The number of telegrams sent by the various companies was, in 1891, 256,467.
Navigation Companies.
Many European and American Companies have their agencies in Montevideo. The principal ones are:
| Italian Company | La Veloce. |
| French Company | Chargeurs Reunis. |
| English Company | Royal Mail Steam Packet Company. |
| Spanish Company | La Trasatlantica. |
| French Company | Messageries Maritimes. |
| French Company | Nouvelle Compagnie Marseillaise. |
| English Company | Pacific Steam Navigation Company. |
| N. American Company | United States and Brazil Mail. |
| English Company | Shaw, Savill & Albion Co., limited. |
| English Company | New Zealand Shipping Co., limited. |
| Italian Company | Navigazione Generale Italiana. Societa Riunite |
| (Florio e Rubattino). | |
| Italian Company | Fratelli Lavarello Fu Gio Batta. |
| Italian Company | La Genovesse. |
| French Company | Transports Maritimes a vapeur. |
| English Company | Lamport Holt Line. |
| Brazilian Company | Companhia Nacional de Navegacao a vapor. |
All these steamers put Montevideo in direct communication with Barcelona, Genoa, Naples, Dakar, Lisbon, Bourdeaux, Rio Janeiro, Saint Vincent, Vigo, Bahia, Pernambuco, Marseilles, Havre, Santa Cruz of Tenerif, Dunkirk, Plymouth, Liverpool, London, New Zealand and also the ports of the Pacific Ocean and those of North America.
Telephone.
In many points of the Republic telephone lines are established. The principal lines in Montevideo are: The Co-operative Co., the Telefonica Nacional Co., the Telefonica de Montevideo Co.
During the year 1891 these lines have had 21,000 daily communications. They have 3,600 subscribers and the wires they employ represent 5,500 miles. They have 10 offices and employ 174 persons, 74 men and 100 women. The capital of each company is: The Telefonica de Montevideo $220,000, the Telefonica Nacional $105,000, the Telegrafica Telefonica del Plata Company has established a telephone line between Montevideo and Buenos Ayres.
Postage.
The movement in the Postoffices of the Republic is greater every day, owing to the continual improvement of the ways of communication.