[104] Compare: _Report by Mr. Scudamore on the Re-organization of the Telegraph System of the United Kingdom_, 1871, pp. 31 and 32. Daily number of words transmitted for the newspapers: Parliament Parliament in session not in session 1868 6,000 4,000 1870 20,000 15,000 [105] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; J. E. Taylor, Proprietor of the _Manchester Guardian_; q. 3,854 and 3,900; and G. Harper, Editor _Huddersfield Daily Chronicle_, and Representative of the Provincial Newspaper Society; q. 4,157 to 4,162. [106] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 5,057 to 5,074, 3,360, 3,377, 3,383, and 4,934 to 4,942; and Jno. Lovell, Manager of The Press Association; q. 3,979 to 3,986. [107] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 5,122 to 5,129. [108] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 5,278. [109] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 3,385 and following, 4,926, 4,927, 3,371, and 3,372. Receipts from messages sent to individual newspapers, and not duplicated to any extent: $ 1870 29,000 1871 41,000 1872 60,000 1873 78,000 1874 85,000 1875 91,000 [110] Questions 2,007 and 2,167. [111] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, August 30, 1888, p. 305. [112] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, November 27, 1893, p. 1,789. Compare also June 19, 1893, p. 1,316. [113] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, April 4, 1895, p. 919. [114] _Hansard's Parliamentary Debates_, April 27, 1900, p. 136. [115] _Report from the Select Committee on the Post Office_ (_Telegraph Department_), 1876; q. 3,360 to 3,370, 3,423, 4,917 to 4,923, and 5,147 to 5,149. [116] _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. =======+=======+========+============+===========+============= | | News- | Newsrooms | Messages | Words | Towns | papers | and Clubs | Delivered | Delivered | | |(pool-rooms)| | -------+-------+--------+------------+-----------+------------- 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 =======+=======+========+============+===========+=============