New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 4

Page 213

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several Postal Districts of the Dominion of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st December, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland* .. .. .. .. 395 269,426 16,876 13 1 12,279 1,626 1 1 8,752 1,274 2 3½ 1,063 100 13 6 253,372
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 96 20,763 1,236 6 6½ 685 93 9 10 256 327 1 8 87 7 8 8½ 38,434
Christchurch .. .. .. 215 144,992 8,704 5 11½ 7,564 1,021 1 3 7,062 1,920 0 1 522 49 8 0 143,538
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 243 114,946 6,815 18 3 3,404 473 5 9 3,229 976 17 2 704 65 13 5 116,482
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 41 31,610 2,050 16 4 1,259 181 1 1½ 866 620 11 6 318 29 14 9½ 53,443
Greymouth .. .. .. 42 23,345 1,406 8 6 771 113 9 3 664 462 12 0 119 11 2 1 16,143
Hamilton* .. .. .. 202 105,643 6,038 12 11 4,041 495 1 3 685 473 14 11 61 5 8 6 176,791
Hokitika .. .. .. .. 48 8,859 511 5 6 218 31 2 8 177 177 6 6 16 1 10 4½ 12,484
Invercargill .. .. .. 199 47,780 2,726 0 9 885 121 9 4 940 776 1 0½ 136 11 17 11½ 103,813
Napier .. .. .. .. 86 68,633 4,054 18 2 2,804 342 10 9 1,348 914 13 5 188 17 1 0½ 165,000
Nelson .. .. .. .. 106 28,203 1,647 13 0½ 902 121 15 8 318 338 5 2 82 6 19 6½ 36,170
New Plymouth .. .. .. 107 55,235 3,383 12 1½ 1,927 256 9 4 711 867 5 6 163 14 4 6 95,003
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 53 13,903 780 7 7 337 40 11 5 370 468 1 3 17 1 6 3½ 21,496
Thames .. .. .. .. 84 51,675 2,904 4 3 1,826 226 7 1 704 426 17 0½ 48 4 2 2½ 62,554
Timaru .. .. .. .. 71 29,482 1,631 12 3½ 728 97 9 5 1,062 606 12 8 48 3 19 9 54,312
Wanganui .. .. .. 103 65,897 3,882 6 11 2,420 304 15 3 1,296 750 3 8 100 8 1 8½ 94,064
Wellington .. .. .. 186 297,728 22,183 6 5 14,168 1,815 16 8 64,950 1,613 14 9½ 882 80 7 8 278,534
Westport .. .. .. .. 58 14,569 879 18 9 365 44 16 4 166 231 15 4 113 9 1 8½ 11,979
Totals, 4th quarter in 1921 .. .. .. 2,335 1,392,689 87,714 7 4½ 56,553 7,406 13 6½ 93,556 13,225 16 0 4,667 428 1 9 1,733,612
Totals, 4th quarter in 1920 .. .. .. 2,340 1,570,692 100,203 12 3½ 79,287 11,069 4 5½ 94,248 8,750 11 0 1,935 168 17 8½ 1,707,717
  • New postal district of Hamilton was created out of portions of the Auckland District on 1st November, 1920.

† Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

‡ Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 26th January, 1922. R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business for the Quarter Ended 31st December, 1921

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 January 1922
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Financial Statistics
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary