TABLE K.

Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in France.

Date.	Number of Messages Annually.			Gross Receipts per Annum in Francs.			Average Cost per Message.
Date.	Home.	Foreign.	Total.	Home.	Foreign.	Total.	Home.	Foreign.	Total.
				Fr. ct.	Fr. ct.	Fr. ct.	Fr. ct.	Fr. ct.	Fr. ct.

1851			9,014			76,722.60			7.84
1852			48,105			542,891.58			11.28
1853			142,061			1,511,909.57			10.64
1854			236,018			2,064,983.71			8.84
1855			254,532			2,487,159.21			9.77
1856			360,299			3,191,102.04			8.68
1857			413,616			3,333,695.74			8.06
1858	349,887	114,086	463,973	1,749,913.35	1,721,715.35	3,516,633.70	5.13	15.09	7.60
1859	453,998	144,703	598,701	2,072,314.15	1,950,485.63	4,022,799.78	4.57	13.48	6.72
1860	568,365	151,885	720,250	2,358,525.21	1,829,540.05	4,188,065.26	4.15	12.05	5.81
1861	734,252	186,357	920,357	2,840,445.84	2,079,292.12	4,919,737.86	3.82	11.16	5.34
1862	1,291,774	226,270	1,518,044	2,984,490.21	2,317,950.34	5,302,440.55	2.31	10.24	3.49
1863	1,490,023	264,844	1,754,867	3,305,993.85	2,631,911.08	5,937,904.93	2.22	9.94	3.38
1864	1,654,406	313,342	1,967,748	3,565,933.68	2,557,338.38	6,123,272.06	2.15	8.16	3.13
1865	2,098,645	375,102	2,473,747	4,159,445.45	2,892,694.34	7,052,139.79	1.98	7.71	2.88
1866	2,379,631	462,873	2,842,554	4,513,095.32	3,194,495.29	7,707,590.61	1.90	6.90	2.79