HC Deb 07 May 1931 vol 252 c563
84. Sir JOSEPH LAMB

asked the Postmaster-General the number of rural telephone exchanges; how many of them are automatic exchanges; and how many are exchanges with less than 50 subscribers?

The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Attlee)

The figures at 31st March last were 3,361, 379, and 2538, respectively.

85. Sir J. LAMB

asked the Postmaster-General the number of telephones per head of the population in Jersey and Guernsey, respectively?

Mr. ATTLEE

On the basis of the population given by the census of 1921, the numbers are 0.074 and 0.109, respectively.