The data below is in a format known as tab-delimited values. You can open this file with any spreadsheet application and the data will be distributed into the appropriate rows and columns. 

Year	Telephone  subscribers (thousands)
1890	2.4
1895	4.6
1900	7.1
1905	13.4
1910	25.2
1915	46.3
1920	68.2
1925	102.9
1930	135.4
1935	130.5
1940	172
1945	198.6
1950	264.7
1955	370.8
1960	502.6
1965	679.8
1970	809.4
1975	987
1980	1102.8
1985	1259.8
1990	1444
1995	1593


Source: Statistics New Zealand

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