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Business and cost of maintenance of radiotelegraph stations, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927

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Business and cost of maintenance of radiotelegraph stations, fiscal years ended March 31, 1926 and 1927
  1926 1927
  Messages handled Words handled Cost of maintenance Messages handled Words handled Cost of maintenance
  number $ number $
East coast 152,151 2,525,599 165,469 150,617 2,624,950 178,805
Great Lakes 27,639 397,374 44,286 39,567 576,497 61,608
West coast 174,176 3,412,691 97,992 211,839 4,146,347 113,290
Total 353,966 6,335,664 307,747 402,023 7,347,794 353,703
Source: Statistics Canada, The Canada Year Book, 1927/1928.