Australia - Colonial: 1872-1900.
Summary of the messages sent to Europe and the East.

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Number of messages sent over the Overland Telegraph Line to Europe and the East: 1872 to 1889.

Year Transmitted Received Total NSW 1872 250 242 492   1873             1,429            1,362       2,791   1874         1875         1876             1,343            1,397       2,740   1877             2,251            2,401       4,652   1878             2,546            2,598       5,144   1879             2,961            3,081       6,042   1880             3,816            3,824       7,640   1881             4,822            4,345       9,167   1882             6,317            5,566     11,883   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887             8,162            7,044     15,206   1888         1889             9,599            8,612     18,211	Year Transmitted Received Total Queensland 1872 43 36 79   1873             200           141         341   1874         1875         1876             184           128         312   1877             507           294         801   1878             392           321         713   1879             347           343         690   1880             524           401         925   1881             863           603      1,466   1882          1,052           731      1,783   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887          2,477        1,837      4,314   1888         1889          2,622        1,997      4,619
Year Transmitted Received Total Sth. Aust. 1872 126 134 260   1873               472              469         941   1874         1875         1876               505              512       1,017   1877               916            1,003       1,919   1878             1,190            1,685       2,875   1879             1,324            1,887       3,211   1880             1,881            3,037       4,918   1881             2,361            3,208       5,569   1882             2,441            3,364       5,805   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887             2,988            3,710       6,698   1888         1889             3,321            4,801       8,122	Year Transmitted Received Total Tasmania 1872 8 6 14   1873               40             36           76   1874         1875         1876               28             24           52   1877         1878               83             84         167   1879               97           153         250   1880             200           250         450   1881             183           241         424   1882             210           265         475   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887             342           339         681   1888         1889             429           362         791
Year Transmitted Received Total Victoria 1872 405 554 959   1873             2,231            2,614       4,845   1874         1875         1876             1,091            1,453       2,544   1877             1,882            2,632       4,514   1878             2,596            3,383       5,979   1879             3,174            4,194       7,368   1880             4,271            5,232       9,503   1881             5,643            6,525     12,168   1882             6,094            6,803     12,897   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887             8,804            9,376     18,180   1888         1889           10,079          11,462     21,541	Year Transmitted Received Total West. Aust 1872         1873         1874         1875         1876         1877                3               8           11   1878               97           107         204   1879             138           160         298   1880             128           208         336   1881             194           232         426   1882             280           272         552   1883         1884         1885         1886         1887             695           541      1,236   1888         1889             744           520      1,264

Source: all data from Annual Reports of the Superintendent of Telegraphs, Victoria.

1872 data cover the period 22 October to 31 December, 1872.