New Zealand Gazette – 1931 – 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, 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 .. ..	376	266,980	12,324 13 1	11,225	938 15 5	16,867	764 12 10	16,873	2,428 15 3	410,474	17,444 1 8½	722,419	33,900 18 3½
Blenheim .. ..	82	16,399	721 17 10½	354	27 6 9	1,393	60 1 6	1,001	535 11 10½	44,303	1,788 19 7½	63,450	3,133 17 7½
Christchurch . ..	186	147,731	6,811 8 5	6,103	515 7 5	8,565	374 6 9	13,961	2,844 6 6½	251,375	11,710 7 5	427,735	22,255 16 6½
Dunedin .. ..	202	109,952	4,882 7 1½	2,682	254 5 9	9,587	431 12 10	6,597	1,398 18 9½	181,502	8,428 6 1½	310,320	15,395 10 7½
Gisborne .. ..	55	36,222	1,719 7 8	1,138	117 4 4	4,694	226 1 10	1,925	799 12 7½	78,672	3,895 11 11	122,651	6,757 18 4½
Greymouth .. ..	81	36,286	1,608 17 1	812	80 7 1½	2,802	130 17 9½	1,299	818 8 0	37,684	1,995 13 7	78,883	4,634 3 7
Hamilton .. ..	177	99,254	4,298 6 0½	2,579	245 5 8½	3,223	140 4 4	2,820	420 17 0½	282,407	11,650 18 0	390,283	16,755 11 1½
Invercargill .. ..	144	49,439	2,144 4 2½	991	97 8 7	4,249	186 12 11	2,170	1,062 9 7½	165,651	6,113 5 10½	222,500	9,604 1 2½
Napier .. ..	69	61,478	2,712 18 1½	1,485	150 12 9	5,024	217 9 1	2,107	1,078 6 5	197,385	7,515 12 9	267,479	11,674 19 1½
Nelson .. ..	111	29,753	1,395 12 9½	802	78 1 3	1,780	77 1 2	740	478 16 0	63,614	2,600 3 11	96,689	4,629 15 1½
New Plymouth .. ..	98	52,362	2,540 11 5	1,217	117 0 2	4,267	190 10 4	2,956	1,151 2 6½	158,056	5,726 5 6½	218,858	9,725 10 0
Oamaru .. ..	49	16,246	701 16 10	250	24 11 2	860	36 11 11	721	535 13 1½	33,345	1,648 8 2½	51,422	2,947 1 3
Palmerston North .. ..	69	57,875	2,539 5 10	2,257	115 13 6	2,568	108 4 8	5,809	1,039 16 6½	200,906	8,261 12 4½	269,415	12,064 12 11
Thames .. ..	68	46,033	1,912 9 2½	984	90 14 6	2,022	90 10 0	870	83 7 2	104,762	4,045 17 2	154,671	6,222 18 0½
Timaru .. ..	55	32,501	1,393 3 8½	645	58 1 4	2,424	101 1 10	1,625	822 5 6	87,641	4,056 17 8½	124,836	6,431 10 1
Wanganui .. ..	87	51,224	2,301 6 4	1,211	118 11 0	2,585	108 8 4	1,745	849 18 10	125,652	5,970 10 0½	182,417	9,348 14 6½
Wellington .. ..	96	259,068	16,897 17 10	9,068	969 7 2	12,853	571 13 8½	73,917	1,569 10 3	273,646	13,800 0 8	628,552	33,808 9 7½
Westport .. ..	39	18,714	814 6 4½	342	34 14 2	1,930	83 10 7	515	290 8 3	20,128	810 10 4	41,629	2,033 9 8½
Totals, 4th quarter in 1930	2,044	1,387,517	67,720 9 11½	44,145	4,033 8 1	87,693	3,899 12 5	137,651	18,208 4 4½	2,717,203	117,463 2 11½	4,374,209	211,324 17 9½
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

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

General Post Office, Wellington, 2nd February, 1931. G. McNAMARA, Secretary.

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