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Table No. 23. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange.

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Number of connections on 31st March, Number of connections on 31st March, Exchange. Exchange. 1909. ! 1908. 1909. 1908. Ashbur ton Auckland Cambridge... Devonport Helensville Morrinsville Onehunga... Takapuna ... Te Awamutu Te Kuiti ... Blenheim Kaikoura ... Picton Christchurch Akaroa Amberley ... Cust Doyleston ... Duvauchelle Kaiapoi Leeston Lincoln Little River Lyttelton ... Methven ... New Brighton Rakaia Rangiora ... Southbridge Sumner Dannevirke ... Dunedin Balclutha ... Clinton Heriot Kaitangata Milton Mosgiel Palmerston Port Chalmers Tapanui ... Waikouaiti Feilding Apiti Kimbolton... Kiwitea Rongotea ... Sanson Gisborne Greymouth ... Reef ton Hamilton Hawera Eltham Kaponga ... Manaia Otakeho ... Patea Hokitika Kumara ... Ross Invercargill ... Balfour Bluff Edendale ... Gore Lumsden ... Mataura ... Orepuki ... ... ... I 218 3,55(1 67 53 15 37 31 19 40 28 298 26 80 3,260 36 9 15 11 19 42 17 12 14 19 27 3 32 30 9 20 209 2,966 46 10 9 22 39 34 30 34 19 10 258 13 25 12 22 5 722 346 69 247 215 63 16 24 6 49 150 28 22 695 8 65 14 182 24 16 8 197 3,184 61 48 '"28 "261 '"70 2,978 41 "l5 11 16 41 17 10 16 19 '"27 8 24 184 2,713 43 10 "*20 38 30 28 34 19 9 244 "21 "as 5 626 295 69 178 202 58 16 26 "46 139 23 18 635 8 63 14 175 25 15 Invercargill— continued. Otautau Riversdale... Riverton ... Waikaka ... Winton Woodlands Wyndham... Lawrence Levin Masterton Alfredton ... Carterton ... Eketahuna Featherston Grey town North Martinborough Pongaroa ... Napier Hastings ... Mohaka Waipawa ... Waipukurau Wairoa Weber Nelson New Plymouth Inglewood... Opunake ... Waitara ... 47 30 .30 9 47 .<; 30 51 68 447 19 94 78 67 58 73 19 804 516 18 79 50 141 20 427 422 43 34 40 296 19 8 127 49 619 22 73 12 160 161 132 43 59 44 59 92 469 32 85 15 8 32 91 743 26 30 24 131 7 82 28 4,115 36 6 27 188 141 35 26 28 "45 6 22 48 56 387 18 86 76' 51 44 71 726 463 "64 49 124 17 382 403 36 35 31 284 " 8 123 45 580 25 66 12 146 146 113 "56 "54 84 448 22 83 15 8 32 83 681 21 26 116 5 53 23 3,781 5 'l59 125 Oamaru Kurow Ngapara ... Pahiatua Woodville ... Palmerston North Ashhurst ... Foxton Longburn ... Rotorua Stratford Thames Opotiki Paeroa Tauranga ... Te Aroha ... Waihi Timaru Fairlie Geraldine ... St. Andrew's Studholme Junction Temuka Waimate ... Wanganui Bull's Hunterville Mangaweka Marton Okaiawa Taihape Waveriey ... Wellington ... Hutt Johnsonville Shannon ... Westport Whangarei ... Totals 26,833 23,881