New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – 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, 1926.

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 .. .. .. 402 264,940 12,856 9 10 16,935 1,678 2 2½ 17,641 818 16 7 15,717 1,968 5 4
Blenheim .. .. .. 92 19,008 928 15 1 770 80 17 7 1,736 76 5 0½ 1,212 437 1 4
Christchurch .. .. 191 152,482 7,487 17 11 9,262 1,017 8 11½ 10,851 486 9 5½ 10,426 2,485 18 9
Dunedin .. .. .. 218 137,095 6,558 19 0 5,174 569 5 3½ 13,287 594 0 10½ 7,157 1,002 15 7
Gisborne .. .. .. 62 38,930 1,707 5 8½ 1,431 164 15 1 5,045 241 0 10 1,277 661 4 6
Greymouth .. .. .. 77 31,346 1,555 6 3 883 102 17 9 2,518 113 9 4 1,288 730 1 1
Hamilton .. .. .. 191 99,253 4,603 15 3½ 4,723 453 8 3 3,027 132 2 10½ 2,452 416 18 4
Invercargill .. .. 176 58,998 2,473 3 8 1,723 175 11 9½ 3,902 174 4 2 1,221 956 0 2
Napier .. .. .. .. 67 59,112 2,802 9 11½ 3,654 282 11 4 4,811 213 6 8 3,510 907 18 0
Nelson .. .. .. .. 109 27,443 1,347 3 9½ 1,222 133 14 7½ 1,820 82 18 9 838 357 7 4
New Plymouth .. .. 108 54,017 2,698 14 11 2,601 259 7 2 4,334 197 17 11 2,319 1,098 2 10
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 50 17,440 807 8 4 498 59 8 3 940 39 6 0 711 501 10 8
Palmerston North . 90 62,710 2,876 14 6 2,701 220 11 8½ 2,957 127 13 8 3,782 986 7 10
Thames .. .. .. .. 71 40,602 1,825 6 7 1,961 179 1 1 1,552 69 7 4 853 187 11 4
Timaru .. .. .. .. 59 35,750 1,617 14 5 1,026 110 3 5 3,053 130 0 0 1,130 664 1 10
Wanganui .. .. .. 96 60,460 2,900 0 9 3,334 310 15 7 3,202 145 9 4 2,040 795 16 8
Wellington .. .. .. 94 234,326 15,744 6 6½ 13,695 1,689 17 6½ 13,903 659 6 11 66,645 2,474 14 3
Westport .. .. .. 53 13,568 635 17 8½ 427 39 19 10 1,417 65 14 4 416 242 3 11

Totals, 2nd quarter in 1926 .. .. 2,206 1,397,480 71,427 10 3 72,020 7,527 17 5½ 95,996 4,367 10 1 122,994 16,873 19 9 2,228,431 89,837 8 2½ 3,916,921 190,034 5 9
Totals, 2nd quarter in 1925 .. .. 2,254 1,387,078 72,740 12 9 78,401 7,553 16 11 58,331 2,757 4 1 114,571 14,262 9 3½ 2,107,138 84,146 14 11 3,740,519 181,460 17 11½

  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are "collect" upon delivery.
    † Amount received from prepaid and "collect" Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 22nd July, 1926.

A. MARKMAN, Secretary.



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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business by Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
22 July 1926
Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • A. Markman, Secretary