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

Number of Connections on 31st March. Exchange. 1912. 1911. J ";' ~~\ Ashburton .Connections. Extensions. Total. j Extensions. Total. i J ! ! 241 26 267 220 21 241 Auckland Devonport Helensville Northcote Onehunga Pukekohe Takapuna .. Waiuku 3,906 : 1,149 5,055 3,469 989 4,458 83 4 I 87 67 1 68 ..31 1 32 24 1 25 10 , .. 10 10 .. 10 59 ! 4 63 49 i 4 53 54 1 55 47 1 48 37 I ... 37 27 .. 27 ..32 .. 32 * * * Balclutha Clinton Kaitangata 100 6 106 75 I 79 16 i 16 16 .. 16 .. I 12 .. 12 12 .. 12 Blenheim Picton Oarterton Greytown 352 32 384 324 28 352 .. 98 2 100 94 2 96 120 9 129 101 8 109 .. J 81 2 83 73 2 75 Cheviot 40 .. 40 36 .. 36 Christchurch Akaroa Doyleston Duvauchelle Kaiapoi Kirwee Leeston Lincoln Little Eiver Lyttelton New Brighton Southbridge Sumner .. i 3,182 924 4,106 2,945 818 3,763 .. : 42 ; 4 46 33 4 37 11 ;• 11 11 .. l] 20 .. 20 20 .. 20 44 .. 44 43 1 44 10 .. 10 * * * 20 1 21 19 .. 19 12 2 14 12 2 14 15 .. 15 16 .. 16 .. J 22 1 23 21 1 22 .. I • 6 .. 6 6 .. 6 12 .. 12 13 .. 13 ..I 15 .. 15 18 .. 18 Cromwell Clyde 31 i 31 29 .. 29 ..12 1 13 * * . * Dannevirke Ormondville Takapau Weber 250 22 272 223 19 242 29 .. 29 29 .. 29 34 .. 34 " * * * 19 .. 19 20 .. 20 1 ! . s> Dargaville Aratapu Tangowahine Te Kopuru .. : 94 5 99 76 .. 76 15 j 15 15 i .. 15 13 .. 13 13 .. L3 37 .. 37 32 .. 32 Dunedin Lawrence Middlemarch Milton Mosgiel Outram Palmerston Port Chalmers Waikouaiti .. ! 2,940 821 3,761 2,723 761 3,484 51 1 52 51 .. 51 23 .. 23 * * * 52 I 53 45 1 46 38 1 39 35 .. 35 .. 29 .. 29 23 .. 23 32 4 36 30 3 33 43 J I 44 41 .. 41 .. I 1] I 11 10 i ... 10 Eketahuna Alfredton 89 1 90 77 .. 77 19 .. 19 20 .. 20 Eltham Kaponga 91 8 99 79 4 83 .. 1 .. _ 19 17 .. 17 * Opened during the year.