Note 22 — Chapter III · The Alleged Break-down of Laissez-Faire
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Miscellaneous Statistics for the United Kingdom, 1868-9, and Parliamentary Paper, No. 416, Session 1867-68.
Length of electric telegraphs belonging to railway companies and telegraph companies respectively.
In placing the total mileage of telegraph line at 16,066, in 1865, Mr. Scudamore excluded the mileage of the London, Chatham, and Dover Railway Company.
Railway Companies: 1865 1866 1867 1868
Lancashire & Yorkshire Not stated 430 432
London, Brighton & South Coast 241 266 284 284
London, Chatham & Dover 134 134 134 140
South Eastern Railway 324 333 351 351
Other Railway Companies Not stated … 3,665
Total returned 699 733 1,199 4,872
Electric Telegraph Companies:
Electric & International 9,306 9,740 10,007 10,007
British & Irish Magnetic 4,401 4,464 4,696 4,696
The United Kingdom 1,672 1,676 1,692 1,692
The London District 123 150 150 163
So. Western of Ireland Not stated … 85
Total of Companies 15,502 16,030 16,545 16,643
Grand Total returned 16,201 16,763 17,744 21,515