New Zealand Gazette – 1928 – No. 41

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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 31st MARCH, 1928.

POSTAL DISTRICTS.	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.
Auckland ..	404	279,726	£ s. d. 13,601 2 4½	13,889	£ s. d. 1,332 6 1½	21,151	£ s. d. 963 18 10½	20,466	£ s. d. 3,499 12 4	393,384	£ s. d. 15,288 4 1	728,616
Blenheim ..	88	20,237	957 13 2½	687	55 7 2	2,158	92 16 10	1,429	473 12 2	51,588	2,020 5 0	76,099
Christchurch	187	163,727	8,029 17 5	7,845	903 12 4	12,115	530 0 2	14,403	2,848 16 5	265,939	11,696 10 2	464,029
Dunedin ..	210	119,721	5,770 5 11½	3,690	398 0 1½	11,206	504 12 2	7,750	1,374 0 8	190,371	8,528 1 6	332,738
Gisborne ..	59	37,051	1,845 9 5½	1,748	164 6 10	5,746	267 10 11½	3,983	742 8 2	78,830	3,803 17 1½	127,358
Greymouth	79	36,397	1,786 18 11	949	116 8 0½	3,606	156 5 1	2,068	886 13 2	35,554	1,634 19 7½	78,574
Hamilton ..	187	108,046	4,951 9 0½	4,039	396 12 1½	4,236	184 16 2	4,157	427 4 11	267,574	10,425 13 5	388,052
Invercargill	162	58,117	2,672 11 2	1,890	192 19 7	4,759	212 4 10	3,419	951 12 7	160,223	5,862 18 6	228,408
Napier ..	69	65,110	3,053 19 11	2,581	259 14 1	6,017	265 19 8	2,734	1,110 5 8	189,858	7,308 4 0½	266,300
Nelson ..	106	30,242	1,497 4 3	1,124	123 17 1	2,351	99 18 0	1,543	453 16 11	62,387	2,364 2 5½	97,647
New Plymouth	109	56,724	2,828 10 8	2,423	204 18 1	4,988	221 7 6	3,615	1,113 9 0	149,950	5,195 6 1	217,700
Oamaru ..	50	16,477	734 11 4	285	31 13 11	1,091	46 4 2	869	96 10 0	32,490	1,585 7 2	51,212
Palmerston North ..	85	65,287	3,036 11 0	3,435	184 12 6½	3,370	142 1 6	6,227	1,229 12 2	201,366	7,915 0 6	279,685
Thames ..	71	42,047	1,872 7 1	1,665	147 16 5	1,750	78 7 8	1,437	139 18 10	95,612	3,583 14 10	142,511
Timaru ..	58	37,434	1,662 17 1	860	100 12 11	3,234	137 1 1	1,302	864 12 7	98,017	4,269 9 4	140,847
Wanganui	96	61,446	2,845 0 2½	2,459	221 17 3	3,625	153 6 6	4,852	887 13 6	128,867	6,119 10 3	201,249
Wellington	93	258,592	18,258 7 6½	13,088	1,486 14 4	15,640	708 8 6	74,557	1,588 18 1	244,610	11,521 16 6	606,487
Westport ..	52	14,443	669 7 9½	313	34 12 3	1,710	74 15 8	673	328 6 6	16,689	574 8 3	33,828
Totals, 1st quarter in 1928	2,165	1,470,824	76,074 4 5	62,970	6,356 1 2½	108,753	4,839 15 4	155,484	19,517 3 8	2,663,309	109,697 8 10	4,461,340
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	97,733 19 9	4,301,679

Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

† Amount received from prepaid and “collect” Press telegrams.

General Post Office, Wellington, 20th Apr 1928.

G. McNAMARA, Secretary.

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business for the Quarter Ended 31 March 1928

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Dated20 April 1928
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