| Inland messages | Foreign Messages | Messages in transit | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cost per message | Receipts per message | Loss per message | Cost per message | Receipts per message | Gain per message | Cost per message | Receipts per message | Gain per message | |
| Cents | |||||||||
| 1860 | 42.0 | 35.4 | 6.8 | 25.4 | 49.0 | 23.6 | 16.8 | 60.6 | 43.8 |
| 1861 | 38.4 | 35.0 | 3.4 | 23.0 | 44.8 | 21.8 | 15.4 | 57.0 | 41.6 |
| 1862 | 39.4 | 33.6 | 5.8 | 23.6 | 43.2 | 19.6 | 15.8 | 52.2 | 36.4 |
| 1863 | 30.0 | 22.4 | 7.6 | 18.0 | 34.0 | 16.0 | 12.0 | 38.0 | 26.0 |
| 1864 | 27.0 | 22.4 | 4.6 | 16.2 | 31.2 | 15.0 | 10.8 | 41.2 | 30.4 |
| 1865 | 25.4 | 20.8 | 4.6 | 15.2 | 27.0 | 11.8 | 10.2 | 40.4 | 30.2 |
| 1866 | 18.0 | 11.8 | 6.2 | 10.8 | 23.4 | 12.6 | 7.2 | 28.6 | 21.4 |
| 1867 | 18.2 | 11.6 | 6.6 | 11.0 | 24.0 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 29.2 | 22.0 |
| 1868 | 18.4 | 11.4 | 7.0 | 11.0 | 22.4 | 11.4 | 7.4 | 29.0 | 21.6 |
| 1869 | 17.2 | 10.8 | 6.4 | 10.2 | 21.2 | 11.0 | 6.8 | 29.0 | 22.2 |
[10] Archiv für Post und Telegraphie, 1903, p. 577.
[11] Archiv für Post und Telegraphie, 1903, p. 574.
[12] For administrative purposes France is divided into so-called “Departments.”
[13] Journal of the Statistical Society, March, 1881.
The Tariff of the Electric and International Co., for 20 words (addresses not counted after 1854), was as follows:
In 1840, and for some years after, the charge was 2 cents a mile for the first 50 miles; 1 cent a mile for the second 50 miles; and 5 cents for each mile beyond 100 miles.
In 1850 the maximum charge for 20 words was reduced to $2.40; early in 1851 it was reduced to $2.04; and in November, 1851, it was reduced to 60 cents for 100 miles, and $1.20 for distances beyond 100 miles.
| 1855 | 1862 | 1864 | 1865 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miles | $ | Miles | $ | Miles | $ | Miles | $ |
| 50 | 0.36 | 25 | 0.24 | 50 | 0.24 | ||
| 100 | 0.48 | 50 | 0.36 | ||||
| 150 | 0.72 | 100 | 0.48 | 100 | 0.48 | 100 | 0.24 |
| 151 and beyond | 0.96 | 200 | 0.60 | 200 | 0.60 | 100 to 200 | 0.36 |
| 300 | 0.96 | 300 and beyond | 0.72 | 200 and beyond | 0.36 | ||
| 400 and beyond | 1.20 | ||||||
| 1855 | 1865 | ||||||
| To Ireland, by marine cable | 1.20 | 0.72 to 0.96 | |||||
In February, 1872, two years after the uniform rate of 24 cents, irrespective of distance, had been put in force by the Government, the Telegraph Department made a careful examination of 7,000 messages sent from the large cities to all parts of the United Kingdom. The average charge per message was found to be 27 cents; under the rates enforced by the telegraph companies in 1865, the average charge would have been 52 cents.—Report of the Postmaster General for 1872.