§ MR. FAITH FULL BEGG (Glasgow, St. Rollox)I beg to ask the Secretary to the Treasury, as representing the Postmaster General, whether he will state what increase or decrease (if any) has taken place in the number of Telephone Exchanges which the Post Office has in the United Kingdom; what increase or decrease (if any) has taken place in the total number of subscribers to such Exchanges; what are the new Exchanges (if any) which have been opened; and what are the Exchanges (if any) which have been abandoned since the period dealt with in the Return, No. 119, of the present Session, showing particulars regarding such Exchanges for the year 1894?
§ * MR. HANBURYThere has been an increase of one in the number of Post Office Telephone Exchanges in the United Kingdom, while the total number of subscribers to such Exchanges has decreased by 102. The new Exchange which has been opened is at Abergavenny. No Exchanges have been abandoned since the date of the Returns.