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Offices. The telephone bureau at Kaikorai Valley has been closed, and the telegraph-office at Caversham moved from the Eailway-station to new Post-office. Maintenance. There have been no serious interruptions during the year. 320 miles of line have been overhauled and put in good working-order. With extensions this year, the total mileage of lines in this district now amounts to of poles, and 4,084f of wire. A much-needed addition to the Dunedin Telegraph-office is now being carried out. Telephone Exchanges. A steady increase of subscribers to the various exchanges in the district has taken place, the total now being 2,067; increase, 133. Of this number, the Dunedin Exchange claims 1,291, an increase of 87 for the year. The total length of telephone-exchange lines now amounts to 118f miles of poles, and 1,500 miles of wire.

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