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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.
