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TELEPHONE SERVICES Table No. 6.—Number of Telephones, and Revenue.

Table No. 7 —Toll Calls

SAVINGS-BANK SERVICES Table No. 8—Deposits and Withdrawals

Table No. 9 —Accounts Opened and Closed, etc.

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Year Ended 31st March, Subscribers' Main Stations (a). Service Main Stations (6). Extension Stations, all Classes (c). Public Call Offices (d). Revenue from (a), (c), and (d). Privately Owned Phones connected with Public Telephoneoffices. Toll Stations. Total Telephonestations. Telephones per 1,000 of Population. 1948 1949 219,185 234,874 1 3,319 3,418 70,662 76,832 1,550* 1,640f £ 2,118,169 2,270,213 4 j 000 4,166 1,836 1,827 1 300,552 j 322,757 i 163-9 172-3 * Includes 36 multi-coin telephones for effecting toll calls, t Includes 46 multi-coin telephones for effecting toll calls.

Year Ended 31st March, Inland Toll Service. Radio-telephone Service. Number of Calls. 1 Revenue from 1 Paid Tolls, j Forwarded. Received. Number of Calls. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). Number of Calls. Revenue (New Zealand Portion). 1948 1949 23,872,673* 25,279,330-f £ 1,722,584 1,854,111 4,699 5,086 £ 5,280 4,795 4,974 5,290 £ 4,167 3,983 * Includes 4,699 forwarded overseas calls. _ f Includes 5,p86 forwarded overseas calls.

Year Ended 31st March, Number of Deposits. Total Amount of Deposits. Average Amount of Each Deposit. Number of Withdrawals. Total Amount of Withdrawals. Average Amount of each Withdrawal. Excess of Deposits over Withdrawals. Interest Credited. £ £ £ £ £ £ 1948.. 3,292,887 72,553,414 22 2,353,442 68,660,458 29 3,892,956 3,307,081 1949.. 3,310,543 70*690,640 21 2,392,027 67,722,724 28 2,967,916 3,438,790

Year Ended 31st March, Number of Accounts Opened. Number of Accounts Closed. Number of Open Accounts as at 31st March. Total Amount of all Accounts, Inclusive of Interest, as at 31st March. Average Amount of Each Account as at 31st March. Number of Branches of the Post Office Savings-bank Open at the Close of the Year. £ £ 1948 165,588 128,271 1,277,265 148,442,304 116 936 1949 149,789 115,762 1,311,292 154,849,010 118 957