asked the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs if he will state on the same basis as stated by him in a reply of 20th February, 1958, the telephone statistics for 1957 and 1958.

The information required by the Deputy is contained in the attached statement.

STATEMENT showing for the Telephone Service percentage increase over 1947 in (a) telephone traffic (b) subscribers (c) mileage of trunk circuits (d) numbers of staff for the two years ended 31-12-57 and 31-12-58.