Average cost per mile of telegraph line in Great Britain
and Ireland, $1,029.71
Average cost per mile of telegraph line in Belgium, 274.14
Average cost per mile of telegraph line in Bavaria, 240.00
Average cost per mile of telegraph line in France, 351.75
Total cost of telegraphs in Great Britain and Ireland, $16,475,360.00
Total cost of telegraphs in Belgium, 608,304.56
Total cost of telegraphs in Bavaria, 503,338.35
Total cost of telegraphs in France, 7,045,034.13
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Total cost for the four countries, $24,632,037.04
Total number of miles of telegraph line in Great Britain
and Ireland, 16,000
Total number of miles of telegraph line in Belgium, 2,187
Total number of miles of telegraph line in Bavari, 2,115
Total number of miles of telegraph line in France, 20,028
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Total number of miles of telegraph in the four
countries, 40,330
Average cost of construction of each mile of telegraph
line for the four countries above named, $610.76