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Table No. 23 — continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange — continued.

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Number of Connects ins on 31st March, 1911. 1910. Exchange. Connections Extensions. Total. Direot Connections. Extensions. Total. Stratford 201 16 217 180 9 189 Taihape Mangaweka Ohakune Raetihi Utiku 105 31 52 22 21 7 112 31 52 22 21 93 30 6 99 30 25 25 Tapanui Heriot 20 9 1 21 9 19 9 1 20 9 Tauranga Te Puke 63 13 2 65 13 48 1 49 Te Kuiti Otorohanga 100 24 6 1 106 25 67 3 70 Thames 161 10 171 155 2 157 Timaru Fairlie Geraldine St. Andrew's Temuka 530 59 87 12 54 97 2 3 3 627 61 90 12 57 466 52 85 13 31 74 3 540 52 88 13 33 2 Waihi 111 9 120 96 7 103 Waimate Studholme Junction 118 8 9 127 8 105 7 8 113 7 Waipawa Otane Waipukurau 132 27 101 i 6 138 27 101 93 26 69 5 98 26 69 Wairoa Mohaka Nuhaka 160 17 22 10 1 170 18 22 140 17 22 7 1 147 18 22 Wanganui Waverley 791 41 130 1 921 42 719 33 101 820 33 Wellington Johnsonville Lower Hutt Petone Upper Hutt 3,457 6 52 17 28 1,133 4,590 6 52 17 28 3,256 6 43 21 1,002 4,258 6 43 21 Westport 202 12 214 195 10 205 Whangarei Totals 185 28,093 I 10 5,135 195 163 6 169 33,228 25,212 4,469 29,681