New Zealand Gazette – 1927 – No. 84

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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, 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 ..	..	..	..	407	246,175	12,166 17 2½	11,881	1,295 5 9½	19,490	893 9 4	20,175	3,366 19 4	338,161
Blenheim ..	..	..	..	90	14,997	702 11 10½	415	45 3 0	1,536	67 2 6	818	490 7 7	44,494
Christchurch	..	..	..	187	138,434	6,663 14 6	7,897	751 5 1½	11,014	486 14 8½	14,031	2,797 17 11	219,228
Dunedin ..	..	..	..	212	101,459	4,844 19 2½	2,915	316 18 8	10,663	487 0 2	5,991	1,500 18 11	156,593
Gisborne ..	..	..	..	61	31,304	1,510 1 9	1,320	130 15 6½	5,275	246 17 8	3,103	905 7 5	67,770
Greymouth	..	..	..	79	28,207	1,377 1 6½	724	82 2 10	2,896	130 10 9	1,327	847 2 11	30,968
Hamilton ..	..	..	..	190	85,848	3,952 14 5½	3,253	339 15 9	3,336	145 11 3	3,528	441 10 6	238,123
Invercargill	..	..	..	164	46,288	2,122 17 7½	1,510	167 4 3	4,673	209 3 8	1,206	1,036 4 6	137,440
Napier ..	..	..	..	68	53,321	2,496 2 8½	2,099	192 8 4	5,380	232 8 5	2,964	1,200 16 7	161,924
Nelson ..	..	..	..	108	23,401	1,118 14 3	879	93 7 10	1,816	77 11 2	798	447 19 9	53,179
New Plymouth	..	..	..	108	49,821	2,462 9 7	1,832	183 19 8	4,750	209 0 4	2,566	1,207 8 8	136,065
Oamaru ..	..	..	..	50	13,947	623 10 1	304	32 2 1	1,132	48 19 7	596	619 9 3	24,628
Palmerston North ..	..	..	..	89	55,199	2,489 9 7½	1,975	164 3 4	3,038	128 5 8	5,859	1,251 15 10	175,221
Thames ..	..	..	..	72	36,272	1,622 18 6½	1,476	136 1 3	1,760	77 13 5	1,065	269 11 9	85,202
Timaru ..	..	..	..	58	31,518	1,434 12 1½	792	87 5 10	2,875	122 13 5	1,667	798 14 0	81,691
Wanganui	..	..	..	96	52,502	2,406 13 5	2,756	196 5 10	3,383	143 12 9½	3,293	919 10 8	107,560
Wellington	..	..	..	94	224,084	15,806 3 9½	12,223	1,493 16 3	14,552	663 15 11	77,441	1,586 0 1½	211,825
Westport ..	..	..	..	50	12,813	593 13 6½	442	32 4 8	1,568	70 11 0	379	260 11 4	14,558
Totals, 3rd quarter in 1927	..	..	..	2,183	1,245,590	64,395 5 10	54,693	5,740 6 0½	99,137	4,441 1 9	146,807	19,948 7 0½	2,284,630
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

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 3rd December, 1927. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated3 December 1927
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G. McNamara, Secretary

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