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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. ■ Exchange. 1914. 1913. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. Direct Connections. Extensions. Total. i Tauranga Tβ Puke 97 28 3 100 28 77 19 3 80 19 Te Kuiti Ohura Ongarue Otorohanga Piopio 203 20 18 76 56 11 1 1 2 3 214 21 19 78 59 174 * 12 186 43 25 2 45 25 Thames 212 . 29 241 186 25 211 Timaru Albury Fairlie Geraldine Pleasant Point St. Andrew's Temuka 735 33 105 95 28 31 125 136 87 J 33 109 99 28 31 133 646 21 93 94 * 131 . 4 4 777 21 97 98 4 4 8 25 100 6 25 106 Waihi 99 9 108 101 10 111 Waimate Studholme Junction .. 178 12 J8 196 12 148 10 12 160 10 Waipawa Otane Waipukurau 210 47 J97 10 1 2 220 48 199 193 41 164 9 1 2 202 42 166 Wairoa Mohaka Nuliaka 264 21 27 18 1 282 22 -27 202 18 22 16 1 218 19 22 Wanganui Fordell Waitotara Waverloy 1,091 10 35 58 196 1.287 10 35 59 982 10 35 48 178 1 1,160 10 35 -19 1 Warkworth Waiwera 54 18 54 19 51 18 51 18 1 Wellington Johnsonville Lower Hutt Petone Porirua Upper Hutt 4,660 6 91 14 3 61 1,480 6,140 6 92 14 3 65 4,122 6 65 13 * 1,276 5,398 6 65 13 1 4 46 2 48 Westport Denniston 227 3 19 246 3 225 * 17 242 Whangarei Hikurangi Eawakawa Ohaeawai Russell Waipu 335 30 54 45 27 132 26 361 30 56 45 27 133 275 * 19 294 2 46 32 26 * 2 48 32 26 1 Totals 41,982 7,433 49,415 36,374 6,560 42,934 * Opened during the year.