Introduction 1 3 



NORWAY. i. Local exchange. 2. Internal trunks. 3. Inter- 

 national trunks. 4. Telephoning of telegrams. 5. Local tele- 

 phonogram service. 6. Public telephone stations. 7. Messenger 

 service. 



PORTUGAL. i. Local exchange. 



ROUMANIA. i. Local exchange. 2. Internal trunks. 3. 

 Public telephone stations. 4. Telephoning of telegrams. 5. 

 Local telephonogram service. 



SPAIN. i. Local exchange. 2. Internal trunks. 3. Public 

 telephone stations. 4. Telephoning of telegrams. 5. Local 

 telephonogram service (twenty words for r^2d.\ 



SWEDEN (State administration and General Telephone Com- 

 pany). i. Local exchange. 2. yo-kilometer free radius. 3. 

 Internal trunks. 4. International trunks. 5. Telephoning of 

 telegrams. 6. Local telephonogram service (forty words for 3*3^.). 

 7. Messenger service. 8. Public telephone stations. 



SWITZERLAND. i. Local exchange. 2. Internal trunks. 3. 

 International trunks. 4. Telephoning of telegrams. 5. Tele- 

 phonogram service. 6. Parochial telephone stations. 7. Public 

 telephone stations. 8. Special wayside exchange service. 



WURTEMBERG. i. Local exchange. 2. Internal trunks. 3. 

 International trunks. 4. Telephoning of telegrams. 5. Public 

 telephone stations. 6. Local telephonogram service (ten words 

 for id.). 7, Telephoning of matter to be mailed. 



It will be seen from this summary that only one country 

 Portugal has an inferior list of facilities. One other Italy 

 has the same number ; but all the rest enjoy superior advantages. 

 In the countries noted for the widest spread of telephony it will be 

 found that subscribers have at their command seven or eight different 

 applications of the telephone ; thus Sweden, 8 ; Switzerland, 8 ; 

 Austria, 8 ; Germany, 7 ; Bavaria, 7 ; Wiirtemberg, 7 ; Norway, 7 ; 

 Denmark, 7. Is it fair, therefore, to reproach the British public' 

 for being slow to subscribe ? Should it not be recognised that the 

 telephone is one thing in Britain and another in Sweden or Austria ? 

 Had the telephoning of telegrams been free and unrestricted 

 during the past fourteen years ; had it been within the power of 

 subscribers to despatch telegrams to non-subscribers in the same 

 town, twenty words for 1*92^. as in Spain, or even ten words for 



