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CONTENTS —continued. PAGE PAGE New Zealand Radio Stations : Equipment, Weather Forecasts : Furnishing of InOperation, &c. .. .. 30 formation Free of Charge .. .. 34 British Official Wireless News .. .. 31 Installation of Miscellaneous Telephone Radio Communication between New Zea- Equipment .. .. 34 land and Pacific Islands .. .. 31 Development of Telephone-exchange SysExperiments in Radio - telephony from tems .. .. .. 34 Ordinary Telephone Stations .. 31 Table showing Extensions to Cabling and Installation on Ships of Automatic Alarm Switching Systems .. .. 35 Apparatus .. .. .. 32 Extensions to Cabling and Switching Ships operated by Wireless Signallers: Systems not completed during the Year 36 handrd 10 " 8UUnP ° n CkSSeS ° f MeSSage 39 Open-wire Systems reconstructed .. 36 itt .-i et> ' \ jtV .** * j , •'' Miscellaneous Improvements to TelephoneWeather Keport and forecast: Adoption i ™ j • ,■> V or 7 » r on exchange Equipment during the Year 37 Broadcasting™ Press Messages to Ships at " Extension Stations per 100 Main Stations 37 g ea 22 Telephone Statistics .. .. .. 38 Post-radiogram Service from Ships at Sea World Telephone Statistics .. .. 39 to New Zealand Coast Stations .. 32 Automatic Telephone Exchanges 39 Radio-dealers' Licenses: Amended Fees 33 Graph showing Proportion of Dial and Amateur Radio Receiving-station License Manual Telephones in New Zealand Fee : Special License Fee for Sets in- from 1920 onwards .. .. .. 40 stalled in Public Place .. .. 33 Table showing Equipment installed and Wireless Receiving-station License: In- Equipment in use at Automatic Exstallations in Hospitals and Similar changes on the 31st March, 1929 .. 41 Institutions .. .. 34 Public Call Offices (Coin-in-the-slot TeleAmateur Radio Receiving License : Form phones) .. .. .. ..42 of Application .. .. 34 Checking of Telephone Transmitters and Telephone-exchange Services . . .. 34 Receivers .. .. .. 43 Publication of List of Subscribers to Proposed Establishment of Dominion Telephone Exchanges .. .. 34 Bureau of Standards .. .. 43 Commerce Train : Telephone Facilities . . 34 Departmental Laboratory .. .. 43

APPENDIX. PAGE Designation of Offices changed.. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 Cable Business .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 44 Radio Telegrams .. .. .. .. .. .. .. .. 45 (For index to tables see page iii, and for Detailed Index see pages iv-vi.)