New Zealand Gazette – 1924 – No. 68

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✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



Oct. 23.]

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30th SEPTEMBER, 1924.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Total.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland 399 254,456 12,545 14 9 1,452 19 3 13,475 11,754 593 1 4 10,746 2,047 6 6 305,778 10,970 17 6 | 27,609 13 5
Blenheim 94 17,947 880 5 3 651 71 5 7 934 41 5 8 834 380 9 4 40,172 | 1,268 4 14 | 2,541 10 0
Christchurch 200 141,691 6,926 17 7 9,730 922 18 11 5,900 282 5 7½ 8,220 2,542 18 6 187,529 | 7,862 9 6 | 353,070 18,537 10 2
Dunedin 225 106,528 5,178 16 2 3,633 424 4 3 5,278 261 6 2 4,653 1,031 18 11 132,151 | 6,248 13 6 | 252,243 13,144 19 0½
Gisborne 59 31,967 1,654 15 8 1,743 148 8 0 2,698 136 3 11 1,342 658 15 3 57,797 | 3,111 9 1 | 95,547 5,709 11 11½
Greymouth 77 30,218 1,478 2 4 872 106 16 4 1,564 74 18 10 1,055 657 19 3 30,120 | 1,184 14 0 | 63,829 3,502 10 9¾
Hamilton 194 89,571 4,228 9 4 3,665 371 14 0 1,339 62 6 1 1,272 444 18 5 206,810 | 7,784 15 8½ | 302,657 12,891 18 6¼
Invercargill 194 49,427 2,310 19 0 1,295 146 12 1 2,121 710 2 11 102 921 8 2 122,090 | 4,509 19 7 | 175,643 7,991 1 9
Napier 90 64,117 3,039 14 10½ 3,174 269 15 4 2,906 170 3 7 1,652 1,082 6 2 178,395 | 7,010 4 5½ | 250,244 11,534 19 5
Nelson 110 28,166 1,352 11 10¼ 1,138 120 13 5 929 49 0 7 1,170 43,828 1 4 1414 18 6 | 75,231 3,288 1 4¼
New Plymouth 109 52,428 2,649 5 10½ 2,316 234 16 9 2,211 105 5 1 1,381 984 8 4 124,925 | 4,021 12 2 | 183,261 7,995 8 2¾
Oamaru 54 14,084 647 3 3 319 34 5 11 424 19 3 1 355 473 15 10 19,918 | 1,006 9 11 | 35,100 2,180 18 0½
Thames 71 38,190 1,718 2 2 1,380 143 11 5 707 36 16 10 538 257 5 2 73,423 | 2,664 8 4¼ | 114,238 4,820 3 11¼
Timaru 66 30,479 1,393 10 1½ 1,564 92 16 7 1,069 47 9 11 1,477 599 14 8 69,997 | 3,080 10 7 | 103,890 5,214 1 10¼
Wanganui 101 60,890 2,872 9 10¼ 2,58 11 10 3,448 71 15 7 2,151 745 5 0 106,759 4,633 13 2 | 174,812 | 8,581 15 5½
Wellington 175 282,846 18,636 14 3 14,218 1,574 19 0 9,650 461 17 1 74,853 1,894 9 9½ 311,555 | 13,255 18 9½ | 693,192 35,823 12 11
Westport 58 13,311 654 5 10 289 32 5 8 581 26 12 9 240 214 5 7 13,711 | 401 0 5 | 28,192 1,328 10 3
Totała, 3rd quarter in 1924 2,276 1,306,816 68,167 18 5½ 62,154 6,406 8 4½ 51,629 2,498 10 0½ 112,649 15,293 10 10½ 2,024,958 80,429 19 5 3,557,706 172,796 7 2
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1923 2,302 1,279,487 67,042 10 3½ 60,168 6,314 8 11½ 23,443 1,207 11 5½ 108,887 15,696 18 14½ 1,928,938 75,752 17 0½ 3,400,323 166,014 5 10½

*Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” Press telegrams.

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd October, 1924.

G. MCNAMARA, Acting-Secretary.



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23 October 1924
Telegraph, Statistics, Postal Districts, Revenue, Quarter ended 30 September 1924
  • G. McNamara, Acting-Secretary