New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 24

Page 1141

✨ Telegraph Business Statistics



STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 31st MARCH, 1927.

POSTAL DISTRICTS. Number of Offices open at End of Quarter. Ordinary Telegrams, including Paid Government Telegrams. Urgent Ordinary Telegrams. Letter Telegrams. Press Telegrams. Toll Communications. Total.
Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount. Number. Amount.
£ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d. £ s. d.
Auckland .. .. .. .. 404 284,169 13,854 7 8 16,741 1,544 5 9 22,159 998 4 4 22,920 3,124 2 4 368,532
Blenheim .. .. .. .. 91 21,579 1,050 9 10 969 84 18 2 2,248 98 4 6 1,752 553 16 3 52,108
Christchurch .. .. .. 188 163,461 8,002 16 6 9,156 1,085 8 5½ 12,882 569 12 8 12,582 3,326 5 0 244,868
Dunedin .. .. .. .. 216 121,755 5,706 4 10½ 4,035 463 6 9½ 12,224 544 3 9½ 8,443 1,457 18 11½ 170,685
Gisborne .. .. .. .. 62 36,509 1,843 11 1½ 1,831 191 17 3 5,505 255 11 10 2,918 786 16 2 77,415
Greymouth .. .. .. 78 34,596 1,684 19 7 987 117 11 10 3,518 159 12 0 1,951 978 18 0 33,839
Hamilton .. .. .. .. 192 109,212 5,103 3 3½ 4,826 444 0 6 4,913 208 7 0 3,986 533 0 2 246,029
Invercargill .. .. .. 171 56,054 2,538 12 11½ 1,734 173 10 1 4,729 208 1 11 2,673 1,000 4 3 141,864
Napier .. .. .. .. 68 64,693 3,051 9 1½ 3,061 289 19 8½ 6,442 284 12 11 2,788 1,122 8 10 185,976
Nelson .. .. .. .. 108 30,703 1,527 6 3½ 1,510 140 13 4 2,351 101 3 9 1,467 515 4 8 59,350
New Plymouth .. .. .. 109 56,508 2,841 4 1 2,915 237 12 6 5,324 233 16 0 3,703 1,300 3 1 136,539
Oamaru .. .. .. .. 50 17,133 767 17 5 531 48 10 10 1,228 51 6 11½ 729 666 1 6 28,559
Palmerston North .. .. .. .. 91 65,705 3,003 14 10 3,796 218 14 9 3,753 158 19 11 5,352 1,308 11 4 190,841
Thames .. .. .. .. 71 42,337 1,881 12 3½ 1,885 165 19 11 1,902 83 6 1 1,228 240 7 6 86,133
Timaru .. .. .. .. 58 86,852 1,675 8 5 922 104 1 3 3,473 147 9 9 1,717 853 6 10 91,164
Wanganui .. .. .. 96 65,458 3,181 15 5 2,965 275 18 2 4,196 182 4 7 2,682 1,044 12 4 123,521
Wellington .. .. .. 94 259,645 18,240 7 8½ 14,629 1,760 2 7 17,216 781 18 7 78,347 1,765 10 8 223,136
Westport .. .. .. .. 52 14,620 673 9 11½ 526 38 7 4 1,778 77 15 0 639 352 4 11 15,394
Totals, 1st quarter in 1927 .. .. .. 2,199 1,480,989 76,628 11 4½ 73,019 7,384 19 2½ 115,841 5,144 11 7 155,877 20,929 12 9½ 2,475,953
Totals, 1st quarter in 1926 .. .. .. 2,221 1,640,653 84,520 6 8½ 86,367 9,090 10 11 107,458 4,878 3 0½ 125,121 16,547 17 4 2,383,717
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery. + Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 26th April, 1927. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



Next Page →

PDF embedding disabled (Crown copyright)

View this page online at:


VUW Te Waharoa — PDF NZ Gazette 1927, No 24


NZLII — PDF NZ Gazette 1927, No 24




✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

🚂 Transport & Communications
26 April 1927
Telegraphs, Postal districts, Quarterly report, Statistics
  • G. McNamara, Secretary