Note 9 — Chapter II · The Argument for the Nationalization of the Telegraphs
Reading edition
Supplementary Report to the Postmaster General upon the Proposal for transferring to the Post Office the Control and Management of the Electric Telegraphs, 1868; and Sir James Anderson, in Journal of the Statistical Society, September, 1872.
Belgian State Telegraphs
Inland messages Foreign Messages Messages in transit
Cost per message Receipts per message Loss per message Cost per message Receipts per message Gain per message Cost per message Receipts per message Gain per message
Cents
1860 42.0 35.4 6.8 25.4 49.0 23.6 16.8 60.6 43.8
1861 38.4 35.0 3.4 23.0 44.8 21.8 15.4 57.0 41.6
1862 39.4 33.6 5.8 23.6 43.2 19.6 15.8 52.2 36.4
1863 30.0 22.4 7.6 18.0 34.0 16.0 12.0 38.0 26.0
1864 27.0 22.4 4.6 16.2 31.2 15.0 10.8 41.2 30.4
1865 25.4 20.8 4.6 15.2 27.0 11.8 10.2 40.4 30.2
1866 18.0 11.8 6.2 10.8 23.4 12.6 7.2 28.6 21.4
1867 18.2 11.6 6.6 11.0 24.0 13.0 7.2 29.2 22.0
1868 18.4 11.4 7.0 11.0 22.4 11.4 7.4 29.0 21.6
1869 17.2 10.8 6.4 10.2 21.2 11.0 6.8 29.0 22.2