Note 16 — Chapter II · The Argument for the Nationalization of the Telegraphs
Reading edition
Miscellaneous Statistics for the United Kingdom, 1862, 1864, 1866 and 1868-9; Parliamentary Paper No. 416, Session of 1867-68; and Journal of the Statistical Society, March, 1881.
London District Telegraph Co.
Miles of line Miles of wire Number of offices Number of messages
1860733355274,582
18619237878114,022
186210340184243,849
186310743081247,606
186411545480308,032
186512347083316,272
186615049580214,496
186715049581239,583
186816382