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Percentage op Licenses to Population. There are at 31st March, 1938, 17-829 licenses per hundred of population. New Zealand is now third on the list of countries where licenses are issued in respect of the density of licenses to population. The table given below shows the position of the six countries having the greatest density of licenses :—

The percentage of licenses to population in the larger towns of the Dominion is shown in the subjoined table : —

Hours of Transmission. The annual rates of the hours of transmission of the broadcasting stations owned by the National Broadcasting Service at 31st March, 1938, are shown in the subjoined table : — Hours of Transmission (Rate per Annum). At Ist January, 1932 .. .. .. .. 10,612 At Ist January, 1933 .. .. .. .. .. 16,484 At Ist January, 1934 .. .. .. .. .. 23,036 At Ist January, 1935 .. .. .. .. .. 25,700 At Ist January, 1936 .. .. .. .. .. 27,456 At 31st March, 1937 .. .. .. .. .. 27,593 At 31st March, 1938 .. .. .. .. .. 47,346 For the year ended 31st March, 1938, out of 31,278 hours of transmission time, 17 hours 53 minutes were lost owing to technical faults and power failures. Programmes. The National Broadcasting Service, at the 31st March, 1938, was supplying programmes from the twelve national stations indicated hereunder :—

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Percentage of Country. Date to which Percentage refers. Licenses to Population. Denmark .. .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 18-99 Great Britain .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 18-35 New Zealand .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 17-42 Sweden .. .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 17-05 Australia .. .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 14-73 Germany .. .. .. 31st December, 1937 .. .. 13-39

Percentage of | Percentage of Town. Licenses to Town. Licenses to Population. | Population. Masterton .. .. 27-99 Greymouth . . . . 20 • 63 Blenheim .. .. 27-18 Hastings .. .. 20-21 Ashburton .. .. 26-45 Auckland .. .. 20-14 Hamilton .. .. 23-97 Timaru .. .. .. 20-02 Wellington .. .. 23-57 Dunedin .. .. 19-42 Oamaru .. .. .. 22-68 Westport .. .. 18-89 New Plymouth .. .. 22-56 Invercargill .. .. 18-56 Wanganui .. .. 22-30 Napier .. .. .. 18-01 Palmerston North .. .. 21-37 Nelson .. .. .. 17-67 Gisborne .. .. .. 21-27 Bluff .. .. .. 17-51 Rotorua .. .. .. 21-19 Whangarei .. .. 16-05 Christohurch .. .. 20-89

Station. Aerial Energy. Frequency. Wave-length. I I Kilocycles MetreB . per Second. 1YA, Auckland .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 650 462 1YX, Auckland .. .. .. 0-15 kw. 880 341 1ZM, Auckland .. .. .. 0-75 kw. 1,250 240 2YA, Wellington .. .. .. 60-00 kw. 570 526 2YC, Wellington .. .. .. 5-00 kw. 840 357 2YD, Wellington .. .. .. 0-20 kw. 990 303 2YN, Nelson .. .. .. .. 0-03 kw. 920 327 3YA, Christchurch .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 720 416 3YL, Christchurch .. .. .. 0-30 kw. 1,200 250 4YA, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 10-00 kw. 790 380 4YO, Dunedin .. .. .. .. 0-15 kw. 1,140 263 4YZ, Invercargill .. .. .. 0-10 kw. 680 441