§ 48. Dr. John Dunwoodyasked the Postmaster-General, how many towns with over 10,000 inhabitants have manual telephone exchanges; and how many of these towns are situated in development areas.
§ Mr. Joseph SlaterThirty-one; nine in development areas. Over the country as a whole there are about 150 manual exchanges out of a total of 6,500. Over 97150W per cent. of our subscribers have automatic service.