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INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH TRAFFIC. TABLE 2 (continued), showing the Traffic of the various Colonies for the following Years. (No. 2.)

INTERNATIONAL TELEGRAPH TRAFFIC. TABLE 3, showing the Number of Words in Government, Press, and Ordinary Traffic for the following Years.

We; ITERN AUSTRA: ,IA. Grand Total. Messages. Words. Value. Messages. Words. Value. .889 .890 891 .892 .893 894 .895 896 897 1264 1474 2388 2595 2574 4208 21,874 37,942 34,806 10,018 11,775 22,881 28,406 24,722 54,110 433,038 672,323 511,926 £ 4126 4999 5764 5571 5520 12,707 101,396 161,273 115,282 62,909 67,066 79,478 88,130 91,100 90,383 120,394 151,2116 152,075 793,917 827,278 1,110,869 1,321,412 1,401,293 1,325,241 1,948,639 2,326,984 2,122,216 £ 324,636 331,468 285,516 261,796 316,650 301,507 453,303 562,817 498,476

Year. Government Traffic. Press Traffic. American Traffic. All other Traffic. Total. 889 890 891 892 893 .894 .895 .896 .897 26,387 27,008 33,164 28,360 35,264 31,671 36,901 34,428 45,956 124,829 160,051 194,367 263,591 210,119 189,205 186,748 124,949 135,655 55,058 54,104 45,955 49,014 61,404 77,145 87,063 642,701 640,219 828,280 975,357 1,109,955 1,053,351 1,663,586 2,090,462 1,853,572 793,917 827,278 1,110,869 1,321,412 1,401,293 1,323,241 1,948,639 2,326,984 2,122,218 South Africa business under 1500 words monthly.