✨ Telegraph Business Statistics
STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH Business within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH SEPTEMBER, 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 | ||
| Auckland | .. | 404 | £ 270,335 | 13,228 6 2 | 15,333 | £ 1,664 | 9 4 |
| Blenheim | .. | 92 | £ 17,921 | 880 15 9½ | 651 | £ 70 | 4 2 |
| Christchurch | .. | 196 | £ 146,650 | 7,178 3 9½ | 9,780 | £ 965 | 12 8 |
| Dunedin | .. | 218 | £ 109,463 | 5,163 6 7 | 4,274 | £ 523 | 11 5 |
| Gisborne | .. | 62 | £ 34,165 | 1,752 11 9 | 1,818 | £ 170 | 7 5 |
| Greymouth | .. | 77 | £ 30,592 | 1,518 4 1½ | 921 | £ 116 | 12 8 |
| Hamilton | .. | 192 | £ 93,427 | 4,440 7 1 | 3,914 | £ 423 | 6 4½ |
| Invercargill | .. | 186 | £ 50,981 | 2,380 5 6½ | 1,632 | £ 170 | 16 8 |
| Napier | .. | 67 | £ 57,279 | 2,719 13 2 | 2,399 | £ 243 | 17 7 |
| Nelson | .. | 110 | £ 26,614 | 1,316 14 10 | 1,109 | £ 129 | 6 6 |
| New Plymouth | .. | 109 | £ 52,092 | 2,654 19 9 | 2,276 | £ 230 | 11 11 |
| Oamaru | .. | 52 | £ 15,327 | 700 6 9 | 377 | £ 40 | 11 8 |
| Palmerston North | .. | 94 | £ 61,679 | 2,879 5 10½ | 3,332 | £ 225 | 12 6 |
| Thames | .. | 70 | £ 40,006 | 1,786 2 5 | 1,840 | £ 176 | 18 9 |
| Timaru | .. | 64 | £ 34,150 | 1,586 15 1½ | 1,100 | £ 119 | 5 10 |
| Wanganui | .. | 98 | £ 59,551 | 2,850 8 0 | 3,171 | £ 295 | 18 5 |
| Wellington | .. | 97 | £ 238,013 | 16,739 16 7 | 14,835 | £ 1,686 | 10 3 |
| Westport | .. | 56 | £ 12,896 | 612 9 10½ | 340 | £ 39 | 0 9 |
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1925:
2,244
£ 1,351,135
70,388 13 2½
69,102
£ 7,292
14 5½
66,561
£ 3,133
14 0
126,866
£ 17,686
9 9
2,166,226
£ 85,689
7 3
3,779,890
£ 184,190
18 8
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1924:
2,276
£ 1,306,316
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
£ 172,795
7 2
- Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.
† Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.
General Post Office, Wellington, 20th October, 1925.
A. MARKMAN, Secretary.
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- A. Markman, Secretary