In the Dominion of Canada as in the United States, the telegraph is free
and untrammelled by governmental interference, and, next to the United
States, is the best in the world.
STATISTICS OF THE TELEGRAPH IN THE DOMINION OF
CANADA.
Number of miles of pole line, 6,746 miles.
Number of miles of wire strung, 8,935 miles.
Number of offices, 382 miles.
Number of messages (in 1867), 573,219 miles.
Gross receipts from all sources, $258,000
Gross expenses, 180,000
Of which, accruing for labor, 105,000