INCREASE IN TELEGRAMS NOT DUE TO LOW RATES.GREECE.TABLE K.
| Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in France. |
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| Date. | Number of Messages Annually. | Gross Receipts per Annum in Francs. | Average Cost per Message. |
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| Home. | Foreign. | Total. | Home. | Foreign. | Total. | Home. | Foreign. | Total. |
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| | | | Fr. ct. | Fr. ct. | Fr. ct. | Fr. ct. | Fr. ct. | Fr. ct. |
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| 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 |