. .. .. .. 105 27,080 1,624 7 6½ 1,060 142 19 1½ 268 255 16 6 65 5 8 8½ 31,792
New Plymouth .. .. .. 106 55,808 3,297 17 1 2,621 320 6 1 1,184 683 16 0 117 9 15 10½ 92,272
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 52 13,723 797 2 7½ 456 47 8 3 366 361 9 1 14 1 4 5½ 20,967
Thames .. .. .. .. 84 49,569 2,809 14 2½ 2,267 288 5 3 801 332 16 9 73 5 15 7 57,480
Timaru .. .. .. .. 70 28,754 1,630 1 10½ 872 109 13 0 1,024 460 1 1 47 4 2 7 59,298
Wanganui .. .. .. 103 64,577 3,816 18 1½ 3,140 378 15 6 1,166 574 10 0 113 9 6 11½ 89,910
Wellington .. .. .. 189 279,332 21,015 19 2½ 15,599 2,265 19 4½ 59,596 1,362 1 10 601 •56 8 9½ 261,595
Westport .. .. .. .. 58 12,458 784 4 9 515 55 17 9 74 220 13 6 82 6 8 1 10,506
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1921 .. .. .. 2,342 1,329,518 84,326 14 4½ 66,314 9,048 9 11 88,271 9,914 17 1½ 3,880 337 3 7 1,624,000
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1920 .. .. .. 2,341 1,743,225 76,500 6 7½ 148,449 11,950 1 0 90,996 7,275 8 11 .. .. 1,727,129
  • The bulk of Press telegrams are forwarded as “Collect” on delivery. † New postal district of Hamilton was created out of portions of the Auckland District on 1st November, 1920.

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd July, 1921. R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.

[86. 28.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1921



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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 July 1921
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary