§ Mr. Willeyasked the Assistant Postmaster-General how many applications for the installation of telephones are on his waiting list; and at what rate he expects to reduce this list.
§ Mr. GammansThree hundred and fifty-eight thousand applications are on hand, of which about a third are in course of being met or are under inquiry.158W We supplied 411,000 people with telephones in 1954 and the number should exceed 450,000 this year, but the extent to which the order list will fall will depend of course on the level of new demand.