METALS. No. 164. -PRODUCTION of STEEL by PROCESSES in GREAT BRITAIN. (Supplied by the National Federation of Iron and Steel Manufacturers.) No. 165.-NUMBER of TINPLATE and STEEL SHEETS MILLS working at the end of each MONTH (a). (Taken from the Eighteenth Abstract of Labour Statistics.) YEARS. ៖ ៖ ១ ៖ January. 571 Number of Mills working at end of month at the establishments for Yearly Mean. 530 532 532 530 539 561 570 567 525 498 504 523 539 577 575 405 451 470 487 478 537 464 475 486 489 489 489 474 471 346 347 309 423 492 291 258 292 300 282 305 305 312 299 (a) The returns received cover the mills in South Wales, Monmouthshire and Gloucestershire, and a few mills in North Wales and Staffordshire. (b) Affected by general Coal Mining stoppage. From January, 1914, onwards, 52 additional mills were covered by the Returns. POST OFFICE-POSTAL, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. No. 166.-INCOME (Compiled from Return 1911-2. 1912-3. 1913-4. 1914-5. 1915-6. 1916-7. 1917-8. 1918-9 (a) INCOME: Telegraph Years ended 31st March. L L £ 20,061,122 22,363,635 23,292,004 23,100,263 26,473,426 27,980,367 29,502,695 34,967,43 3,147,705 3,185,809 3,120,513 3,422,281 4,529,623 4,842,373 5,447,136 5,806.599 2,962,736 5,847,410 6,191,184 6,485,050 7,064,876 8,389,362 10,135,825 10,470,414 Total 26,171,563 31,396,854 32,603,701 33,007,594 38,067,925 41,212,102 45,085,656 51,143,80 EXPENDITURE: Postal Telegraph Telephone 14,516,270 16,810,310 17,119,241 18,212,036 20,468,778, 21,460,956 22,654,410 26,606,40 4,434,873 4,361,156 4,332,255 4,655,236 5,049,670 5,372,012 6,003,466 6,490,63 2,742,640 5,544,067 5,952,073 6,596,068 7,183,053 8,187,633 9,780,357 10,506,67 +5,544,852 +5,553,325 +6,172,763 +4,888,227 +6,004,648 +6,519,411 +6,848.285 +8,168,956 Total STAFF (POSTAL, TELEGRAPH AND TELE- +4,477,780 +4,681,321+5,200,132 +3,544,254 +5,366,424 +6,191,501 +6,647,423 +7,447,536) (a) From 1912-13, the figures of income, expenditure and surplus or deficit are on a Commercial Account basis, i.e., they allow for interest on capital, depreciation, &c. POST OFFICE-POSTAL, TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. EXPENDITURE, AND STAFF. furnished by the General Post Office.) 1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. 1923-4. 1924-5. 1925-6. (h) (b) (b) (b) | 36,234,681 | 43,907,287 45,015,390 38,853,179 36,366,757 38,457,226 40,587,593 | 5,741,415 5,585,381 5,944,710 5,510,463 5,222,757 5,135,713 5,162,075 9,241,473 9,420,635 13,713,200 Postal. 14,034,714 14,584,461 15,006,512 16,163,206 Telegraph. 51,217,549 58,913,303 64,673,300 58,398,356 56,173,975 58,599,451 61,912,874 Total. EXPENDITURE: (c) 32,764,833 42,193,049 42,684,764 33,645,107 31,401,727 31,845,113 33,171,327 | 8,377,598 9,314,160 8,976,956 7,207,299 6,493,682 6,781,238 6,461,289 11203,183 14,142,605 14,272,332 13,095,705 12,987,544 14,543,506 15,612,376 Postal. Telegraph. 52,345,614 65,649,814 65,934,052 53,948,111 50,882,953 53,169,857 55,244,992 Total. +3,460,828 +1,714,238 +2,330,626 +5.208,072 +4,965,030 +6,612,113 +7,416,266 -2,636,183 -3,728,779 -3,032,246 -1,696,836 -1,270,925 - 1,645,525 -1,299,214 -1,961,710 -4,721,970 559,132939,009 +1,596,917+ 463,006 + 550,830 (e) Including cost of Post Office Savings Bank work under Expenditure and the Amount recovered from the Savings Bank Fund in respect thereof under Income. 60366 Q POST OFFICE-TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. No. 167.-LENGTH of LINE and WIRE, NUMBER of Details 2,831 2,943 3,132 3,178 3,175 3,174 3,25 730,763 774,821 796,347 786,991 774,265 778,901 797,31 Telephone Stations at 31st March not 797,000,000 834,000,000 815,000,000 776,000,000 701,000,000 700,000,000 716,000,00 available. 33,700,000 36,000,000 38,200,000 40,700,000 40,400,000 38,800,000 43,700,000 46,500,000 (a) Including this country's share of Submarine Cables connecting the United Kingdom with the Continent of Europe. (b) Excluding Railway Companies' wires which are chiefly used for the transmission of messages on the service of the Railway Companies. (c) Including telephones used for telegraph purposes. POST OFFICE-TELEGRAPHS AND TELEPHONES. OFFICES, MESSAGES, TELEPHONE STATIONS, &C. by the General Post Office.) 1919-20. 1920-1. 1921-2. 1922-3. 1923-4. 1924-5. 1925-6. 3,275 887,321 3,296 3,309 3,204 3,536 3,800 4,019 979,553 995,353 1,050,672 1,158,492 1,273,800 1,390,153 848,000,000 843,000,000 682,000,000 730,000,000 832,000,000 929,000,000 1,016,000,000 54.200,000 57,800,000 52,400,000 59,500,000 70,300,000 78,110,970 86,921,855 (d) Including telegrams dealt with entirely by Submarine Cable Companies in this country. (e) The increases shown in 1912-3 are mainly due to the transfer of the National Telephone Company. Figures relating to the mileage of line transferred were not available for 1911-2. (f) Excluding Irish Free State. 60366 Q 2 |