§ Sir JOHN LONSDALEasked the Postmaster-General how many automatic telephone call offices or call boxes were in use in London during each of the financial years ending 1910, 1911, and 1912; how many calls were registered on the meters attached to the instruments in use in those call offices or boxes; how much cash was received for such calls; whether the cash received for calls agreed with the number of calls registered; and, if not, what was the amount of the deficiency or excess?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe number of automatic telephone call boxes in London at the end of March, 1910, 1911, and 1912, were 2,941, 3,030, and 2,867, respectively. Figures giving the number of calls registered on the meters attached to the instruments are not available. Cash collected from the boxes was as follows:—
£ Year ending March, 1910 61,085 Year ending March, 1911 73,959 Year ending March, 1912 79,032 The differences between the cash collected and the number of calls registered are slight, but the amounts in respect of the years in question are not now ascertainable.
§ Mr. VINCENT KENNEDYasked the Postmaster-General whether he has yet arranged to connect Cavan with the trunk telephone; and, if so, will he state the probable date when this extension will be open to the public?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELI have given authority for the extension of the trunk telephone system to Cavan, but I regret I cannot at present give the date when the extension will be completed, as the Post Office engineers are much pressed with work. Every effort will, however, be made to provide the service as soon as possible.