Place de la Bourse, 527,906 francs.
Rue de la Grenelle, 283,972 „
Grand Hotel, 271,880 „
Rue Lafayette, 250,967 „
Rue J. J. Rousseau, 198,465 „
Rue St. Cécile, 139,916 „
Aux Champs Elysées, 131,059 „
Six other stations collect from 85,000 to 50,000, six from 50,000 to
20,000; the remainder from 19,000 down to 2,123 francs.
The telegraph system of France constitutes a distinct department of the
government service under Viscount A. de Vougy as Director-General. Under
him are five general inspectors, forming a kind of council, nine
division inspectors, seventy-five inspectors, thirty-eight
sub-inspectors, and one electrical engineer. There are altogether 3,708
persons on the staff.