¥.— l.

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. Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direofc Connections Extensions. Total. ConSL. Extensions. Total. New Plymouth Inglewood .. Okato Urenui Waitara 519 83 14 25 92 69 3 588 86 14 25 95 502 80 * 63 1 565 81 3 21 68 3 21 71 Oamaru Duntroon .. Kurow Ngapara 427 23 29 18 37 1 464 24 29 18 407 19 26 19 35 1 442 20 26 19 Opotiki Taneatua .. Whakatane 84 18 45 6 90 18 46 77 * 6 83 1 47 47 Paeroa Te Aroha .. 84 94 11 1 95 95 77 87 11 1 88 88 Pahiatua Makuri Pongaroa .. Woodville .. 215 22 31 76 11 226 22 31 81 149 15 28 66 9 158 15 28 69 5 "3 Palmerston North Ashhurst Foxton Longburn .. Tokomaru .. 850 23 117 7 15 132 5 982 23 122 7 16 766 23 99 9 16 123 2 889 23 101 9 17 1 1 Patea 76 1 77 68 1 69 Queenstown .. Arrowtown Glenorchy .. 43 26 8 43 26 8 40 24 8 40 24 8 Eakaia Chertsey Methven 68 10 85 1 69 10 86 58 10 66 1 59 10 66 1 Rangiora Amberley .. Oust 68 28 13 9 2 77 30 13 60 20 13 6 2 66 22 13 Rotorua Putaruru .. Taupo 219 33 15 24 1 243 34 15 209 23 * 26 1 235 24 Stratford 249 25 274 232 20 252 Taihape Mangaweka Mataroa Ohakune Raetihi Rangataua .. Utiku 202 50 13 88 37 29 18 14 1 2 216 51 13 90 37 29 18 181 49 15 81 33 20 24 13 1 194 49 15 82 33 20 24 Tapanui Heriot Kelso 25 10 6 2 27 10 6 22 9 6 2 24 9 6 Taumarunui .. 122 5 127 94 2 96 * Opened during the 'ear.