--------------+--------------+--------------+--------------+ 1855 | 1862 | 1864 | 1865 | -------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+ Miles | $ | Miles | $ | Miles | $ | Miles | $ | -------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+ 50 | 0.36 | 25 | 0.24 | 50 | 0.24 | | | 100 | 0.48 | 50 | 0.36 | | | | | 150 | 0.72 |100 | 0.48 |100 | 0.48 |100 | 0.24 | 151 and| 0.96 |200 | 0.60 |200 | 0.60 |100 to | | beyond| |300 | 0.96 |300 and| |200 | 0.36 | | |400 and| 1.20 | beyond| 0.72 |200 and| 0.48 | | | beyond| | | | beyond| | -------+------+-------+------+-------+------+-------+------+ -----------------------------------+--------+--------------+ | 1855 | 1865 | -----------------------------------+--------+--------------+ | $ | $ | To Ireland, by marine cable | 1.20 | 0.72 to 0.96 | ===================================+========+==============+ In February, 1872, two years after the uniform rate of 24 cents, irrespective of distance, had been put in force by the Government, the Telegraph Department made a careful examination of 7,000 messages sent from the large cities to all parts of the United Kingdom. The average charge per message was found to be 27 cents; under the rates enforced by the telegraph companies in 1865, the average charge would have been 52 cents.--_Report of the Postmaster General_ for 1872. [14] The United Kingdom Telegraph Co. ========+=============+=============+=========+===========+ | | |Number of| Number of | |Miles of line|Miles of wire| offices | messages | --------+-------------+-------------+---------+-----------+ 1861 | 305 | 1968 | 16 | 11,549 | 1862 | 372 | 2741 | 22 | 133,514 | 1863 | 831 | 5099 | 48 | 226,729 | 1864 | 1343 | 8096 | 100 | 518,651 | 1865 | 1672 | 9506 | 125 | 743,870 | ========+=============+=============+=========+===========+ [15] _Journal of Statistical Society_, March, 1881. [16] _Miscellaneous Statistics for the United Kingdom_, 1862, 1864, 1866 and 1868-9; _Parliamentary Paper_ No. 416, Session of 1867-68; and _Journal of the Statistical Society_, March, 1881. LONDON DISTRICT TELEGRAPH CO.