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T. pagk Telephone— continued. page Exchanges— continued. Taxi-cab companies : Private-line system .. 48 Number of subscribers per 100 of population 6, 7, 43 Technical development of telephone and telegraph Number in each class .. .. .. 43 engineering .. .. .. 48 Revenue .. .. .. 6, 1.3, 58 Telegram form and envelope .. .. .. 5 Service .. .. .. .. .. 6 Telegrams— Statistics .. .. .. 43 Government: Number and valuo .. 58,59 Subscribers' connections .. .. 43 Increase in number .. .. .. 25 Summary of year's operations .. .. 42 Inland letter .. .. .. 25, 58 Use of telephone for transmission of musical Number and value .. .. .. 25,58,59 items .. .. .. .. 40 Of all codes .. .. .. 25,59 Offices open for business .. .. 24 Ordinary : Number and value .. 25, 58 Public call offices .. .. .. 7, 47, 48 Press : Number and value .. .. 25, 58 Statistics .. .. .. .. .. 43 Press, for Radio Broadcasting Co. .. .. 39 Toll accounts, typewritten .. .. 25 Urgent: Number and value .. .. 25, 58 " Time off " .. .. .. .. .. 2 Telegraph— Amount of business .. .. .. 25, 58, 59 Lines — U. Length of, erected, &c. .. .. 29 Maintenance of .. .. 28 Unclaimed packets, auction of .. .. .. 21 Poles and wire .. .. .. 29 Undelivered postal packets .. .. 21 Superimposed .. .. .. 29 Union Steamship Co: Control of wireless apparatus 37 Tolegraph and toll traffic .. .. 29 Machine-printing .. .. .. 28 Movements of shipping .. .. .. 6, 24 Number of telegraph instruments and batteries V. in use .. .. .. .. 30 Vancouver mail-service .. .. .. 15 Offices open, &c. .. .. .. 24 Receipts and payments .. .. .. 13 Revenue .. .. .. .. 13, 25, 58, 59 W. Progress .. .. .. .. 22 Telegraph and Telephone Engineering : Technical Weather reports by wireless .. .. 36 Development of .. .. .. 48 Week-end cable messages: Extension of service .. 33 Telegraph and telephone lines, erection of, by eon- White Island : Radio-telegraph office .. .. 36 tract .. .. .. .. .. 7,26 Wireless — Telegraph and. toll-line systems— Amateur receiving-station operated by the blind 38 Extension of .. .. .. 27 Automatic alarm instruments on British ships .. 36 Interruption of .. .. .. 28 British official messages .. .. 35 Maintenance of .. .. .. 28 Broadcast of weather reports and news messages 36 Poles and wire .. .. .. 29 Broadcasting .. .. .. .. 8,37 Telegraph and toll services— Broadcasting, interference with .. .. 39 Tours of New Zealand cricket and Rugby teams .. 24 Cape Maria Van Diemen Radio Beacon Station .. 36 Trans-Tasman flight : Search for missing airmen 24 Communication between coast and ship stations .. 36 Tolegraph and toll traffic : Number and value 24, 25 Control of apparatus by Union Steamship Co. .. 37 Telegraph services, development of .. .. 4 Equipment, operation, &o. .. .. 34 Telegraph Union, International: Personnel .. 24 Establishment of remote-controlled receivingTelephone— station .. .. .. .. 34 Cables under footpaths .. .. 26 Equipment, operations, &c, of New Zealand Directories, printing and advertising .. .. 40 coast stations .. .. .. 34 Engineering, technical development of 48 Imporial: Standing Committee .. . . 34 Inter-Island service .. .. .. 8, 25 Installations on small coastal vessels .. .. 8,34 Poles, removal of, on acoount of alterations to International Radio-telegraph Convention .. 8,34 roads .. .. .. .. 26 Legislation regarding licenses .. .. 38 Toll calls : Direct dialling .. .. .. 8, 25 License, revocation of .. .. 38 Toll lines : Effect of high-tension power lines .. 26 Number of amateur receiving-stations .. .. 37 Toll service— Private radio-stations .. .. 39 Development of .. .. .. .. 4 Progress .. .. .. .. 22 Dominion-wide range .. .. .. 8,25 Revocation of license .. .. 38 Progress .. .. .. 22 Sale of apparatus .. .. .. 39 Exchanges — Services, development of .. .. .. 4 Amendment to regulations .. .. 40 Short-wave service .. .. .. 35, 36 Automatic telephone exchanges .. .. 45 Short-wave service between New Zealand and Automatic private-branch exchanges .. 46 Samoa .. .. .. .. 36 Canvass for additional subscribers .. .. 6 Time-signals .. .. .. 39 Development and maintenance of .. 40 Transfer of money by .. .. .. 8 Extension of automatic service to rural lines .. 40 Unlicensed stations : Convictions .. .. 38 Interphone installations .. .. 46 Wireless and cable communication .. .. 5 Misuse of telephone for false or bogus call .. 40 Work performed for other Departments .. .. 9 New .. .. .. .. 42 Workshops .. .. .. .. 19