TELEGRAMS AND MAILS
THE CHRISTMAS RUSH The Postmaster-General (Mr. Coates) has furnished the following particulars nf the Post and Telegraph business tranactod at the seventeen chief office® in tho Dominion on December 20, 21, 22. and 23, 1922:— The stamp sales amounted to £30,753, an increase of 1.11 per cent, over the sales for the corresponding period of the previous year. Tho number of bags and hampers of mail matter forwarded from the seventeen offices was 46,761, an increase of 7.96 per cent. Of this number 10,108 were forwarded from Auckland, 6543 from Christchurch. 4987 from Dunedin, and 8471 from Wellington. Telegrams forwarded numbered 98,920. an increase of 1.94 per cent. Of these 17.686 were forwarded from Auckland, 12,277 from Christchurch, PR64 from Dunedin, and 22.525 from Wellington. Telegrams received numbered 130,169, an increase of 5.89 per cent. As these figures represent the business at tho seventeen principal or chief offices, 'it is interesting to note that at the smaller or country offices the work forwarded to the cities has shown a greater increase than that between tho cities.
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Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 88, 10 January 1923, Page 4
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179TELEGRAMS AND MAILS Dominion, Volume 16, Issue 88, 10 January 1923, Page 4
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