Note 40 — Chapter IV · The Purchase of the Telegraphs
Reading edition
Special Report from the Select Committee on the Electric Telegraphs Bill, 1868; Appendix, No. 7.
Leases to expire in: Number of miles of telegraph line
3 to 6 years1,280
7 ” 104,046
11 ” 203,211
20 ” 994,927
Average unexpired length of all leases: 23.67 years.