[75] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, April 15, 1875, p. 1,025. [76] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 4, 1887, p. 1,126, the Marquis of Salisbury, Prime Minister. [77] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 31, 1893, p. 1,580, Mr. A. Morley, Postmaster General. [78] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, May 27, 1892, p. 134, Sir James Fergusson, Postmaster General. [79] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 9, 1901, p. 289, Mr. Austen Chamberlain, Postmaster General; and May 9, 1906, p. 1,294, Mr. Sydney Buxton, Postmaster General. [80] _Report from the Select Committee on Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876, Mr. C. H. B. Patey, Principal Clerk in the Post Office; q. 3,705 and following, and 2,021. [81] _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 ========+========+===========+========+=======+======= | |The rest of| | | | London | England |Scotland|Ireland| Total | | and Wales | | | --------+--------+-----------+--------+-------+------- 1872 | 10 | 417 | 40 | 261 | 728 1874 | 7 | 303 | 28 | 111 | 440 1875 | 0 | 150 | 6 | 72 | 228 ========+========+===========+========+=======+======= [82] _Report from the Select Committee on Revenue Departments Estimates_, 1888; q. 2,621. [83] _Report from the Select Committee on Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 2,712, 2,713 and 3,734. Average operating expenses per telegram: Cents At office where handed in 2 For receipt at transmitting office 3 For forwarding from transmitting office 3 For receipt at delivery office 3 For delivery to addressee 2 Stationery forms used 1 Rent of offices, way-leaves, and maintenance of wires and instruments 2 to 4 -------- 16 to 18 [84] _Miscellaneous Statistics of the United Kingdom_, current issues. [85] The net revenue Messages paid 3.25 per cent. interest on: $ 1875-76 20,974,000 32,600,000 1877-78 22,172,000 30,165,000 1878-79 22,490,000 41,190,000 1879-80 24,500,000 51,310,000 1880-81 27,300,000 69,455,000 1884-85 33,300,000 45,710,000