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The Pamphlet Collection of Sir Robert Stout: Volume 24

VIII.—Telegraphs

VIII.—Telegraphs.

The sum of 228,300l, has been expended on telegraphs from 1865 to 30th June, 1876; the length opened is 3,156 miles, the number of messages in 1875 was close upon one million, and the receipts have been as follows:—
£
1866 9,115
'67 14,295
'68 26,225
'69 32,649
'70 27,425
'71 37,203
'72 44,669
'73 55,195
'74 63,323
'75 74,420