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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
431
RESULTS.
My
pamphlet
on
"Post-Office
Reform"
was
written
in
the
year
1836.
During
the
preceding
twenty
years,
viz.
from
1815
to
1835
inclusive,
there
was
no
increase
whatever
in
the
Post-Office
revenue,
whether
gross
or
net,
and
therefore,
in
all
probability,
none
in
the
number
of
letters;
and
though
there
was
a
slight
increase
in
the
revenue,
and
doubtless
in
the
number
of
letters,
between
1835
and
the
establishment
of
penny
postage
early
in
1840--an
increase
chiefly
due,
in
my
opinion,
to
the
adoption
of
part
of
my
plan,
viz.
the
establishment
of
day
mails
to
and
from
London--yet,
during
the
whole
period
of
twenty-four
years
immediately
preceding
the
adoption
of
penny
postage,
the
revenue,
whether
gross
or
net,
and
the
number
of
letters,
were,
in
effect,
stationary.
Contrast
with
this
the
rate
of
increase
under
the
new
system,
which
has
been
in
operation
during
a
period
of
about
equal
length.
In
the
first
year
of
penny
postage
the
letters
more
than
doubled;
and
though
since
then
the
increase
has,
of
course,
been
less
rapid,
yet
it
has
been
so
steady
that,
notwithstanding
the
vicissitudes
of
trade,
every
year,
without
exception,
has
shown
a
considerable
advance
on
the
preceding
year,
and
the
first
year's
number
is
now
nearly
quadrupled.
As
regards
revenue,
there
was,
of
course,
at
first
a
large
falling
off--about
a
million
in
gross,
and
still
more
in
net
revenue.
Since
then,
however,
the
revenue,
whether
gross
or
net,
has
rapidly
advanced,
till
now
it
even
exceeds
its
former
amount,
the
rate
of
increase,
both
of
letters
and
revenue,
still
remaining
undiminished.
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