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Table No. 21. Table showing the Number of Telephone-exchange Connections at each Telegraph Engineer's District in the Dominion.

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Number of Connections on 31st March Engineer's Distriot. 1917. 1916. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Luokland Wellington Jelson Janterbury .. )tago 13,313 22,514 1,556 8,078 7,525 2,202 3,810 137 1,849 1,539 15,515 26,324 1,693 9,927 9,064 12,442 21,292 1,445 7,836 7,293 2,027 3,398 124 1,660 1,459 14,469 24,690 1,569 9,496 8,752 Totals 52,986 9,537 62,523 50,308 8,668 58,976