TRANSACTIONS OF SECTION G. 



807 



Onler 



of 

 Merit 



Couiitrv 



Number 

 of 

 rdpuliitioii , Kxcliange 

 Tele- 

 phones 



Norway 

 Svveilcii 

 Luxemburg . 



Switzcrlnnd. 



Denmark 

 Finland 



2,000,917 



4,784,981 



2 11, OSS 



3,000,000 



2,185,335 

 2,412,135 



13,943 



32,G02 



1,315 



17,422 



10,325 

 7,351 



Number 

 of Persons 



to eaoh 

 Exchange 

 Telephone 



Characteristics of Management 



Group T. 



144 

 147 

 IGO 



172 



rates ; local management of ex- 

 ; good rui'al intercourse ; no com- 



local management of ex- 

 rural intercourse ; competi- 



211 



328 



Very low 

 changes 

 petition. 



Very low rates : 

 changes ; good 

 tion. 



Very low rates ; central management, but with 

 delegated control, in some cases, to local 

 authorities ; good rural intercourse ; no com- 

 petition. 



Very low rates ; central management, but with 

 delegated control, in some cases, to local 

 authorities ; good rural intercourse ; no com- 

 petition. 



Very low rates ; local management of ex- 

 good rural iutercoui'se ; no compe- 



clianges : 

 tition. 

 Very low 

 changes ; 

 tion. 



rates ; local management of ex- 

 good rural intercourse ; competi- 



Geoup II. 



449 



451 

 459 



G3G 



643 

 700 



Fair rates for urban subscribers in large towns ; 

 high rates in small towns ; highly centralised 

 management ; bad rural intercourse ; no com- 

 petition. 

 Di.to. 



Low rates for urban subscribers, but mth 

 regulations teniling to restrict suburban and 

 rural intercourse ; central management ; no 

 competition. 



High rates, with regulations unfavourable to 

 development outside towns; partly local 

 management ; practically no competition. 



High rates in three chief towns, low rates else- 

 where ; management chiefly centralised ; bad 

 rural intercourse ; no competition. 



High rates in large towns, low rates of recent 

 origin in small towns ; central management ; 

 no competition. 



Gkoup III. 



1,432 



1,618 



l,GiO 



2,530 



3,139 



13,102 



High rates ; subscribers pay also capital cost 

 of their installations except in Paris and 

 Lyons : central management ; bad rural 

 intercourse ; no competition. 



High rates in large towns, recently intro- 

 duced reduced tariff for small towns ; local 

 management chiefly ; bad rm-al intercourse ; 

 no competition. 



Fair rates, but subscribers pay capital cost of 

 their installations ; central management ; 

 bad rural intercourse ; no competition. 



High rates in large towns, except in Rome, 

 where competition exists ; low rates in small 

 towns ; local management, but under strict 

 Government supervision; bad rural inter- 

 ooitrse ; no competition, except in Rome. 



High rates in towns ; very low rates for village 

 intercourse, but combined w'ith regulations 

 which tend to restrict communication be- 

 tween the towns, suburbs and villages ; 

 partly local management ; no competition. 



Exclianges in Lisbon and Oporto only ; fair 

 rates ; no niral intercourse ; no competition. 



Highest rates in Europe in chief towns; high 

 rates in small towns ; partly local manage- 

 ment, uniler Government rules; bad rural 

 intercourse ; no competition. 



* Company, f PostOfiBce. 



