New Zealand Gazette – 1922 – No. 56

Page 1906

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH JUNE, 1922.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Night-letter Telegrams. Press 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 .. .. .. .. 394 240,269 14,560 8 8½ 12,357 1,578 5 7 1,531 139 19 1½ 9,861 1,120 17 6½ 243,245
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 97 17,955 1,078 1 8½ 847 80 12 9 85 6 16 1½ 411 329 9 5 36,348
Christchurch .. .. .. 214 134,882 8,237 18 4 6,431 927 8 5 620 54 10 8½ 6,461 1,635 16 2 155,156
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 241 108,552 6,448 0 7½ 3,433 438 9 1 727 63 2 4½ 3,991 710 14 10 116,062
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 40 26,713 1,630 10 2 1,026 148 15 8 341 32 16 6 551 456 0 1 49,911
Greymouth .. .. .. 127 37,745 2,263 11 2 979 129 11 3 191 17 18 5 956 848 2 5 35,696
Hamilton.. .. .. .. 195 90,750 5,230 2 8 3,219 406 3 0 99 8 14 2½ 1,082 321 14 6 168,777
Invercargill .. .. .. 198 43,664 2,525 9 10 965 136 16 6 206 18 0 8 795 701 5 9 107,193
Napier .. .. .. .. 83 59,604 3,505 14 0½ 3,151 314 4 3 256 23 5 5½ 2,159 806 6 0 157,309
Nelson .. .. .. .. 123 24,689 1,473 17 8 944 137 1 10 68 6 15 3½ 480 288 15 8 35,414
New Plymouth .. .. .. 108 49,013 2,918 15 10 2,005 223 15 0 180 15 8 1 870 749 8 0 92,057
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 53 14,775 859 5 6½ 351 51 4 4 28 2 7 6½ 354 395 3 4 22,816
Thames .. .. .. .. 84 43,512 2,441 2 7½ 1,554 203 4 11 88 7 1 5 423 372 0 11½ 57,360
Timaru .. .. .. .. 69 30,025 1,623 8 8 740 97 6 4 86 8 2 5½ 959 474 16 5 65,904
Wanganui .. .. .. 102 57,841 3,365 5 2 2,299 255 10 1 138 11 1 6½ 1,624 636 0 7 92,727
Wellington .. .. .. 180 260,999 20,199 12 4½ 11,981 1,644 17 7 1,037 98 3 1½ 60,192 1,507 0 9 267,964
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1922 .. .. .. 2,308 1,240,988 78,361 5 1½ 52,282 6,773 6 7 5,681 514 3 0½ 91,169 11,353 12 5 1,703,939
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1921 .. .. .. 2,342 1,329,518 84,326 14 4½ 66,314 9,048 9 11 3,880 337 3 7 88,271 9,914 17 1½ 1,624,000
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 25th July, 1922.

R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
25 July 1922
Telegraphs, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary