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Table No. 22-continued. Table showing the Number of Connections at each Telephone Exchange— continued.

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Number of Connectii ins on 31st March. Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Connections. Extensions - Total. Dargaville Aratapu Tangowahine Te Kopuru.. 141 20 12 43 10 151 20 12 43 119 22 12 40 5 124 22 12 40 Dunedin Lawrence .. Middlemarch Milton Mosgiel Outram Palmerston.. Port Chalmers Waikouaiti.. 3,432 51 26 91 45 32 44 52 19 956 1 1 2 4,388 52 26 92 47 32 48 54 19 3.177 49 28 89 40 31 42 48 16 876 1 1 1 4,053 50 28 90 41 31 46 50 16 4 2 4 2 Eketahuna Alfredton .. 210 20 6 216 20 179 19 1 180 19 Eltham Kaponga 131 32 11 142 32 105 26 11 116 26 Featheraton .. Martinborough 111 135 10 1 121 136 101 104 8 2 109 106 Feilding Cheltenham Halcombe .. Kiwitea Rongotea .. Sanson 330 16 15 30 33 34 34 364 16 15 31 35 34 317 16 16 24 30 29 28 345 16 16 24 31 29 1 2 1 Gisbome Te Araroa .. Tokomaru Bay Tolaga Bay 1,280 44 86 85 119 1 2 1 1,399 45 88 86 1,135 * * 100 1,235 * Gore Balfour Mataura Riversdale .. Waikaia Waikaka Waipahi 265 14 40 31 13 14 7 37 2 302 14 42 31 13 14 7 245 10 35 31 13 13 8 36 3 281 10 38 31 13 13 8 Greymouth .. Reefton 393 81 47 6 440 87 393 76 44 6 437 82 Hamilton Cambridge .. Huntly Matamata .. Mercer Morrinsville Ngaruawahia Ohaupo Raglan Te Awamutu 572 179 39 74 26 161 54 16 24 237 83 10 1 4 4 2 655 189 40 78 26 165 56 16 24 248 474 152 30 * 22 87 41 * 61 5 1 3 535 157 31 22 90 41 11 21 132 "7 21 139 Hastings 970 126 1,096 797 94 891 * Opened during the r ear.