The following data have been extracted from the 1891 Annual Report of the Postmaster-General.
Number of Telegrams sent in Victoria: 1854 to 1890.
Year | Private | Official (OHMS) | Total |
1854 | 2,299 | 1,570 | 3,869 |
1855 | 9,682 | 2,559 | 12,241 |
1856 | 10,489 | 2,685 | 13,174 |
1857 | 53,430 | 6,628 | 60,058 |
1858 | 113,652 | 17,834 | 131,486 |
1859 | 165,621 | 31,699 | 197,320 |
1860 | 117,954 | 49,918 | 167,872 |
1861 | 143,870 | 40,818 | 184,688 |
1862 | 162,647 | 49,038 | 211,685 |
1863 | 156,482 | 78,038 | 234,520 |
1864 | 184,441 | 71,939 | 256,380 |
1865 | 210,795 | 68,946 | 279,741 |
1866 | 214,281 | 63,506 | 277,787 |
1867 | 175,761 | 59,887 | 235,648 |
1868 | 219,630 | 57,047 | 276,677 |
1869 | 219,166 | 57,966 | 277,132 |
1870 | 393,967 | 60,634 | 454,601 |
1871 | 473,521 | 63,877 | 537,398 |
1872 | 554,315 | 85,645 | 639,960 |
1873 | 593,848 | 124,319 | 718,167 |
1874 | 579,795 | 121,285 | 701,080 |
1875 | 623,514 | 109,355 | 732,869 |
1876 | 686,863 | 119,262 | 806,125 |
1877 | 735,228 | 190,549 | 925,777 |
1878 | 774,625 | 236,259 | 1,010,884 |
1879 | 734,291 | 284,317 | 1,018,608 |
1880 | 821,791 | 348,446 | 1,170,237 |
1881 | 932,671 | 360,107 | 1,292,778 |
1882 | 1,021,887 | 410,127 | 1,432,014 |
1883 | 1,050,004 | 437,543 | 1,487,547 |
1884 | 1,120,626 | 60,807 | 1,181,433 |
1885 | 1,544,422 | 90,244 | 1,634,666 |
1886 | 1,938,046 | 85,809 | 2,023,855 |
1887 | 2,176,915 | 83,565 | 2,260,480 |
1888 | 2,653,000 | 90,938 | 2,743,938 |
1889 | 2,782,751 | 103,168 | 2,885,919 |
1890 | 3,032,892 | 81,891 | 3,114,783 |