Proposed Incorporation of the United States Postal Telegraph Company 72 Messages delivered within a Mile of the Office free 73 European Charges for delivering Telegrams 74 Telegrams to be placed in the Street Boxes 75 Privileged Persons to have Priority in the Use of the Wires 75 Proposition to operate Telegraphs at a Loss, and Make Money by it 76 Speculative Telegraph Schemes 77 More Startling Inventions for Rapid Telegraphing 78 Erroneous Table of European Statistics 79 European Telegrams counted Several Times 82 Labor the Principal Element of Expense in operating Telegraphs 82 Prevailing Error of all Theorizers on the Business of Telegraphing 83 Statistics of Traffic through the Atlantic Cables from July 28, 1866, to November 1, 1868 86 PROGRESS OF THE ELECTRIC TELEGRAPH IN AMERICA AND EUROPE. The United States 87 Proportion of Telegrams to Letters 87 Early History of the Telegraph in America 88 Evils arising from Separate Organizations 89 The Unification of the Telegraph accomplished 90 Telegraph Companies in the United States 91 Statistics of the Telegraph in the Dominion of Canada 92 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Austria 93 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Belgium 94 Bavaria 98 Denmark 98 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Great Britain and Ireland 100 Decrees regulating the Use of the Telegraph in France 102 Peculiar Character of the French Telegraph 103 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in France 104 Increase in Telegrams not due to Low Rates 104 Greece 105 Prussia 105 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Prussia 106 Russia 106 Switzerland 107 Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Switzerland 109 Royal Decree relating to Telegraphs in Spain 110