RADIO LICENSES
— —• INCREASING RATE ' OF EXPANSION
LATEST OFFICIAL FIGURES
Radio receiving licenses in New Zealand a/o increasing at an accelerating rate, according to the official figures released by the Director-General of the Post and Telegraph Department. The gran;! total of radio licenses taken out as at March 31, last, was 154,923 including 152,489 receiving licenses, the latter figure showing an. increase in 12 months of 34,705, whereas the increase in the same class of license for the preceding year was 24,573. Listeners' licenses are distributed as follows:
In addition to the listeners' licenses there are 1214 dealers' licenses, issued to experimental amateurs, three lor experimental research, 319 free to blind persons and institutions for the blind, and 25 broadcasting licenses.
District. Licenses. Increase. Auckland .. 46,638 11,712 Canterbury .. 27,702 6,823 Dtago .. 20,984 5,351 Wellington .. 57,085 10,819
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Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21463, 3 May 1935, Page 7
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135RADIO LICENSES Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21463, 3 May 1935, Page 7
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