_Statement showing the Progress of Telegraphy in Switzerland._
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│ │ Number of │Gross Receipts in│Average Cost per │
│ DATE. │ Messages. │ Francs. │ Message in │
│ │ │ │ Francs. │
├───────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┼─────────────────┤
│ 1852│ 2,876│ 3,541.95│ │
│ 1853│ 82,586│ 127,870.04│ 1.55│
│ 1854│ 129,167│ 208,887.36│ 1.62│
│ 1855│ 162,851│ 251,391.27│ 1.53│
│ 1856│ 227,072│ 319,947.22│ 1.44│
│ 1857│ 260,164│ 369,226.01│ 1.42│
│ 1858│ 247,102│ 343,597.38│ 1.35│
│ 1859│ 286,876│ 425,587.57│ 1.48│
│ 1860│ 303,930│ 408,429.04│ 1.34│
│ 1861│ 331,933│ 448,056.05│ 1.35│
│ 1862│ 373,452│ 530,417.50│ 1.42│
│ 1863│ 456,871│ 630,748.26│ 1.38│
│ 1864│ 514,952│ 615,317.00│ 1.20│
│ 1865│ 591,214│ 726,564.16│ 1.23│
│ 1866│ 668,916│ 684,319.89│ 1.03│
│ 1867│ 708,974│ 775,024.00│ 1.09│
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It will be observed that the increase in the number of messages
transmitted in Switzerland was from 2,876 in 1852 to 668,916 in 1866, or
more than 230,000 per cent in fourteen years, although the tariff had
only been reduced 33 per cent.