ERRONEOUS TABLE OF EUROPEAN STATISTICS.
From Mr. Hubbard’s pamphlet:—
| Statistics of the Telegraph in Europe for the Year 1866. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Country. | Number of Stations | Miles of Wire. | Rates in 1866. | Number of Messages. | Receipts. | |||
| England | 2,151 | 80,466 | 1 shilling. | 6,127,000 | £ sterling | 521,707 × | $4.84 = | $2,481,500.00 |
| France | 1,209 | 68,687 | ½ and 1 franc. | 2,842,554 | Francs | 7,707,590 × | 0.20 = | 1,541.518.00 |
| Austria | 851 | 73,854 | 2,507,472 | Florins | 1,644,742 × | 0.41 = | 674,344.00 | |
| Prussia | 538 | 55,149 | 1,964,003 | Thalers | 1,275,785 × | 0.72 = | 918,565.00 | |
| Belgium | 356 | 6,146 | ½ franc. | 1,128,005 | Francs | 961,112 × | 0.20 = | 194,442.00 |
| Switzerland | 333 | 3,717 | ½ franc. | 668,916 | Francs | 684,471 × | 0.20 = | 136,894.00 |
| Bavaria | 4,945 | Florins | 322,876 × | 0.41 = | 132,383.00 | |||
| Norway | 73 | 2,710 | 269,375 | Rix Dolls. | 343,645 × | 0.53 = | 182,131.00 | |
| Russia | 308 | 37,330 | 838,653 | Roubles | 1,872,659 × | 0.213 7 = | 372,309.00 | |
| Italy | 529 | 22,214 | 1,760,889 | Lira | 4,120,311 × | 0.186 10 = | 766,750.00 | |
| Spain | 533,376 | Dollars | 554,475 × | 1.00 = | 554,475.00 | |||
| Netherlands Denmark Sweden Turkey Greece | 1,500,000 | × 0.42 = | 630,000.00 | |||||
| Total Messages | 18,640,243 | Total receipts | $8,585,311.00 | |||||
| Average rate per message in Europe | $0.42 | |||||||