F.--1.

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

Number of Connections on Slsfc March, I Exchange. 1912. 1911. i I I Direct Connections. I I i _ „__„„ Extensions. J Total. Connection* Extensions Total. i I Mangonui 41 41 * * * Marton Bull's Hunterville 176 43 48 8 1 184 43 49 168 34 43 i 8 1 176 34 44 I Masterton 531 54 585 491 44 535 Napier Greenmeadows 860 203 1,063 12 785 * . 198 * 983 * Nelson Motueka Richmond Takaka Wakefield .. ..I 466 .. I 63 ..I 28 51 27 43 2 509 65 28 51 27 449 57 27 45 26 42 1 ' i 491 58 27 45 26 New Plymouth Inglewood Waitara 445 .. 61 ..I 59 58 1 2 503 62 61 412 61 47 55 1 i 467 61 48 Oamaru Duntroon Kurow Ngapara 389 19 .. i 27 .. j 18 35 1 424 20 27 18 351 18 27 17 26 i 377 18 27 17 Opotiki Whakatane .. j 64 42 -4 68 42 59 * 1 60 * Paeroa Te Aroha .. i 67 .. 74 8 2 75 76 60 65 5 1 65 66 Pahiatua Makuri Pongaroa Woodville .. I 135 . .. 6 28 65 9 3 144 6 28 68 i 129 * 27 56 8 * 1 137 * 27 57 Palmerston North Ashhurst Foxton Longburn Tokomaru .. I 685 22 .. i 95 ... 13 .. 13 100 2 1 785 22 97 13 13 58 I 621 23 83 13 13 54 85 2 3 1 706 25 86 13 13 55 Patea .. .. 57 Queenstown Arrowtown Glenorchy ..\' 41 21 ... 8 1 41 21 8 48 10 45 41 18 8 43 9 37 41 18 8 43 9 37 Rakaia Chertsey Methven 47 10 45 Rangiora Amberley Oust .. : 49 .....: 17 12 4 2 53 19 12 43 10 11 4 I 47 10 11 Rotorua .. 187 15 202 179 14 193 Stratford 219 18 237 201 16 217 Taihape Mangaweka Mataroa Ohakune Raetihi Utiku .... i 130 .. 35 ..; i4 .. ! 69 ..I 32 ■ J 21_ 8 1 I _ 138 35 14 70 32 21 105 31 * 52 22 21 l_ 7 * 112 31 52 22 21 *O >ened during the year.