Colonial telegraphs and telephones

General.¿Introductory. British Post Office practice. Appointment of engineers. Working staffs. Sources of supply. Administration.¿Small Crown Colonies. Large Crown Colonies. Telegraph Administration. Telephone Administration. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa. Amalgamation of Railway Telegraphs with Postal Telegraphs. Electric lighting in charge of telegraph engineers. Engineering.¿Overhead construction. Pole lines : Crown Colonies and South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Pole fittings : Ditto. Line wire : Ditto. Farmers´ lines on fences, Canada. Telegraph systems : Crown Colonies, South Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand. Telephone systems : Ditto. Lightning dischargers and protectors.