✨ Telegraph Business Statistics
STATEMENT of TELEGRAPH BUSINESS within the several POSTAL DISTRICTS of the DOMINION of NEW ZEALAND during the Quarter ended 30TH SEPTEMBER, 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. | ||
| Auckland .. .. .. | 379 | 234,965 | 11,432 2 6 | 9,286 | 884 2 2 | 17,610 | 801 4 10 |
| Blenheim ... | 84 | 13,838 | 628 13 1½ | 283 | 27 4 4 | 1,393 | 59 9 1 |
| Christchurch | 188 | 132,802 | 6,349 0 5½ | 6,026 | 515 9 8½ | 9,244 | 407 2 7½ |
| Dunedin ... | 202 | 93,486 | 4,408 3 8 | 2,173 | 239 7 3 | 9,725 | 437 12 7 |
| Gisborne ... | 55 | 30,918 | 1,490 11 1½ | 1,271 | 116 17 10 | 4,715 | 225 18 10 |
| Greymouth ... | 80 | 29,354 | 1,385 1 5½ | 643 | 77 19 0 | 2,786 | 128 4 2 |
| Hamilton ... | 179 | 82,835 | 3,691 13 9 | 2,347 | 224 15 3 | 2,903 | 131 2 8 |
| Invercargill ... | 145 | 41,852 | 1,895 18 1½ | 1,052 | 92 19 10 | 3,978 | 179 0 3 |
| Napier ... | 69 | 51,347 | 2,334 15 9 | 1,499 | 140 17 4 | 4,878 | 215 10 0 |
| Nelson ... | 111 | 26,064 | 1,311 12 6½ | 701 | 77 1 10 | 1,910 | 83 11 9 |
| New Plymouth ... | 102 | 47,983 | 2,340 19 10½ | 1,278 | 122 11 4½ | 4,146 | 184 19 5 |
| Oamaru ... | 49 | 13,604 | 597 17 8½ | 254 | 25 9 2 | 864 | 37 4 5 |
| Palmerston North ... | 70 | 51,873 | 2,319 6 10½ | 1,893 | 116 1 1 | 2,547 | 107 14 11 |
| Thames ... | 70 | 41,178 | 1,789 4 0½ | 1,024 | 96 1 7 | 1,849 | 82 14 5 |
| Timaru ... | 55 | 28,827 | 1,293 13 3 | 715 | 61 3 6 | 2,588 | 110 2 3 |
| Wanganui ... | 88 | 44,784 | 1,979 11 11 | 1,764 | 118 5 5 | 2,507 | 107 15 2 |
| Wellington ... | 96 | 236,808 | 16,399 11 3 | 8,950 | 1,057 4 5 | 13,454 | 599 19 0 |
| Westport ... | 39 | 14,626 | 685 15 5½ | 308 | 32 15 11 | 1,817 | 80 13 10 |
| Totals, 3rd quarter in 1930 | 2,061 | 1,217,144 | 62,333 12 10½ | 41,467 | 4,026 7 0 | 88,914 | 3,980 0 2½ |
| Totals, 3rd quarter in 1929 | 2,116 | 1,309,584 | 66,831 0 9 | 50,924 | 5,126 18 4 | 98,166 | 4,387 2 9 |
- Forwarded Press telegrams the bulk of which are "collect" upon delivery. † Amount received from prepaid and "collect" Press telegrams.
General Post Office, Wellington, 28th October, 1930.
G. McNAMARA, Secretary.
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🚂 Statement of Telegraph Business in Postal Districts
🚂 Transport & Communications28 October 1930
Statistics, Telegraph, Postal Districts, Quarterly
- G. McNamara, Secretary