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The manner in which the exchanges are classified, the number of exchanges in each class, and the number of stations connected therewith on the 31st March, 1937, are shown in the following table :—
In addition to the stations shown in the preceding table, there were 3,678 stations connected by private telephone-lines directly or indirectly with departmental toll stations, making a grand total of 178,599 telephone-stations on the 31st March, 1937. The following table shows the number of telephone-stations in the North and South Islands on the 31st March, 1936 and 1937, respectively : —
The number of telephone-stations (main and extension) connected with each of the fifteen principal exchanges on the 31st March, 1937, was—Auckland, 25,535 ; Wellington, 23,986 ; Christchurch, 14,308 ; Dunedin, 9,382 ; Wanganui, 3,645 ; Palmerston North, 3,560 ; Hamilton, 3,505 ; Invercargill, 3,300 ; Hastings, 2,893 ; Gisborne, 2,883 ; New Plymouth, 2,475 ; Timaru, 2,228 ; Napier, 2,275 ; Masterton, 2,112 ; Nelson, 1,989. The number of party and rural lines on the 31st March, 1937, was 13,537, to which were connected 50,942 main stations —an increase of 437 anā 3,070 respectively on the figures for the previous year. The following table shows, for each class of exchange, the respective percentages of business and residential stations, also the respective percentages of individual and party-line stations, on the 31st March, 1937 : —
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Class I. Class II. Class III. Exchanges or Net- Exchanges or Net- Exchanges or Networks observing works observing works observing Class IV. Continuous Continuous Continuous Exchanges Attendance and Attendance and Attendance and or Networks Dominion having more than having 1,001 to having 201 to where the Totals, 3,500 Paying 3,500 Paying 1,000 Paying Attendance Subscribers' Main Subscribers' Main Subscribers' Main is restricted. Stations con- Stations con- Stations connected therewith, nected therewith. nected Subscribers' main stations .. 50,102 26,515 30,956 28,280 135,853 Toll and service stations .. 941 583 987 1,802 4,313 Public call offices .. .. 705 138 66 8 917 Extension stations— P.B.X. .. .. .. 13,824 3,255 1,031 129 18,239 Ordinary 8,110 3,795 2,540 1,154 15,599 Telephone-stations,: Class totals 73,682 34,286 35,580 31,373 174,921 Number of exchanges in each class 4 14 61 269 348
Number of Telephone-stations on 31st Maroh, __ 1936. 1937. i j Percentage Main Extension T , , Main j Extension T . , Increase. Stations. Stations. ' Stations. ! Stations. lota]. North Island .. 94,233 21,798 116,031 101,684 24,382 126,066 8-6 South Island .. 37,839 8,800 46,639 39,399 9,456 48,855 4-7 Totals .. 132,072 30,598 162,670 141,083 33,838 174,921 7-8 ' 1 ■ - i ; -
Percentage of Class I j Class II Class III Class IV Dominion Exchanges, j Exchanges. Exchanges. Exchanges. Percentages. Business stations .. .. j 37 32 27 19 30 Residential stations .. 63 68 73 81 70 100 100 100 100 100 I Individual-line stations .. 86 7-1 48 30 63 Party- and rural-line stations .. ! 14 26 52 70 37 100 | 100 100 100 100
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