New Zealand Gazette – 1929 – No. 31

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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, 1929.

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.
Auckland .. ..	399	286,449	£ s. d. 14,164 18 1½	13,818	£ s. d. 1,312 3 4	19,849	£ s. d. 911 7 6½	18,600	£ s. d. 3,044 10 10	420,589	£ s. d. 16,342 12 3	759,305	£ s. d. 35,775 12 1
Blenheim .. ..	87	20,545	967 5 5	718	61 6 7	2,056	87 18 11	1,723	493 11 7	56,326	2,163 5 8	81,368	3,773 8 2
Christchurch ..	186	167,740	8,200 9 8½	7,693	820 16 6	11,422	499 1 7½	11,918	2,972 6 7	290,275	13,041 1 0	489,048	25,533 15 5
Dunedin .. ..	207	122,781	5,880 19 9½	4,035	391 5 4	11,407	509 18 3½	6,967	1,334 2 4	206,511	9,254 5 7½	351,701	17,370 11 4½
Gisborne .. ..	59	36,797	1,848 10 9½	1,739	161 0 1	5,642	266 0 2	2,962	752 13 2	83,860	4,024 7 11½	131,000	7,052 12 2
Greymouth .. ..	77	35,271	1,723 8 6½	863	101 16 11	3,651	158 8 2½	2,090	879 0 0	38,168	1,783 4 0	80,043	4,645 17 8
Hamilton .. ..	183	111,376	5,138 19 4	4,276	403 19 5½	4,231	179 1 1	4,644	465 8 10	289,438	11,408 19 4	413,965	17,596 8 0½
Invercargill ..	156	56,506	2,561 0 1½	1,585	149 1 9½	4,429	194 14 7	3,762	1,006 7 9	173,793	6,319 6 2½	240,075	10,230 10 5½
Napier .. ..	69	66,839	3,125 2 3½	2,385	242 15 1	6,439	281 13 9½	3,628	1,143 11 1	212,110	8,212 4 7½	291,401	13,005 6 10½
Nelson .. ..	119	31,154	1,526 2 0½	1,052	116 7 2	2,218	95 12 8½	657	493 8 9	66,353	2,526 2 2	101,434	4,757 12 10
New Plymouth ..	108	59,286	2,926 15 3	2,516	206 19 8	5,041	219 15 7	3,667	1,227 19 10	164,284	5,836 8 4	234,794	10,417 18 8
Oamaru .. ..	50	17,427	783 17 1	308	32 0 7	1,143	47 18 2	731	660 17 1	37,780	1,762 14 10	57,389	3,287 7 9
Palmerston North ..	78	65,145	2,944 3 7	3,912	184 17 0	3,145	133 16 7	7,081	1,241 12 11	220,025	8,837 8 7½	299,308	13,341 18 8½
Thames .. ..	72	45,539	2,018 18 7½	1,642	143 9 2	1,831	79 15 6	1,651	126 18 0	104,801	3,984 14 1	155,464	6,353 15 4½
Timaru .. ..	58	39,579	1,763 6 11½	931	105 9 2½	3,029	128 2 10	1,530	902 4 2	105,360	4,651 0 1	150,429	7,550 3 3
Wanganui .. ..	93	60,577	2,764 6 1	2,244	187 15 1	3,546	151 4 2	3,636	926 18 6	137,556	6,494 1 11	207,559	10,524 5 9
Wellington .. ..	94	269,783	19,538 8 7	12,560	1,450 7 3	15,695	713 3 11	77,464	1,625 11 3	264,681	12,747 19 0	640,183	36,075 10 0
Westport .. ..	38	14,861	681 13 11½	395	45 5 6	1,810	80 5 1	663	330 2 7	18,290	664 6 2	36,019	1,801 13 3½
Totals, 1st quarter in 1929	2,133	1,507,655	78,558 6 3½	62,672	6,116 15 8½	106,584	4,737 18 9	153,374	19,627 5 3	2,890,200	120,054 1 10½	4,720,485	229,094 7 10½
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	216,484 13 5½

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 29th April, 1929. J. ROBERTSON, Acting-Secretary.

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