HC Deb 25 February 1930 vol 235 cc2090-1W
Mr. BOWEN

asked the Postmaster-General what are the numbers of auto- matic and manual telephone exchanges, respectively, and the numbers of subscribers served by each of the two systems?

Mr. LEES-SMITH

At 31st December, 1929, there were 260 automatic and 4,329 manual telephone exchanges, serving approximately 231,378 and 943,698 subscribers respectively.