New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 4

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✨ Telegram Business Statistics



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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 4

STATEMENT of Telegram Business within the several Postal Districts of the Dominion of New Zealand during the Quarter ended 31st December, 1923.

Postal Districts. Number. Amount. 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. Number. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. 395 14,090 3 5 286,801 1,588 15 5 6,316 314 18 3 10,142 1,790 10 6 306,160 11,139 16 5½ 625,407 28,919 4 0½
Blenheim .. 94 1,025 12 2½ 21,135 725 499 22 0 6 460 364 10 3 44,159 1,382 14 1 66,978 2,875 3 11½
Christchurch .. 209 7,873 2 11½ 160,345 9,066 2,695 130 16 4 9,597 9,124 15 9 182,381 7,603 10 9½ 364,084 18,632 0 1
Dunedin .. 236 6,058 2 2 126,441 4,144 2,863 141 1 2½ 5,098 784 7 9 135,121 6,245 11 2½ 273,667 13,671 0 6
Gisborne .. 41 1,649 6 3¼ 31,063 1,390 1,246 65 13 11½ 1,125 520 15 6 59,095 3,139 2 5 93,919 5,520 4 2
Greymouth .. 81 1,840 11 0 89,090 1,163 767 38 12 6 1,340 661 13 4 30,706 1,207 7 4 73,066 3,861 3 7
Hamilton.. 198 4,914 2 4 105,253 4,196 699 33 17 6 1,294 431 6 10 203,599 7,692 7 0 187,884 13,472 12 6
Invercargill .. 196 2,600 12 3 56,948 1,352 1,094 54 15 9 1,129 810 16 11 127,361 4,690 14 5½ 315,041 8,304 3 8½
Napier .. 91 3,475 11 2 73,798 3,239 1,407 67 3 0 1,641 945 13 3 189,523 7,186 8 4½ 269,608 12,020 3 9½
Nelson .. 108 1,490 5 7½ 81,039 1,171 466 20 3 3 429 334 6 6 44,509 1,434 7 11½ 77,614 3,408 2 0
New Plymouth .. 109 2,918 2 1½ 57,260 2,204 1,251 57 6 4½ 756 840 17 9 117,115 3,693 8 11½ 178,586 7,739 10 4½
Oamaru .. 53 754 15 9½ 16,862 271 178 7 13 3 360 428 15 7 23,250 1,194 17 4 40,921 2,413 14 8½
Thames .. 85 2,257 17 0 50,614 1,912 439 21 4 4 1,151 297 0 8 76,863 2,828 19 6½ 130,979 5,598 9 10½
Timaru .. 66 1,599 2 2 35,775 900 415 19 15 11 1,003 594 19 6 73,412 3,288 4 5 111,505 5,602 10 9
Wanganui .. 100 3,294 10 2 68,754 2,533 830 37 19 8 1,842 735 13 6 105,314 4,531 10 2 179,273 8,869 16 6
Wellington .. 178 19,911 13 4½ 313,166 16,812 4,852 236 8 6½ 65,824 1,765 19 6 316,100 13,254 2 3½ 715,754 36,905 15 4½
Westport .. 59 669 1 3½ 14,930 361 266 12 18 4 436 287 10 0 12,444 381 12 5½ 28,437 1,389 7 5
Totals, 4th quarter in 1923 .. 2,299 76,422 11 4 1,488,274 67,427 6,883 15 0 26,283 1,282 8 8 103,627 13,719 13 1 2,047,112 80,894 15 3 3,732,723 179,203 3 4
Totals, 4th quarter in 1922 .. 2,303 90,931 0 4 1,412,353 63,970 7,369 652 19 11 100,136 12,508 2 11½ 1,925,140 76,957 16 9½ 3,508,968 188,490 17 7
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.
    † Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st January, 1924.
A. T. MARKMAN, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegram Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
21 January 1924
Telegram Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Revenue, Statistics
  • A. T. MARKMAN, Secretary