§ SIR THOMAS DEWAR (Tower Hamlets, St. George's)I beg to ask the Postmaster-General if he will state what progress has been made with the establishment of the London telephone system, and the annual amount payable by subscribers for rentals at the termination of last year.
§ THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Lord STANLEY, Lancashire, Westhoughton)Eleven Post Office Telephone Exchanges had been opened in the London Area on December 31st last, and the number of subscribers' telephones working in connection with them was 22,181. The amount of the annual rentals payable for the use of these instruments, and of the message fees received during the year 1904, was £156,485.