INTERNAL COMMUNICATIONS
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belonging to each of the State systems, and the length of private line, were as follows on March 31, 1912 :—
Railway system
Prussian-Hessian
Bavarian
Saxony
Wurtemburg
Baden
Mecklenburg
Oldenburg .
Royal Military
Alsace-Lorraine
Total Private
Grand Total
37,378
1,369
Total
Miles
23,771
5,183
2,058
1,293
1,097
681
404
43
1,301
35,831 2,916
38,747
II. Canals and Navigations.
Length navigable for vessels of draught
Nature of Waterway
Over 16ft. 4-8in.
miles
13ft. l-4in
to 16ft. 4-8in.
miles
9ft. lOin.
to 13ft. 1.4in.
miles
6ft. 6-7in.
to 9ft.l0in.
Under 6ft. 6-7in.
miles
Total
miles
miles
Navigable rivers
220
268
295
1,330
2.876
4,989
Canalised rivers
3
1
116
758
875
Canals
68
2
10
374
861
1,315
Ship canals
through lakes,
&e.
232
520
75
211
309
427 4,922
1,254
Totals
348
517
2,129
8,4361
1 Exclusive of 100 miles of unclassified waterways. " Latest available figures (for 1904).
Up to the end of 1908 there were added 28 miles.
The Kaiser Wilhelm canal, connecting the North Sea and the Baltic, has a length of 61 miles ; breadth at bottom 72 ft., at surface 213 ft. ; depth 29 ft. 6 in. ; cost of construction, 7,800,000^. In the year ending March 31, 1912, 52,817 vessels of 8,478,261 tons net used the canal.
III. Posts and Telegraphs.
The postal and telegraphic services are retained in the hands of their respective Governments, All parts of the Empire except Bavaria and
