New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 37

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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, 1923

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Night Letter Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Toll Communications. Total.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. * Amount. † Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
Auckland .. 395 270,628 £ s. d. 14,387 8 2 15,019 £ s. d. 1,521 11 2 3,173 £ s. d. 190 5 0 10,852 £ s. d. 1,547 15 11½ 291,161 £ s. d. 10,521 3 8½ 590,833 £ s. d. 28,168 4 0
Blenheim .. 95 22,207 1,185 1 2 883 98 7 11 246 12 10 10½ 541 392 17 9 44,993 1,430 5 7½ 68,870 3,119 3 4
Christchurch 210 158,509 8,687 7 5½ 7,938 1,003 16 0 1,232 73 11 11 8,602 2,012 0 4 182,769 7,776 17 2 359,050 19,553 12 10½
Dunedin .. 241 126,980 6,558 5 0 3,859 422 13 3 1,610 97 19 11 5,733 871 3 1 132,971 6,193 15 5½ 271,153 14,143 16 8¼
Gisborne .. 41 28,797 1,662 18 4½ 1,332 143 8 9 604 38 3 7 1,027 535 2 7 61,874 3,329 19 10½ 93,634 5,709 13 2
Greymouth 82 31,860 1,711 15 8 937 111 5 10 360 19 19 7 1,233 630 19 6 28,894 1,078 8 11½ 63,284 3,552 9 6½
Hamilton.. 200 103,926 5,291 10 10½ 3,919 420 4 7 811 16 18 6½ 1,315 393 19 6 194,138 7,161 11 4½ 303,609 13,284 4 10½
Invercargill 195 55,263 2,790 5 9 1,301 162 8 1 392 24 3 3 1,528 762 0 0 124,901 4,734 16 10½ 183,385 8,473 13 11½
Napier .. 89 71,365 3,824 12 1½ 3,481 374 16 11 715 40 18 4 1,861 957 4 0 190,282 7,241 2 5 267,704 12,438 13 9½
Nelson .. 108 30,730 1,646 17 2 1,283 138 2 2 218 15 11 3 971 337 8 7 45,155 1,523 2 0 78,357 3,661 1 2
New Plymouth 108 54,862 3,002 16 11 2,651 229 11 9 599 34 1 1 1,515 856 17 9 107,272 3,382 8 6½ 166,899 7,505 16 0½
Oamaru .. 54 17,145 838 19 10 304 38 14 11 144 7 16 2 201 450 4 1 24,757 1,284 18 4½ 42,551 2,620 13 4½
Thames .. 83 49,002 2,452 1 11½ 2,148 221 7 2 219 11 6 4½ 1,935 440 15 11 73,029 2,617 8 9½ 126,333 5,743 0 2½
Timaru .. 66 35,053 1,686 12 0 888 100 3 11 152 8 11 10½ 953 593 12 4 76,693 3,510 7 11 113,739 5,899 8 0½
Wanganui 101 67,074 3,485 4 11 3,442 289 9 0 451 23 16 1 2,222 740 11 5 106,470 4,566 5 0 179,659 9,105 6 5
Wellington 181 302,008 20,425 3 2 14,710 1,720 3 0 2,603 149 11 4 64,131 1,867 5 2 310,710 12,982 13 3 694,162 37,144 15 11
Westport 58 14,060 637 9 2 373 38 12 1 148 7 17 7 424 281 19 0 14,000 438 4 11 29,005 1,404 2 9
Totals, 1st quarter in 1923 2,307 1,439,469 80,274 9 8½ 64,468 7,034 16 6 13,177 773 2 9 105,044 13,671 16 11½ 2,010,069 79,773 10 3 3,632,227 181,527 16 2
Totals, 1st quarter in 1922 2,327 1,346,156 85,630 8 1 57,735 7,545 4 10 5,370 489 11 6½ 94,048 11,884 3 7½ 1,781,511 71,130 10 8 3,284,820 176,679 18 9
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery. † Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd April, 1923. R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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23 April 1923
Telegraph, Telegrams, Statistics, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary