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

I Number of Connections on 31st March, Exchange. 1912. 1911. I Direct Extensions. Total. '. r , I)lre f c . t : Extensions. Total. Connections. Connections. Featherston .. Martinborough ..88 9 97 79 8 87 83 2 85 73 2 75 Feilding Cheltenham Halcombe Kiwitea Rongotea ... Sanson 286 27 313 270 23 293 .. j 16 .. 16 16 .. 16 .. I 14 .. 14 * * * ..16 1 17 12 1 13 27 .. 27 25 .. 25 17 .. 17 16 ... 16 Grisborne 981 92 1,073 861 85 946 Gore Balfour Mataura Riversdale Waikaia Waikaka Waipahi Greymouth Reefton .. 218 27 245 194 25 219 10 .. 10 9 .. 9 24 3 27 20 2 22 30 I 30 29 .. 29 12 .. 12 10 .. 10 12 .. 12 10 .. 10 .'. 8 8 8 .. 8 387 43 430 369 38 407 ..74 4 78 72 4 76 Hamilton Cambridge Huntly Morrinsville Ngaruawahia Te Awamutu 398 39 437 323 26 349 ..' Ill 3 114 93 2 95 24 1 25 * * * 68 1 69 59 .. 59 36 .. 36 32 .. 32 ..73 6 77 46 4 50 Hastings 657 71 728 567 61 628 Hawera Manaia Okaiawa Opunake Otakeho 256 25 281 233 23 256 32 2 34 27 1 28 7 ... 7 6 .. 6 38 ] 39 35 1 36 5 .. 5 6 .. 6 Hokitika Kumara Ross Invercargill Bluff Edendale .. Lumsden Nightcaps Orepuki Otautau Riverton Tuatapere Waimahaka Winton Woodlands Wyndham 160 6 166 156 5 161 33 .. 33 29 .. 29 35 .. 35 21 .. 21 815 195 1,010 692 ; 164 856 75 ' 7 82 72 5 77 15 3 18 15 .. 15 24 .. 24 24 .. 24 7 ... 7 8 .. 8 8 .. 8 9 .. 9 63 1 64 55 .. 55 39 .. 39 37 .. 37 12 .. 12 12 .. 12 23 .. 23 23 .. 23 ..58 1 59 50 1 51 10 .. 10 11 .. 11 33 3 36 28 2 30 Kaikoura 34 1 35 33 , 1 34 Kimbolton Apiti 29 .. 29 28 .. 28 14 .. 14 13 .. 13 Kohukohu Rawene 23 .. 23 * * * .. I 29 .. 29 * * * Levin Otaki Shannon 61 5 66 70 3 73 55 3 58 53 2 55 28 i 28 24 j 24 * Ojwned during the year.