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TELEGRAPH SERVICES Table No. 3. —Telegrams and Cablegrams

Table No. 4. —Radio Telegrams

TELEPHONE SERVICES Table No. 5. —Telephones connected, etc.

Table No. 6.—Toll Calls

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Inland Telegrams. Cablegrams. Year ended 31st Ordinary. Press. Forwarded. Received. March, Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue. Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion.) 1945.. 1946.. 6,481,970 7,296,916 £ 422,415 480,885 327,232 351,425 £ 73,432 79,708 539,080 476,087 £ 16,704 17,148 480,989 454,751 £ 19,593 19,059

Year ended 31st March, Forwarded. Received. Number. Revenue (New • Zealand Portion). Number. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). £ £ 1945 40,749 8,470 27,662 14,592 1946 25,585 11,904 46,931 22,470

Year ended 31st March, Subscribers' Main Stations (a). Service Phones (b). Extension Stations, all Classes (<■)• Number of Public Call Offices (d). Revenue from (a), ("), and (d). PrivatelyOwned Phones connected with Public Telephoneoffices. Number of Toll Stations. Total Telephonestations. Telephones per 1,000 of Population. 1945 1946 188,175 194,508 3,014 3,005 58,120 60,783 1,406 1,413 & 1,860,196 2,062,355 4,100 4,200 1,911 1,854 256,726 265,763 153-1 151-2

Year ended 31st March, Inland Toll Service. Overseas Radio-telephone Service. Number of Calls. Revenue from Paid Tolls. Number of Calls. Revenue. £ £ 1945 .. .19,545,441 1,301,029 — — 1946 20,970,161 1,425,020 4,041 6,269