Partly extracted from the Official Documents issued by the International Bureau of Telegraphic Administrations, Berne. With "The Electrician's" corrections to date and additions.

Country.

No. of

Cables with One or More

Cores.

Length in Nautical Miles.

Of Cables.

Of

Conductors.

Argentine Republic

13

59.824

138.544

Austria

47

224.250

235.339

Bahamas

1

211.000

211.000

Belgium

1 2

54.514

279.856

Brazil

23

37.779

66.414

British Guiana................

5

84.000

95.000

British India, Indo-European Telegraph Department Government Administration.....................

157

2,168.013

1,711.885

Bulgaria

1

0.538

0.538

Canada..................... ...

26

334.750

334.750

Ceylon and India (Joint)..........................

2

66.300

66.300

China

1

113.000

113.000

Denmark

1 56

171.100

880.300

Dutch Indies

7

891.490

891.490

France and Algeria...............................

1 56

4,913.824

5,847.200

France (West Africa)................

3

1,567.238

1,567.238

French Indo-China (Cochin China, Tonquin, and Amoy)

2

1,697.326

1,697.326

Germany

1 89

2,796.695

5,654.977

Great Britain and Ireland.............

1 177

2,265.830

7,551.994

Greece..................................

46

54.931

54.931

Holland......................

32

241.543

780.449

Inter-Colonial System................

5

7,837.770

7,837.770

Italy....................

36

1,063.088

1,112.458

Japan

103

2,154.883

2,851.173

Macao

1

1.930

1.930

New Caledonia

1

1.000

1.000

New South Wales.........

147

51.789

108.459

New Zealand

16

285.682

290.466

Norway.......................

322

291.489

375.787

Portugal

4

115.050

115.050

Queensland...............

19

52.100

67.520

Russia in Europe, and the Caucasus.....

12

328.282

408.387

Russia in Asia

1

70.157

70.157

Senegal......................

1

3.000

3.000

South Australia

3

49.360

49.360

Spain...........................

15

1,771.346

1,771.346

Sweden....................

1 17

208.488

368.431

Switzerland

2

9.827

13.400

Tasmania..............

4

4.750

19.000

Turkey in Europe and Asia........................

21

346.558

368.734

Victoria

1

4.500

4.500

Western Australia...............................

1

3.750

3.750

Total........................................

1,378

32,609.748

44,006.813

Including half of Cables owned jointly with other Administrations.

guese, and Latin. Other combinations of letters will be counted at five letters to the word; the prohibition of letter cipher which has hitherto prevailed being removed. These alterations, together with a number of other changes in the detailed regulations, take effect on July 1st, 1904. The above information is taken from Reports of the Bureau of Statistics, Department of Commerce and Labor, and Hazell's Annual.