THE TELEPHONES OF THE WORLD.
. According to a German statistical periodical, in the year 1882 telephones were in use in the whole world in 303 towns,' the' subscribers numbering 68,808. This number is divided as follows:—Europe, 161 towns with '30,066 subscribers. America, 126 towns with 47,185; Asia, 7 towns, with 420; Australia, 5 towns with 897; and Africa, 4 towns with 240. The European towns having telephones are divided as follows among the. different countries :—Great Britain, 75 towns with7,3B7subscribers;'Germany, 21 towns, and 3,613 subscribers; France, 18 towns, and 4,437 subscribers; and Italy, 13 towns, and 5,507. subscribers. There is, therefore, .an,average, of 424. subscribers for every town in Italy, 247 in Franco, 162 in Germany, and only 97 in Great Britain. The United States has 112 towns with telephone stations, and 41,569 subscribers,
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 24 July 1884, Page 2
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134THE TELEPHONES OF THE WORLD. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 6, Issue 1744, 24 July 1884, Page 2
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