84
THE BKITISH EMPIRE: — UNITED KINGDOM
—
Length
Miles
965
84
95
1,144
219
4,673
- 1
Traffic Revenue j Expenditure
1 1
Belonging to railways : — England and Wales Scotland Ireland ....
Tons conveyed
4,776,649
1,031,990
25,336
£ 1 £ 349,738 1 324,500 44,665 23,556 4,761 6,219
United Kingdom . Controlled by railways :
England and Wales All canals in United
Kingdom
5,833,975 | 399,164 354,275
8,382,435 ! 244,359 128,707
43,161,927 2,680,710 1,891,213
4
The pai<l-np capital (from all sources) of the canals, &c., not belonging to railway com]>nnies was, in 1905 :— in England and Wales 34,l75,694Z. ; in Scotland, 1,254,047/.; in Ireland, 1,-543,762Z. ; total 36,973,503/. ; of the canals belonging to railways :— in England and Wales 4,225,436/. ; in Scot- land 1,499,968/. ; of the railway controlled canals in England and Wales, 4,851,861/.; total paid-up capital of canals, 47,550,768/.
The Manchester Ship Canal, opened in 1894, is 35^ miles in length and 28 ft. in depth. The bottom width of the canal is not less than 120 ft. except for | mile near Latchford, "Where it is 90 ft. The maximum width of the locks is 65 ft., with the exception of tlic entrance lock, which is SO feet wide. A new dock (No. 9) 2,700 ft. long, 250 It. wide and 28 ft deep was opened in July, 1905. The other large docks are 28 feet dee]«. The smaller docks are 20 feet deep. The canal is in direct communication with all the Ijaree canals of the Kingdom. Tiie authorised capital of the Company is 18,573, 230L The revenue of the canal in 1911 amounted to 580,841?., and the working expenses to 305,977?., leaving a balance of 274,864i., in addition to which the net revenue from the working of the Bridgewater department amounted to 24,374?., making the total net revenue for the year 209,238?.
III.— Post, Telegkaph.s, and Telephones.
Post-offices in the United Kingdom, March, 1912, 24,244, besides 47,630 load and pillar letter-boxes ; employed by the department, persons 233,811 (177,378 males, and 56,433 females) ; of these 114,031 (22,196 women) were established officers. Letters delivered :—
Number of Letters delivered
Number of Letters per head of
(in Millions)
the Population
Year ended
n §
Total
ce
Cd
-d
-d
a
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Total
March 31
.2^
4J O
SO
U.K.
43
o
t ^
U.K.
Miiliniis
Millions
Millions
Millions
\
1 1
1905
2,233-0
229-7
155-9
2,624-6
66
1 50 35
61
1909
2,482-6
256-9
167-9
2,907-4
70
' 53 ! 38
65
1910
2,517-1
• 256 -S
173-2
•2,947-1
70
53 1 40
65
1911 1912
2,606-2 2,729-8
264-8 273-8
176-5 183-2
3,047-5 3,186-8
73 75
56 40 58 42
68
70
