_Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Austria._
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│ │ Number of │Gross Receipts in│Average Cost per │
│ DATE. │ Messages. │ Florins. │ Message in │
│ │ │ │ Florins. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ 1851│ 44,911│ 128,736│ 2.86│
│ 1852│ 62,716│ 209,547│ 3.34│
│ 1853│ 109,347│ 308,159│ 2.81│
│ 1854│ 190,522│ 549,697│ 2.88│
│ 1855│ 204,221│ 607,745│ 2.97│
│ 1856│ 251,948│ 778,294│ 3.08│
│ 1857│ 381,720│ 888,905│ 2.32│
│ 1858│ 419,449│ 760,811│ 1.81│
│ 1859│ 692,379│ 951,240│ 1.37│
│ 1860│ 700,795│ 991,275│ 1.41│
│ 1861│ 846,953│ 1,226,404│ 1.44│
│ 1862│ 946,675│ 1,267,966│ 1.33│
│ 1863│ 1,130,625│ 1,290,447│ 1.14│
│ 1864│ 1,610,663│ 1,322,948│ 0.82│
│ 1865│ 1,786,955│ 1,435,478│ 0.80│
│ 1866│ 2,507,472│ 1,644,742│ 0.65│
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Austria transmitted 44,911 messages in 1851, and 381,720 in 1857, being
an increase of over 800 per cent without any average reduction in rates.
The increase in the number of messages from 1857 to 1866 was less than
700 per cent, notwithstanding the great reduction in the rates from 2.32
to 0.65 florins.