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THE SUBMARINE CABLES OF THE WORLD 
Eastern Telegraph Companj’, total, 27,453: Porthcurno, Land’s End, 
England, to Lisbon, Portugal, 2 cables, iS50 and 892 ; Porthcurno to Vigo, 
Spain, 622; Gibraltar to Malta, 2 cables, 1,118 and 1,126; ^Marseilles, 
France, to Bona, Algeria, 2 cables, 447 and 463; Trieste, Austria, to 
Corfu, 503 ; Malhi to Alexandria, Egypt, 2 cables, 928 and 91 1 ; Suez, 
Egypt, to Suakiin, Soudan, 3 cables, 936, 811, and 811; Suez to Aden, 
794; Suez to Periin Island, 1,331 ; Suakiin to Periin Island, 597 ; Suakim 
to Aden, 2 cables, 794 each; Aden to Bombay, 3 cables, 1,850, 1,859, and 
1 ,885. 
Eastern and South African Telegraph Company, total, 6,796 (increased 
since 1892 to 8,841) : Aden to Zanzibar, 1,909; Zanzibar to ^Mozambique, 
2 cables, 644 and 686 ; ^Mozambique to Louren^o-^Iarques, Delagoa bay, 
970; Cape Town to Port Xolloth, 433 ; Port Xolloth to Mossamedes, 1,052. 
Eastern extension, Australiusia, and China Telegraph Company, total, 
17,342: Madras to Penang, 2 caliles, 1,462 and 1,389; Rangoon to Penang, 
864 ; Singapore to Saigon, Cochin China, 628 ; Haiphong, Tonkin, to Hong- 
kong, 470; Fuchau to Hongkong, 472; Saigon to Hongkong, 990; Saigon 
to Thuan-An, 516; Hongkong to cape Bolinao, island of Luzon, 529 5 
Singapore to Batavia, Java, 541 ; Singapore to Banjuwangi, Java, 921 ; 
Banjuwangi to Port Darwin, Australia, 2 cables, 1,143 and 1,124; Banju- 
wangi to Roebuck bay, Australia, 892; Sydney to Xelson, Xew Zealand, 
2 cables, 1,284 and 1,322; Hongkong to Fuchau, 472; Fuchau to Shang- 
hai, 449. 
Anglo- -Vmerican Telegraph Company, total, 10,400 (increased to 12,290 
since 1892): Valentia, Ireland, to Heart’s Content, Xewfoundland, 3 ca- 
ble.s, 1,84(), 1,881, and 1,899; Minou, France, to St. Pierre, 2,718; St. 
Pierre to Duxbury, ^lassachusetts, 809. 
Direct United States Cable Company, total, 3,099: Ballinskelligs bay, 
Ireland, to Halifax, 2,564; Halifox to Rye Beach, Xew Hampshire, 535. 
Coinjiagnie Fram;aise du Telegraphe de Paris a X"ew York, total, 3,496 5 
Brest to St. Pierre, 2,282; St. Pierre to Cape Cod, .Massachusetts, 828. 
Western Union Telegrajih Company, total, 7,743: Penzance, England, 
to Canso, X'ova Scotia, 2 cables, 2, .531 and 2,576; Canso to Xew York, 2 ca- 
bles, each 888. 
The Commercial Cable Company, total, 6,938 (since increased to 9,075) : 
Havre to Waterville, Ireland, 510; M’atetville to Can.so, 3 cables, 2,138, 
2,3-50, and 2,388; Canso to Xew York, 841; Canso to Rockjiort, Massa- 
chu.setts, 519. 
Brazilian Submarine Telegraph Company, total, 7,369: Lisbon to Ma- 
deira, 2 cables, 627 and 631 ; Madeira to St. Vincent, Cape Verde island, 
2 cables, 1,168 and 1,209; St. Vincent to Pernambuco, Brazil, 2 cables, 
1,862 and 1,872. 
African Direct Telegraph Company, total, 2,746: Santiago to Bathurst, 
471 ; Bathurst to Sierra Leone, 463 ; Sierra Leone to Akkra, 1,020. 
Cuba Submarine Telegraph Company, total, 1,.500: Cienfuegos to San- 
tiago, Cuba, 3 cables, 400, 420, and 420. 
West India and Panama Telegrajih Company, total, 4,557 : Kingston, 
Jamaica, to Colon, Panama isthmus, 630 ; Holland bay to San Juan, Porto 
Rico, 683; Holland bay to Ponce, Porto Rico, 647 ; St. Croix to Port of 
Spain, Trinidad, .541. 
