New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 37

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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, 1930.

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 .. .. .. 389 278,505 13,413 5 6 12,463 1,101 5 6½ 19,394 879 1 4½ 20,705 3,385 3 9 453,951 18,574 8 3½ 785,018 37,353 4 5½
Blenheim .. .. .. 84 19,380 912 13 8½ 637 47 10 11 1,667 70 10 0 1,713 642 7 10 55,690 2,198 19 10 79,087 3,872 2 3½
Christchurch .. .. 189 160,030 7,781 8 1½ 6,506 709 17 0½ 10,875 491 2 5 12,525 3,215 4 0 286,576 13,156 2 0 476,512 25,353 13 7
Dunedin .. .. .. 206 116,958 5,556 16 4 3,644 338 1 2½ 10,663 474 16 8 9,994 1,377 9 4 204,897 9,427 5 8½ 346,156 17,174 9 3
Gisborne .. .. .. 57 36,203 1,831 15 2½ 1,562 151 8 5 5,310 249 0 4 3,211 839 11 2 87,549 4,352 2 4½ 133,835 7,423 17 6
Greymouth .. .. 78 35,384 1,681 4 7 920 96 11 10 3,313 147 15 1½ 2,105 901 12 8 39,474 1,895 2 5 81,196 4,722 6 7½
Hamilton .. .. .. 182 110,139 4,976 0 5½ 3,445 345 14 5½ 4,389 189 18 4 3,315 442 0 6 313,145 12,911 14 3½ 434,433 18,865 8 0½
Invercargill .. .. 147 52,842 2,377 7 5½ 1,355 134 16 11 4,227 184 18 6½ 2,964 1,151 10 2 182,086 6,501 9 3½ 243,474 10,350 2 4½
Napier .. .. .. 69 64,582 3,034 19 2½ 2,237 197 2 10 5,890 259 2 7 3,479 1,139 2 11 219,543 8,443 1 10 295,731 13,073 9 4½
Nelson .. .. .. 116 30,284 1,538 4 9½ 941 103 14 8 2,060 88 1 6 .373 516 7 6 69,024 2,673 2 7½ 102,682 4,919 11 1
New Plymouth .. .. 103 56,019 2,794 6 0 2,074 171 5 11½ 4,992 221 9 10 3,389 1,249 11 3 168,660 6,046 0 6 235,134 10,482 13 6½
Oamaru .. .. .. 51 17,220 759 15 2 337 32 13 10 1,117 48 5 9 873 743 11 10 37,530 1,741 2 9½ 57,077 3,325 9 4½
Palmerston North .. 71 63,702 2,896 14 2 3,899 153 3 5 3,078 129 8 2 7,395 1,224 15 11 223,987 9,091 6 1½ 302,061 13,495 7 9½
Thames .. .. .. 71 47,719 2,106 19 11 1,409 133 12 11 2,067 93 0 11½ 2,172 121 3 6 116,007 4,500 9 0½ 169,374 6,955 6 4
Timaru .. .. .. 57 36,884 1,663 1 8½ 819 83 3 4 2,860 121 7 10 2,266 928 0 7 103,284 4,515 19 5½ 146,113 7,311 12 11
Wanganui .. .. .. 89 56,641 2,577 7 8½ 1,997 153 4 9½ 3,174 136 6 11 3,337 961 7 4 141,569 6,652 12 7 206,718 10,480 19 4
Wellington .. .. .. 95 266,067 18,492 10 0 11,769 1,316 14 10½ 14,992 672 9 3 77,392 1,837 1 4 286,556 14,216 12 5½ 656,776 36,535 7 11
Westport .. .. .. 39 16,556 793 1 3 397 46 6 7 1,897 81 15 10 720 350 8 8 20,472 766 13 4½ 40,042 2,038 5 8½
Totals, 1st quarter in 1930 2,093 1,465,115 75,187 11 3½ 56,411 5,316 9 6½ 101,965 4,538 11 5 157,928 21,026 10 3 3,010,000 127,664 5 0 4,791,419 233,733 7 6
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
  • Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are “collect” upon delivery.

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 19th May, 1930. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.



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🚂 Transport & Communications
19 May 1930
Telegraph Business, Postal Districts, Quarterly Report, Statistics
  • G. McNamara, Secretary