New Zealand Gazette – 1923 – No. 60

Page 2086

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH JUNE, 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.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 394 252,632 12,626 10 11 14,474 1,503 3 6 4,608 241 0 7½ 9,510 1,482 7 10 272,970
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 95 19,793 960 13 7½ 836 86 5 10 364 17 7 9 1,071 365 6 11 40,558
Christchurch .. .. .. 210 144,101 7,499 8 10 8,693 1,019 5 7 2,189 111 4 0 10,025 1,885 14 1 178,592
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 236 115,856 5,532 17 11½ 4,354 464 19 3 2,018 101 1 4 5,857 826 14 2 127,429
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 41 26,475 1,369 19 10½ 1,107 148 1 3 875 48 7 4 469 520 19 7 53,774
Greymouth .. .. .. 83 28,364 1,395 12 3½ 1,065 116 18 2 537 27 1 0 1,021 642 5 11 27,741
Hamilton.. .. .. .. 200 93,281 4,417 18 7 3,602 372 16 4 432 20 11 0 920 370 6 0 188,569
Invercargill .. .. .. 196 48,160 2,261 4 5½ 1,064 126 5 1 598 30 7 7 630 786 4 10 120,060
Napier .. .. .. .. 89 62,184 2,964 19 8½ 4,003 281 5 1½ 878 43 7 8 2,783 957 19 9 171,495
Nelson .. .. .. .. 108 25,839 1,250 18 8 1,075 119 16 1 339 16 14 4 245 335 14 4 41,751
New Plymouth .. .. .. 109 51,245 2,567 13 9 2,467 219 19 1 830 39 0 8 1,135 825 0 4 107,921
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 54 16,264 750 12 7 571 45 6 3½ 136 6 3 6 814 461 7 6 23,719
Thames .. .. .. .. 84 44,634 2,018 5 6 1,842 190 4 2 314 14 19 9 795 343 1 10 69,114
Timaru .. .. .. .. 66 31,973 1,447 0 1½ 795 89 4 7 233 11 2 6 1,085 619 1 8 74,273
Wanganui .. .. .. 100 59,483 2,858 11 6 2,746 247 6 0 561 25 7 7 1,319 713 6 3 99,249
Wellington .. .. .. 181 267,155 17,660 6 6 13,008 1,520 17 11 3,462 172 16 8 64,109 1,678 3 2 287,310
Westport .. .. .. .. 58 13,204 643 19 0 388 41 11 0 185 8 7 6 137 273 11 2 13,517
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1923 .. .. .. 2,304 1,300,643 68,226 13 10½ 62,090 6,593 5 3 18,509 935 0 9½ 101,925 13,087 5 4 1,898,042
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 1,703,999
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 24th July, 1923.

R. B. MORRIS, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
24 July 1923
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Transactions
  • R. B. Morris, Secretary