§ 29. Mr. CECIL WILSONasked the Postmaster-General the income and expenditure in the case of each of the various classes of telegrams?
§ The POSTMASTER-GENERAL (Mr. Ormsby-Gore)As the answer contains a number of figures I will, with the hon. Member's permission, circulate the particulars in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following are the particulars:
§ The estimated allocation of income and expenditure as between the various classes of telegram for the year 1929–30 was as following:
| Income. | Expenditure. | |
| £ | £ | |
| Ordinary Inland Telegrams | 2,900,000 | 3,878,000 |
| Inland Press Telegrams | 94,000 | 301,000 |
| Anglo-Irish Free State Telegrams | 66,000 | 103,000 |
| Anglo-Continental Telegrams | 602,000 | 572,000 |
| Wireless (including Ship and Shore Services) | 237,000 | 306,000 |
§ An analysis of the figures for the year 1930–31 is not yet available.
§ The figures for expenditure are arrived at by charging against each class of message its proportionate share of the total expenditure on the telegraph services as a whole.