§ 27. Mr. LOVAT-FRASERasked the Postmaster-General what is the decline in the takings from telephone boxes in the streets and in public places since the adoption of the dialling system?
§ Sir K. WOODSince 1927, when the automatic system was introduced in London, the annual takings from public call offices have increased by about £100,000 in London and by about a quarter of a million pounds in the country as a whole.