Note 81 — Chapter VII · The House of Commons Is Responsible for the Financial Failure of the State Telegraphs
Reading edition
Report of a Committee appointed by the Treasury to investigate the Causes of the Increased Cost of the Telegraph Service since the Acquisition of the Telegraphs by the State, 1875, p. 8; and Parliamentary Paper, No. 34, Session of 1876, p. 6.
Non-Paying Telegraph Offices
London The rest of England and Wales Scotland Ireland Total
1872 10 417 40 261 728
1874 7 303 28 111 440
1875 0 150 6 72 228