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GERMAN EMPIRE

Wiirttemberg are united to form an imperial postal district (Eeichnpostgebict). Statistics for 1911 :—

Reichspostgebiet Bavaria. "Wiirttemberg.

Total in Empire

Employes

210,388

16,468

6,414

233,270

No. of Post Offices

34,536 5,273 1,178

40,987

XT /•■□ „ No. of Tele- No. of Boxes g^^pj^ Offices

130,715

19,320

5,731

155,766

36.312 7,909 2,223

46,444

Amount of business transacted in 1911

—

Reichspostgebiet

Bavaria

Wiirttemberg

Empire

Letters. Post Cards. Printed matter. Bnsiness papers. Samples Journals.

2,784,891,550 1,678,855,420 1,551,381,150 23,552,380 90,236,540 1,922,801,720

283,352,410 155,492,810 161,783,170 1,404,100 10,360,260 257,245,680

107,406,640

66,885,900

65,042,310

573,140

2,766,020

49,865,330

3,175,650,600 1,901,224,130 1 1,778,206,630 25,529,620 103,362,820 2,279,912,730

Total, including other despatches

Money sent (£ ster- ling).

8,287,199,660 2,241,384,321

894,737,680 353,083,990 222,735,785 94,467,327

9,535,021,330

2,558,587,433

1 The use of post cards for inland correspondence in Germany is almost double that of any other country.

Finances of the postal and telegraphic and telephonic services in 1911 (in marks) : —

Reichspostgebiet

Bavaria

Wiirttemberg

Empire

Receipts Expenditure

755,575,064 664,762,652

73,797,660 59,839,100

28,719,923 20,989,415

858,092,647 745,591,167

Surplus.

90,812,412

13,958,560

7,730,508

11 2,. 501, 480

The following are the telegraph statistics for the year 1911 :—

Reichspostgebiet Bavaria.

Wiirttemberg

To1al in Empire

Telegraph

Lines, kilometres

189,583 27,964 11,013

228,560

Telegraph

Wires, kilometres

598,608 88,700 18,940

Inland Telegrams

Foreign Telegrams

706.248

34,922,310

2,667,470

795,710

38,385,490

15,167,170

1,100,810

413,050

] 6,681,030

In 1911 the m-ban telephone systems had 117 612 kilome^^^^^^ 'LfV^l ^022 771 kilometres of wire; conversations, l,696,/5..,080. Ihe 9,3/5 interurban systems had 1,200,965 kilometres of wire ; conversations, 377,262,940.