<3eo0rapbical Botes on flDejico, 



build lines to the principal centres of population of the country, and in 

 1890 it bought the Jalisco line, and in 1894 the Veracruz. 



From 1869 to 1876 the States of Michoacan, Oaxaca, and Zacate- 

 cas established several lines in their respective jurisdictions. When 

 General Diaz became President in 1876, the National Telegraphic 

 Lines only had 7927 kilometres. 



In 1885 the Federal Goverment transferred to the States, without 

 any cost, all the telegraphic lines which were considered of local inter- 

 est, keeping only such as could be called trunk lines. 



In 1893 we had 37,880 English miles of telegraph lines, of which 

 24,840 belonged to the Federal Government, the remainder belonging 

 in about equal parts to the States, private companies and railways. 



The following statement, which I take from the Anuario Estadistico 

 de la Republica Mexicano, 1895, shows the telegraphic lines belonging 

 to the Federal Government, to the States, to private companies and to 

 railroads : 



Federal Lines 43,416 k 780 m 



State Lines 5,544 68 " 



Private Company Lines 4,73 980 " 



Railroad Lines 9,?6i 61 r " 



General Total 63,453 k 439 " 



On November 30, 1896, the total mileage of our telegraph lines was, 

 according to the President's report of that date, 45,000 kilometres, 

 27,962 English miles, and that amount was increased, according to 

 the President's message of April i, 1897, to 45,259 kilometres, 28,123 

 miles. 



In 1891 the operations of the various lines throughout the Republic 

 involved the transmission of 1,050,000 messages, of which about 800,- 

 ooo were private, and the remainder official. The receipts from this 

 branch of the public service amounted to $469,305 collected at 767 

 offices ; the expenditure included for repairs an average of $3 per 

 kilometre, and for salaries a total of $671,431. 



The proceeds of the Federal telegraphic lines were, according to 

 President Diaz's report of November 30, 1896, as follows : 



Fiscal Year, 1883-1884 $239,051 



" " 1890-1891 462,076 



" 1893-1894 : 524,634 



1895-1896 537,308 



In the statistical portion of this paper will be found a detail state- 

 ment of the earnings and expenses of the national telegraphic lines of 



