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Table No. 6. Table showing the Number of Paid Telegrams forwarded and the Revenue derived therefrom, the Number and Classification of Telephone- stations and the Revenue derived therefrom, the Number of Forwarded Toll Calls and the Revenue derived therefrom, and the Number of Radioreceiving Licenses.

Paid Telegraph Traffic. Telephone Service. Toll Service. Lkenses^ 1^ I U : Ordinary. Press. : Service Phones and Year ended 31st March, ! Revenue dumber °f Number of Total Telephones Hmnber Percentage from Phones r , ol1 Toll Telephone- P of Value. Number. Tr n „^ hA , Stations all Classes , \ j ,n Call Stations; «d-itirvn« rail"? Households Humber. Value.* Number. Value, (a). (6). (a) and (6). offices. Stations. stations. p opulat .5 on Oaks. equipped. Telephoneoffices. I I £ £ £ £ 1900 .. .. 2,706,439 ! 98,129 255,362 10,771 6,641 f 43,303 165t f 344 7,150 9-0 197,292 5,483 1910 .. .. 5,387,575 ! 171,710 418,942 21,979 22,244 4.469 144,298 312J f 2,656 29,681 28-67 1,757,869 42,753 1920 .. .. 7.880,737 ! 360,051 358,352 32,258 64,396 12,520 419,318 1,1941 f 2,613 80,723 65-27 6,718.526 211,911 1925 .. .. 6,336,103 341,107 461,875 63,601 94,371 16,916 867,218 6,119 380 2,311 120,097 87-26 8,612,412 344,393 4,702 f 1930 .. .. 6,318,644 328,795 580.867 76,809 126,763 25,635 1,206,714 6.140 679 2,106 161,323 108-37 11,404.175 482,571 53,407 f 1935 .. .. 3,685,859 226.162 490,070 53,962 121,841 28,663 1,190,773 5,869 796 2,001 159.170 102-06 9,862.627 448,563 152,808 44-5 1936 .. .. 4,102,168 237,370 463,842 51,405 127,056 30,598 1,252,964 6,041 870 2,000 166,565 105-85 11,436.054 499,825 192,265 55-7 1937 .. .. 4,657,942 259,237 459,556 53,833 135,853 33,838 1,338,958 5,965 917 2,026 178,599 112-52 13,143.171 562,544 241,308 68-4 1938 .. .. 5,003,761 267,382 449,876 52,993 145,370 37,689 1,458,042 5,912 1,021 2,027 192,019 119-67 14,480,207 637,807 285,007 77-6 1939 .. .. 5,249,282 284,912 462,805 56,575 155,038 42,001 1,557,327 6,071 1,103 2,003 206,216 126-92 15,566,998 695,731 317,523 84-2 1940 .. .. 4,859,882 298,304 389,690 55,081 162,508 45,883 1,633,191 6,243 1,231 2,004 217,869 132-69 15,711,671 786,143 345,710 89-3 * Excludes amount paid to other Administrations in respect of cable and radio messages. t Figures not available. J Private-line figures not available.