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Table No. 22. Table showing the Number of Telephone-exchange Connections at each Telegraph Engineer's District in the Dominion.

Number of Connectii ins on 31st March Engineer's District. 1915. 1914. Direot Connections. Extensions. Total. Direot Connections. Extensions. Total. Auckland Wellington Nelson Canterbury Otago 11,185 19,485 1,315 7,304 6,971 1,917 13,102 3,050 22,535 114 1,429 1,526 8,830 1,394 8,365 9,807 17,600 1,208 6,823 6,544 1,773 2,809 101 1,410 1,340 11,580 20,409 1,309 8,233 7,884 Totals 46,260 8,001 54,261 41,982 7,433 49,415