This section is from the book "Scientific American Reference Book. A Manual for the Office, Household and Shop", by Albert A. Hopkins, A. Russell Bond. Also available from Amazon: Scientific American Reference Book.
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 | ||
Argentine Republic | 13 | 59.824 | 138.544 |
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 |
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.
 
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