===============================+========+========+========+========+ Railway Companies: | 1865 | 1866 | 1867 | 1868 | -------------------------------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ Lancashire & Yorkshire | Not | stated | 430 | 432 | London, Brighton & South Coast | 241 | 266 | 284 | 284 | London, Chatham & Dover | 134 | 134 | 134 | 140 | South Eastern Railway | 324 | 333 | 351 | 351 | Other Railway Companies | Not | stated | ... | 3,665 | +--------+--------+--------+--------+ Total returned | 699 | 733 | 1,199 | 4,872 | -------------------------------+ | | | | Electric Telegraph Companies: | | | | | | | | | | Electric & International | 9,306 | 9,740 | 10,007 | 10,007 | British & Irish Magnetic | 4,401 | 4,464 | 4,696 | 4,696 | The United Kingdom | 1,672 | 1,676 | 1,692 | 1,692 | The London District | 123 | 150 | 150 | 163 | So. Western of Ireland | Not | stated | ... | 85 | +--------+--------+--------+--------+ Total of Companies | 15,502 | 16,030 | 16,545 | 16,643 | +--------+--------+--------+--------+ Grand Total returned | 16,201 | 16,763 | 17,744 | 21,515 | ===============================+========+========+========+========+ [23] In the _Fortnightly Review_, December, 1875, Mr. W. S. Jevons, the eminent British statistician and economist, stated that the telegraph mileage was 24,000 miles. This statement is accepted in the absence of any official information. From 1870 to 1895 neither the _Reports of the Postmaster General_, nor the _Statistical Abstracts_, nor the _Board of Trade Returns_ stated the mileage of telegraph lines; only the total mileage of telegraph wires was published. [24] Mr. Scudamore's percentage figures, in some instances, were only roughly correct. [25] See table on page 47. [26] England and Wales Scotland Ireland Number of places having Post Offices that issued money orders 2,056 385 509 Number of such places having: Perfect telegraph accommodation 648 91 109 Imperfect accommodation 567 92 33 No accommodation 850 196 367 [27] _The Fortnightly Review_, December, 1875; and _Transactions of the Manchester Statistical Society_, 1866-67.