New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 49

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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 30th June, 1924.

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.
		£ s. d.		£ s. d.		£ s. d.
Auckland	401	279,092	13,710 9 10½	17,098	1,785 4 8½	11,006	578 13 7½
Blenheim	93	19,269	966 4 2½	819	80 4 4	893	41 1 7
Christchurch	204	150,963	7,568 18 3	8,990	1,007 4 9	5,433	260 0 6½
Dunedin	230	119,587	5,787 15 9½	4,029	455 16 8	4,794	237 18 6
Gisborne	41	26,461	1,401 6 6	1,189	149 15 10	1,922	96 9 6
Greymouth	77	32,753	1,607 4 3	1,006	123 9 11	1,389	68 2 8
Hamilton	193	102,183	4,857 10 5½	4,731	490 2 10	1,626	75 17 3
Invercargill	194	54,980	2,583 19 1	1,651	204 9 6	1,981	98 1 10½
Napier	90	65,159	3,086 17 8½	4,241	304 3 6	2,661	122 8 7½
Nelson	110	27,931	1,368 10 0½	1,197	127 3 2	736	33 12 3
New Plymouth	109	54,773	2,819 9 5	2,827	267 9 0	2,280	106 19 3
Oamaru	54	16,544	750 18 3	339	37 9 2	434	18 15 2
Thames	87	46,423	2,096 0 11½	1,843	197 19 1	902	43 6 0
Timaru	66	38,265	1,515 15 6½	885	100 3 10	987	52 17 7
Wanganui	102	66,868	3,238 1 6½	3,578	318 9 1	1,481	68 0 4
Wellington	175	294,469	19,750 2 2	16,467	1,948 4 4	8,715	419 9 10
Westport	58	13,603	667 6 7	426	46 0 6	505	23 3 11½

Totals, 2nd quarter in 1924 .. 2,284 1,404,323 73,776 10 7½ 71,316 7,643 10 2½ 47,745 2,344 18 6½ 107,915 14,248 9 9½ 2,038,736 81,513 8 3½ 3,670,035 179,526 17 5½

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 75,230 12 3½ 3,381,209 164,072 17 6½