Note 116 — Chapter VIII · The State Telegraphs Subsidize the Newspaper Press
Reading edition
Report by Mr. Scudamore on the Re-organization of the Telegraph System of the United Kingdom, 1871, pp. 31 and 32; and Report from the Select Committee on Revenue Departments Estimates, 1888; Mr. C. H. B. Patey, Third Secretary to the Post Office, in Appendix No. 14.
Towns Newspapers Newsrooms and Clubs (pool-rooms) Messages Delivered Words Delivered
1869 144 173 133 ? ?
1871 365 467 639 ? 21,702,000
1881 326 525 278 2,735,042 327,707,400
1885 371 578 397 3,616,653 421,362,579
1887 286 499 289 4,289,986 481,796,400