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1915. NEW ZEALAND

SLOT TELEPHONES: RECEIPTS FOR TWELVE MONTHS ENDED THE 31st AUGUST, 1915, AND AVERAGE AMOUNT EARNED.

Return to an Order of the House of Representatives dated the 11th October, 1915. Ordered, "That there be laid before this House a return showing (1) the receipts from tho slot telephones connected with tho telephone exchanges at Auckland, Napier, Hastings, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, for the twelve months ended the 31st August, 1916, tho information to be given for each district separately, and (2) the averago amount earned by each slot telephone in each of the districts named."—(Me. Ell.)

Receipts from the Slot Telephones connected with the Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Napier, Hastings, Wanganui, Palmerston North, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, Christchurch, Timaru, Dunedin, and Invercargill, for the Twelve Months ended the 31st August, 1915, and the Average Amount earned by each of the Telephones.

Position of Telephone. Amount received from Telephone for Year. Average Receipts from Telephone per Month. Remarks. Auckland District. Auckland East Telegraph counter Ferry buildings Grey Lynn .. Kingsland Morningside Mount Albert .. Mount Eden, I .. , • • II .. Chief Post Office (south end) Queen Street, I .. II-• Queen's Wharf Railway-station, I II Hobson Wharf Grey Statue Auckland S.C. Dominion Road Newton Parnell Upper Symonds Street Epsom Ponsonby A, I .. Newmarket Ponsonby A, II .. Pitt Street King's Wharf Freeman's Bay Parnell, 9a Devonport Hamilton Dominion Road Ponsonby Barn Richmond Road Waverley Hotel Grafton Bridge Symonds Street £ s. d. 19 17 10 48 .1.1 10 53 3 7 21 4 61 10 1.9 6 14 19 9! 8 10 2 15 11 1 18 2 11 138 8 0 111 1 5 87 18 OJ 29 9 11 44 17 7 57 12 5 3 16 4 36 19 6|25 1 6 43 8 1 45 14 3| 23 10 10 46 13 6 35 3 4 28 17 11 32 2 7& 3 15 8 32 0 3 1 11 11 5 4 91 3 5 5 33 6 0 4 6 4 2 18 2 5 15 0 2 0 5 6 9 9 2 13 7 9 16 6£ £ s. d. 1 13 2 4 I 0 4 8 '8 1 15 4 0 18 3 1 5 0 0 14 2 1 5 11 1 10 3 11 10 8 9 5 1 7 6 6 2 9 2 3 14 10 4 16 0 0 9 6 5 5 8 2 I 8 3 12 4 3 1.6 2 7 16 11 3 17 9 2 18 7 3 12 3 4 0 4 0 9 5 4 11 6 0 7 11 1 14 11 0 5 5 2 15 6 0 12 4 0 19 4 0 14 4 1 0 2 3 4 10 Opened January, 1915. ,, February, 1915. Opened June, 1915. Opened September, 1914. ,, January, 19.1.5. j, j j " February, 1915. May, 1915. ,, June, 1915. Opened February, 1915. „ June, 1915. ,, January, 1915. July, 1915. 0 19 8 J) 5> August, 1915. Closed June, 1915. Total 1,115 0 5