§ Mr. WHITEasked the Postmaster-General the average time taken to establish connection when a trunk call is made from London to Manchester, from London to Newcastle-on-Tyne, from London to Plymouth, and from Cardiff to Kingston-upon-Hull, respectively?
§ Mr. LEES-SMITHThe average times taken to establish the connections referred to during the three busiest hours of the day are 13.9, 10.2, 9.1 and 15 minutes, respectively. If the calls made at other hours of the day were included, the figures would, of course, be much lower.