. Examen des évaluations et de travail du monde. h le exceptionof son proche voisin, la Nouvelle-Zélande. Il areupward stationskept de trois mille telegraph ouvert pour la commodité d'un populationwhich ne dépasse pas quatre millions ; et therevenue dérivé de messages est affiché pour besufficient pour défrayer le coût d'exploitation d'andmaintaining les lignes, ainsi que couvrir les frais d'intérêt sur le coût de construction au taux annuel de 3  %. Bas COÛTS DU SERVICE. Laissez-nous maintenant examiner les taux qui sont en-obligés aux termes de la loi, et il suffit de maintenir le whichapparently

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. Review of reviews and world's work. h the single exceptionof its near neighbor, New Zealand. There areupward of three thousand telegraph stationskept open for the convenience of a populationwhich does not exceed four millions ; and therevenue derived from messages is shown to besufficient to defray the cost of operating andmaintaining the lines, as well as defraying the interest charges on the cost of construction atthe annual rate of 3 per cent. CHEAPNESS OF THE SERVICE. Now let us examine the rates which are en-forced under the terms of the act, and whichapparently suffice to maintain the great systemat its full efficiency. For town and suburbanmessages, —suburban meaning a practical radiusof ten miles beyond the city limits, —the ratefixed is twelve cents for a message not exceedingsixteen words, which includes the address and thesignature. For messages to any point within thesame state from which they are sent, the chargeis fixed at eighteen cents for the same number ofwords. For messages to any other state within. HON. SIDNEY SMITH. (Postmaster-general of the Australian Commonwealth andhead of the government telegraph system.) nz THE AMERICAN MONTHLY REVIEW OF REVIEWS. the Commonwealth, the charge for a message ofsimilar length is twenty-four cents. In all cases, the charge for extra words beyond the sixteenis the uniform rate of two cents a word. Deliv-ery is made within the radius of one mile fromthe receiving office, and for this there is no extracharge. These rates, Mr. Lusk asserts, are lowerfor the service rendered and the distance trav-ersed than the existing rates in any other coun-try except New Zealand ; but they are fullyjustified by the experience of the three principalstates of the Commonwealth—New South Wales, Victoria, and Queensland. Comparing theserates with those maintained in the United States, it should be remembered that Australia as awhole is a country of the same area as the UnitedStates, and that the distances actually traversedare ve

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