_Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in France._
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│DATE.│Number of Messages Annually.│
│ │ │
├─────┼─────────┬────────┬─────────┤
│ │ Home. │Foreign.│ Total. │
├─────┼─────────┼────────┼─────────┤
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │ │
│ 1851│ │ │ 9,014│
│ 1852│ │ │ 48,105│
│ 1853│ │ │ 142,061│
│ 1854│ │ │ 236,018│
│ 1855│ │ │ 254,532│
│ 1856│ │ │ 360,299│
│ 1857│ │ │ 413,616│
│ 1858│ 349,887│ 114,086│ 463,973│
│ 1859│ 453,998│ 144,703│ 598,701│
│ 1860│ 568,365│ 151,885│ 720,250│
│ 1861│ 734,252│ 186,357│ 920,357│
│ 1862│1,291,774│ 226,270│1,518,044│
│ 1863│1,490,023│ 264,844│1,754,867│
│ 1864│1,654,406│ 313,342│1,967,748│
│ 1865│2,098,645│ 375,102│2,473,747│
│ 1866│2,379,631│ 462,873│2,842,554│
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│DATE.│ Gross Receipts per Annum in Francs. │ Average Cost per │
│ │ │ Message. │
├─────┼────────────┬────────────┬────────────┼─────┬────────┬──────┤
│ │ Home. │ Foreign. │ Total. │Home.│Foreign.│Total.│
├─────┼────────────┼────────────┼────────────┼─────┼────────┼──────┤
│ │ Fr. ct. │ Fr. ct. │ Fr. ct. │ Fr. │Fr. ct. │ Fr. │
│ │ │ │ │ ct. │ │ ct. │
│ │ │ │ │ │ │ │
│ 1851│ │ │ 76,722.60│ │ │ 7.84│
│ 1852│ │ │ 542,891.58│ │ │ 11.28│
│ 1853│ │ │1,511,909.57│ │ │ 10.64│
│ 1854│ │ │2,064,983.71│ │ │ 8.84│
│ 1855│ │ │2,487,159.21│ │ │ 9.77│
│ 1856│ │ │3,191,102.04│ │ │ 8.68│
│ 1857│ │ │3,333,695.74│ │ │ 8.06│
│ 1858│1,749,913.35│1,721,715.35│3,516,633.70│ 5.13│ 15.09│ 7.60│
│ 1859│2,072,314.15│1,950,485.63│4,022,799.78│ 4.57│ 13.48│ 6.72│
│ 1860│2,358,525.21│1,829,540.05│4,188,065.26│ 4.15│ 12.05│ 5.81│
│ 1861│2,840,445.84│2,079,292.12│4,919,737.86│ 3.82│ 11.16│ 5.34│
│ 1862│2,984,490.21│2,317,950.34│5,302,440.55│ 2.31│ 10.24│ 3.49│
│ 1863│3,305,993.85│2,631,911.08│5,937,904.93│ 2.22│ 9.94│ 3.38│
│ 1864│3,565,933.68│2,557,338.38│6,123,272.06│ 2.15│ 8.16│ 3.13│
│ 1865│4,159,445.45│2,892,694.34│7,052,139.79│ 1.98│ 7.71│ 2.88│
│ 1866│4,513,095.32│3,194,495.29│7,707,590.61│ 1.90│ 6.90│ 2.79│
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