New Zealand Gazette – 1930 – No. 9

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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 DECEMBER, 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 ..	..	391	302,125	£ s. d. 14,241 10 5	13,844	£ s. d. 1,201 12 9½	19,774	£ s. d. 901 4 0	19,578	£ s. d. 3,082 8 5	440,114	£ s. d. 18,055 0 4½	795,435
Blenheim ..	..	85	19,524	878 11 7	433	41 17 8	1,680	70 13 8	768	532 8 3	51,824	2,062 19 3½	74,229
Christchurch	..	187	169,984	7,961 4 2½	7,677	700 13 2	10,895	480 13 2	13,903	2,944 11 4	270,277	12,529 16 7	472,736
Dunedin ..	..	206	127,353	5,886 5 6	3,726	359 19 0	11,282	508 14 0	9,185	1,452 9 7	201,433	9,378 4 6	352,979
Gisborne ..	..	57	40,833	1,971 14 2½	1,354	145 1 2	5,625	267 11 5	2,891	804 3 5	85,907	4,193 18 8½	136,610
Greymouth..	..	78	40,314	1,821 14 4½	931	106 5 10	3,280	150 17 9	1,436	836 16 6	39,770	1,941 10 1½	85,731
Hamilton ..	..	181	114,272	5,128 2 11½	4,077	397 3 9	3,787	168 19 5½	4,114	453 16 8	304,653	12,699 14 9	430,903
Invercargill	..	148	56,930	2,496 13 7½	1,396	134 2 5½	4,531	199 8 10½	2,855	1,080 13 4	180,699	6,570 4 4	246,411
Napier ..	..	69	67,840	3,106 18 9½	2,070	215 7 0	5,677	253 15 1	2,407	1,074 11 8	216,195	8,344 9 11	294,189
Nelson ..	..	117	32,666	1,596 7 7½	1,007	114 1 10½	2,139	93 4 4	439	478 1 2	66,526	2,637 19 2½	102,777
New Plymouth	..	104	60,832	2,885 16 3½	2,125	184 6 11½	4,880	214 14 9	2,620	1,167 2 9	167,118	6,017 9 0½	237,575
Oamaru ..	..	51	16,763	732 18 9	331	33 8 7	1,065	45 6 0	528	673 5 5	35,005	1,691 18 4	53,692
Palmerston North	..	76	67,482	2,973 16 10	2,834	167 3 3	3,051	130 18 10	5,492	1,161 7 10	220,252	9,011 3 8	299,111
Thames ..	..	71	50,795	2,192 19 7½	1,406	131 0 6	2,196	96 15 10	1,214	151 12 0	115,251	4,425 7 5½	170,862
Timaru ..	..	57	37,911	1,668 4 0	823	87 6 7	2,991	125 13 7	1,151	845 5 6	95,406	4,203 19 3½	138,282
Wanganui ..	..	89	59,897	2,649 16 11½	1,611	158 3 4	3,002	128 1 0	2,461	893 17 8	137,927	6,545 6 3	204,898
Wellington ..	..	95	285,209	18,891 7 5	11,884	1,342 4 9	14,986	685 2 1½	72,624	1,607 2 2	281,635	13,987 8 6	666,338
Westport ..	..	37	21,546	987 13 7½	486	59 4 7	2,093	95 16 4	724	325 12 7	19,770	691 2 7	44,619
Totals, 4th quarter in 1929	2,099	1,572,276	78,071 16 9½	58,015	5,579 3 3	102,934	4,617 10 2½	144,390	19,565 6 3	2,929,762	124,987 12 11	4,807,377	232,821 9 5
Totals, 4th quarter in 1928	2,142	1,578,112	79,668 17 9	67,567	6,035 8 9½	100,477	4,490 13 4½	147,812	18,879 15 1	2,775,449	115,218 9 9	4,669,417	224,293 4 9

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 5th February, 1930.
G. McNAMARA, Secretary.

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