Growth of Wireless
DA DiO licenses in Xi'iv Zealand at Die end of 1930 totalled 61,943. Detailed comparisons, showing the number of licenses of the various types, are given below:— KxporiTrans- mental ! in it- and
(inilid total, 61,018. 'I he radio license year does not expire until March 31. and it. is expected that the grand total will be augmented before April 1, when new licenses will he required. In Britain there are 3,250,000 wireless licenses, representing a listening public (<f 13,250,000. These licenses increased during the past year at the average rate of 20,000 tt month. There is reason to suppose that within the next year the lota! figure may have passed the 4,000,000 mark. Nearly £1,500,(XX) is netted yearly for license fees, and of that sum the Treasury benefits to the extent of possibly £3CO,OCO.
Receivers Dealers ters special Free 1 WKton. 25,227 495 112 4 54 I Auck. 18,180 308 88 2 !*8 Cnntb, 10,01-1 2(>0 54 1 5(5 Otago 0,727 181 42 1 35 ! Total (JO,157 121 i 200 8 243 \
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17472, 22 January 1931, Page 9
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175Growth of Wireless Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LV, Issue 17472, 22 January 1931, Page 9
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