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Summary statistics of Canadian telegraphs, 1956 to 1965

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Summary statistics of Canadian telegraphs, 1956 to 1965
  Operating revenues Operating expenses Net operating revenue
  $
1956 40,720,213 33,688,888 7,031,325
1957 44,796,778 39,271,893 5,524,885
1958 47,633,991 39,908,538 7,725,453
1959 52,962,913 43,511,666 9,451,247
1960 58,546,167 45,538,063 13,008,104
1961 64,053,626 51,735,006 12,318,620
1962 71,379,074 56,451,679 14,927,395
1963 73,611,349 60,256,828 13,354,521
1964 78,743,332 63,865,422 14,877,910
1965 86,087,398 68,869,393 17,218,005
  Pole-line mileage Wire mileage Employees1
  miles number
1956 48,062 442,891 10,833
1957 48,379 451,669 11,159
1958 47,495 464,661 10,587
1959 47,535 486,875 10,586
1960 48,159 510,640 10,279
1961 48,675 524,720 9,997
1962 48,381 534,074 10,069
1963 49,536 532,551 9,826
1964 49,730 537,438 9,431
1965 49,623 544,759 9,270
  Telegrams Cable-grams2 Money transfers
  number $
1956 20,381,641 2,390,376 24,295,308
1957 19,163,723 2,492,982 25,586,057
1958 17,296,786 2,398,459 24,434,887
1959 16,390,997 2,487,358 25,589,067
1960 15,546,292 2,533,014 25,134,534
1961 15,138,708 2,662,931 25,041,156
1962 14,451,416 2,606,103 28,060,157
1963 13,338,941 2,668,796 30,133,340
1964 12,946,062' 2,751,623 32,378,177
1965 12,788,585 3,037,939 38,865,118
Source: Statistics Canada, Canada Year Book, 1967.