New Zealand Gazette – 1926 – No. 71

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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 SEPTEMBER, 1926.

Postal Districts.	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 ..	403	249,666	£ s. d. 12,332 5 2	13,671	£ s. d. 1,447 19 0½	19,110	£ s. d. 880 16 5	19,803	£ s. d. 2,420 11 2	324,787	£ s. d. 11,938 19 7	627,037
Blenheim ..	91	16,781	773 9 6	556	60 3 3	1,543	68 12 8	851	492 7 9	43,734	1,524 6 4	63,465
Christchurch ..	191	141,935	6,898 16 8¾	9,051	893 4 11½	12,256	579 5 2	12,077	3,041 5 11	212,276	8,913 19 6½	387,595
Dunedin ..	218	107,164	5,250 16 8	4,259	461 8 5½	11,287	513 2 7½	6,537	1,340 15 2	150,715	7,267 5 7½	279,962
Gisborne ..	62	31,691	1,608 5 5	1,645	156 15 3	5,240	248 14 11	1,658	891 6 3	64,405	3,260 18 10	104,639
Greymouth ..	77	31,183	1,517 11 8	958	108 4 9	2,867	129 4 0	1,205	864 12 1	31,466	1,304 6 4	67,679
Hamilton ..	191	89,367	4,099 5 2	4,054	399 19 9	3,234	141 19 3½	2,255	469 10 2	224,631	8,474 4 3	323,541
Invercargill ..	175	47,320	2,156 3 0	1,444	145 11 4	4,587	205 6 2½	2,873	1,080 13 1	131,306	4,855 3 4	187,530
Napier ..	67	55,535	2,585 13 8½	2,407	222 17 11	5,553	242 15 1½	2,638	1,060 7 8	165,953	6,500 18 0½	232,086
Nelson ..	108	25,673	1,233 7 1½	1,082	118 1 0	1,973	86 0 5	704	455 5 2	52,254	1,851 11 8	81,686
New Plymouth ..	108	51,240	2,519 11 4	2,193	221 2 6	4,857	214 8 8	2,121	1,248 16 11	135,217	4,337 8 1	195,628
Oamaru ..	50	14,368	646 17 5	361	39 11 11	1,079	45 16 5	647	569 8 7	23,592	1,204 16 5½	40,047
Palmerston North ..	91	58,690	2,686 3 4½	3,045	205 9 7	3,234	137 2 6	4,121	1,198 2 0	175,779	6,815 12 2	244,869
Thames ..	71	39,340	1,759 15 1½	1,891	176 18 0	1,776	78 16 4	798	190 10 3	78,350	2,890 9 2½	122,155
Timaru ..	58	32,800	1,498 7 3½	896	100 6 11	3,627	153 14 6½	1,851	719 9 10	81,007	3,645 6 9	120,181
Wanganui ..	96	55,255	2,642 9 0	2,739	246 13 11	3,378	143 16 6	2,220	872 19 2	109,159	4,963 3 5	172,751
Wellington ..	94	232,438	15,522 19 4	12,647	1,513 10 1½	15,315	703 12 11	78,157	2,500 7 6	196,484	8,825 2 1½	535,041
Westport ..	53	13,535	635 10 2½	461	39 3 8	1,707	77 15 7	369	251 14 7	14,921	459 9 10	30,993
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1926 ..	2,204	1,293,981	66,367 7 2½	63,360	6,557 2 4	102,623	4,651 0 3½	140,885	19,668 3 3	2,216,036	89,033 1 7	3,816,885
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

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 21st October, 1926. A. MARKMAN, Secretary.

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