§ Major ARCHER-SHEEasked the Postmaster-General what are the total gross receipts from telegraphic traffic for the last year in which accounts have been filed in the case of the Eastern Telegraph Company, the Indo-European Telegraph Company, and the Pacific Cable Board; and what is the aggregate of their receipts?
§ Mr. HERBERT SAMUELThe particulars are as follows:—
Eastern Telegraph Company (including dividends and interest on investments in other telegraph companies), for the year ending 30th June, 1912 £1,409,477 Indo - European Telegraph Company, for year ending 31st December, 1911 179,207 Pacific Cable Board, for year ending 31st March, 1912 159,051 Total £1,747,735