Note 17 — REVIEW OF MR. GARDINER G. HUBBARD’S LETTER TO THE POSTMASTER-GENERAL ON THE EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN SYSTEMS OF TELEGRAPH.
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The statement on page 7, of the number of messages annually transmitted by this company, shows that Mr. Hubbard’s estimate gives less than 70 per cent of the number actually sent over the wires. The average rate per message in the United States is fifty-seven cents.