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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Hill
originally
calculated
on
recovering
the
absolute
net
revenue
by
the
collection
of
postage;
but
any
deficiency
which
might
continue
after
the
scheme
was
fairly
tried,
he
expected
to
see
supplied,
eventually,
by
increased
productiveness
in
other
departments
of
the
revenue,
which
would
be
benefited
by
the
stimulus
given
to
commerce
by
improved
communication.[102]
Before
the
Parliamentary
Committee
he
was
equally
explicit:[103]
when
asked,
if,
on
a
fivefold
increase,
there
would
still
be
a
deficiency
on
the
net
revenue,
he
answered
in
the
affirmative,
to
the
extent
of,
he
should
think,
300,000l.
He
again,
however,
stated
his
conviction
that
the
deficit
would
be
made
up
by
the
general
improvement
of
trade
and
commerce
in
the
country.
It
is
true
that
events
proved
that
the
falling
off
in
the
gross
revenue
was
considerably
in
excess
of
all
the
calculations
which
had
been
made:
but
even
under
this
head,
much
may
be
said;
and
in
considering
the
different
results
of
penny
postage,
we
expect
to
be
able
to
point
out
that
the
scheme
had
intrinsic
qualities
in
it,
which,
under
proper
treatment,
must
have
made
it
in
all
respects
a
success.
Mr.
Hill
met
another
Parliamentary
Committee
in
1842,
when
his
recommendations--in
their
principal
features,
at
any
rate--had
been
acted
upon
for
nearly
two
years.
In
the
course
of
this
further
investigation--to
the
circumstances
attending
which
we
shall
presently
allude--much
information
relative
to
the
carrying
out
of
the
measure,
its
successes,
and
failures,
was
elicited.
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