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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 Connections on 31st March. 1914. 1913. Exchange. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Hawera Manaia Okaiawa Opunake Otakeho 319 116 8 41 3 44 2 363 118 8 42 3 301 98 7 38 5 30 2 331 100 7 39 5 1 1 Hokitika Kumara Ross 172 33 37 11 183 33 37 168 34 36 10 178 34 36 Invercargill .. Bluff Edendale Lumsden Nightcaps .. Orepuki Otautau Riverton Thornbury.. Tuatapere .. Waimahaka Winton Woodlands .. Wyndham .. 1,015 73 16 30 16 10 94 51 13 15 25 79 12 40 263 8 3 1 1,278 81 19 31 16 10 95 52 13 15 26 80 12 43 925 73 16 26 14 9 74 44 13 14 25 67 13 37 230 7 3 1,155 80 19 26 14 9 75 45 13 14 26 68 13 40 1 1 "l 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 Kaikoura 70 1 71 38 1 39 Kimbolton Apiti 46 18 46 18 33 13 33 13 Kohukohu Rawene 37 34 1 37 35 28 32 28 32 Levin Otaki Shannon 78 57 31 7 3 85 60 31 67 55 28 6 3 73 58 28 Mangomii Awanui Kaitaia 35 20 33 35 20 33 51 * 51 * Marton Bull's Hunterville.. 266 63 128 16 2 5 282 65 133 213 48 77 11 224 48 79 2 Masterton 707 73 780 628 63 691 Murchison 29 29 * Napier Greenmeadows Taradale 1,013 20 82 259 1,272 20 82 954 18 * 237 1,191 18 Nelson Motueka Richmond .. Takaka Wakefield .. 568 101 34 74 41 69 6 637 107 34 75 41 526 79 27 57 39 51 6 . 577 85 27 58 39 1 1 * Opened during the ear.