§ Mr. BRACKENasked the Postmaster-General if he can state the number of telephones per thousand of the population possessed by Great Britain, Iceland, and Hawaii, respectively?
§ Mr. ATTLEEThe figures are 44, 51 and about 75 respectively. There are two million telephones in Great Britain, less than 5,000 in Iceland and about 23,000 in Hawaii.
§ Mr. BRACKENasked the Postmaster-General if he can state the cost of a trunk call at ordinary rates for 100 miles, 200 miles, 300 miles, and 400 miles, in Great Britain, Sweden, Germany, and America, respectively?
§ Mr. ATTLEEThe answer is as follows:
the following years, respectively: 1924–25, 1926–26, 1926–27, 1927–28, 1928–29, 1929–30, and 1930–31?
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§ Mr. ATTLEEThe net addition to the number of telephones in each of the financial years named were as follows:
1924–25, 115,308; 1925–26, 116,353;
1926–27, 118,633; 1927–28, 122,405;
1928–29, 123,450; 1929–30, 127,469;
1930–31, 100,061.