✨ Telegraph Business Statistics
STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH JUNE, 1925.
| 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 .. | 400 | 274,421 | £ s. d. 13,262 18 3½ | 17,697 | £ s. d. 1,744 1 10½ | 12,842 | £ s. d. 618 8 7 | 13,462 | £ s. d. 1,756 12 4 | 304,375 | £ s. d. 10,771 3 5 | 622,797 | |
| Blenheim .. | 94 | 18,919 | 939 10 11½ | 912 | 73 16 8 | 1,213 | 53 18 0 | 688 | 401 0 8 | 39,577 | 1,267 11 8½ | 61,309 | |
| Christchurch .. | 198 | 148,791 | 7,384 17 7 | 9,182 | 981 17 9 | 6,445 | 303 6 4 | 9,739 | 2,261 0 10 | 209,472 | 8,606 12 2½ | 383,629 | |
| Dunedin .. | 218 | 113,542 | 5,608 6 2 | 4,436 | 472 1 10½ | 5,808 | 275 14 0 | 5,526 | 893 0 4 | 144,953 | 6,903 6 4 | 274,265 | |
| Gisborne .. | 61 | 34,625 | 1,779 17 7 | 1,571 | 182 4 9 | 3,478 | 171 15 8 | 2,041 | 599 0 1 | 65,636 | 3,622 2 1½ | 107,351 | |
| Greymouth .. | 77 | 30,684 | 1,493 3 2½ | 820 | 93 0 2 | 1,588 | 74 11 10 | 1,458 | 668 18 9 | 30,482 | 1,219 7 3½ | 65,032 | |
| Hamilton .. | 193 | 101,018 | 4,785 1 3 | 4,913 | 472 16 9 | 1,712 | 77 3 8 | 1,683 | 384 7 8 | 210,085 | 7,834 11 5½ | 319,411 | |
| Invercargill .. | 191 | 52,131 | 2,451 12 7½ | 1,687 | 175 19 3½ | 2,060 | 98 13 7 | 1,159 | 831 9 1 | 125,721 | 4,763 12 2 | 182,758 | |
| Napier .. | 88 | 69,734 | 3,304 3 3½ | 4,419 | 315 18 6 | 3,624 | 165 6 10 | 2,798 | 962 7 5 | 184,352 | 7,508 11 4½ | 264,927 | |
| Nelson .. | 111 | 28,077 | 1,376 8 0 | 1,267 | 143 19 4 | 977 | 45 10 8 | 474 | 348 16 1 | 45,094 | 1,444 0 0 | 75,889 | |
| New Plymouth .. | 108 | 54,634 | 2,847 5 2½ | 2,669 | 247 16 6 | 2,773 | 133 15 5 | 1,852 | 889 17 10 | 125,874 | 4,040 15 1 | 187,802 | |
| Oamaru .. | 52 | 16,320 | 740 3 5 | 436 | 43 15 11 | 607 | 26 16 3 | 604 | 461 1 1 | 22,901 | 1,123 9 5 | 40,868 | |
| Thames .. | 70 | 40,525 | 1,824 5 2 | 1,828 | 189 7 0 | 877 | 40 19 8 | 885 | 179 10 0 | 69,433 | 2,464 1 4½ | 113,548 | |
| Timaru .. | 64 | 34,786 | 1,589 14 5½ | 1,004 | 112 10 2 | 1,590 | 73 17 7 | 1,189 | 626 9 3 | 81,372 | 3,517 0 4 | 119,941 | |
| Wanganui .. | 102 | 64,278 | 3,084 10 7½ | 3,784 | 351 10 9 | 2,084 | 93 14 7 | 2,172 | 739 19 9 | 110,043 | 4,948 1 2 | 182,361 | |
| Wellington .. | 170 | 291,249 | 19,557 10 11 | 16,414 | 1,912 15 10½ | 9,914 | 469 12 8 | 68,336 | 2,023 18 0½ | 324,114 | 13,698 11 10½ | 710,027 | |
| Westport .. | 57 | 13,344 | 711 4 0 | 362 | 40 3 9 | 739 | 33 18 9 | 505 | 235 0 1 | 13,654 | 413 17 7 | 28,604 | |
| Totals, 2nd quarter in 1925 .. | 2,254 | 1,387,078 | 72,740 12 9 | 73,401 | 7,553 16 11 | 58,331 | 2,757 4 1 | 114,571 | 14,262 9 3½ | 2,107,138 | 84,146 14 11 | 3,748,519 | |
| 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 |
- Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.
† Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.
General Post Office, Wellington, 23rd July, 1925.
A. MARKMAN, Secretary.
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🚂 Quarterly Statement of Telegraph Business
🚂 Transport & Communications23 July 1925
Statistics, Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report
- A. Markman, Secretary