Note 48 — Chapter V · None of Mr. Scudamore’s Financial Forecasts Were Realized

Report by Mr. Scudamore on the Reorganization of the Telegraph System of the United Kingdom, January, 1871.

Number of telegraph offices before and after the transfer of the telegraphs to the State:

18691870

London95334

Birmingham1014

Edinburgh915

Leeds1018

Glasgow1319

Manchester2132

This table does not indicate fully the expense incurred by the State in providing local telegraph systems. Under the companies the offices were all concentrated in the heart of the city; under the Post Office administration the offices were spread throughout the city and suburbs.