164,461

Country.

Argentina

Australasia:

tralia

NATIONAL RAILWAY, TELEGRAPH AND POSTAL STATISTICS.
[From report compiled by bureau of statistics, Washington, D. C.]
Rail- Tele- Post- Postal Service
ways. graphs. offices. routes. performed.
Year. Miles.* Miles.† No. Miles.
Miles.
........1918 21.880
3,431 51,284 26,649,956

Commonwealth of Aus

New Zealand.............1917

Austria-Hungary:

Austria (including Bos

nia and Herzegovina)..1914

Val, money and postal
-orders sent--
Domestic. Foreign.
$24,865,659 $243,282

10,826

Hungary

1914

Belgium

[From report of interstate commerce commission for calendar years 1916 and 1917.]

UNITED STATES TELEPHONE STATISTICS.

BELL TELEPHONE SYSTEM STATISTICS.

[From annual report for years ending Dec. 31, 1916 and 1917.]

Total miles wire......19.850.315 22,610,487 Uncollectible rev..
Comprising toll wire..... 2,682.910
Comprising exchange

Net oper. rev....
Taxes

88.669.675
1.480.502

90,488,806

1,229,253

3,088,808 .17.167.405 19.521,679

Operating income
Net non operating

.19.850.315 22,610,487

221.994

281.016 3,706,682

5.676 7,031,530

9.847.192 10,475.678 179,032 192.364 30,358 31,428 28.530,073 30,845,153 889.860 1,009,205 Combined Balance Sheets.

1916. The number of messages reported by the Bell Exchange revenues.$188.888.149 $207,471,937 telephone system includes only completed calls. 72.971.668 84.559.861 while the figures for all other companies may 2.715.463 2.863.152 include some original calls not necessarily completed: such as calls that the operator reports 294.894.950 as "Line busy" or "Does not answer." "" tEx52.919.458 clusive of companies with an annual income of 41.151.041 less than $5,000.