TRANSACTIONS OF THE SECTIONS. 165 
Amount of Customs Duties collected, and of Ships (Glasgow property) registered. 
Years ended. Duties. shee Tonnage. Remarks. 
& 3. ὦ, 
Jan. 5, 1796 125 13 03 
» 1801 469 13 63 
» 1806 1,323 7 113 
» 1812 3,124 2 41 35 2,620 |Glasgow ships required to be regis- 
» 1815 8,300 4 33 59 4,829 | tered at Port-Glasgow or Greenock 
till 1819, and it continued optional 
to do so till 1824. 
» 1820 11,000 6 9 85 6,604 | Glasgow made a Bonding Port for 
mie 1890 41,154 6 7 111 14,084 | particulararticlesin 181 78η41818, 
and in 1822 extended to all articles 
except tobacco and tea. 
» 1850 59,013 17 3 233 40,978 \Glasgow made a Port of Importation 
of East India goods in 1828. 
» 1835 | 270,667 8 9 297 54,335 |Glasgow made a Port for Importa- 
» 1840] 468,974 12 2 351 71,878 | tion and warehousing of tobacco 
» 1845} 551,851 2 5 472 | 111,620 | ip 1832, and of tea in 1834. ἢ 
» 180] 640,568 7 9 | 507 | 137,909 
In examining the foregoing table, it should be remembered that the rise of revenue 
between 1840 and 1850 gives but an inadequate idea of the increase of business or of 
consumption, seeing that during the course of these ten years many serious fiscal changes 
had occurred calculated to lessen the revenue*. 
The result of this table, however, is, that in spite of all drawbacks, the Customs of 
Glasgow have, in the course of less than 50 years, increased from £469 13s. 63d. to 
£640,568 7s. 9d.; and its registered shipping, which previous to 1812 was nothing, 
is now 507 vessels of 137,909 tons! 
The Post-office.—The next index to the progress of Glasgow which I would adduce, 
is the state of the Post-office, and this is limited to the last ten years. From the fol- 
lowing return, which has been obtained from that establishment, it appears that the 
increase has been at least commensurate with the increase from the Customs. 
Number of letters delivered by the Glasgow post-office during the week ending 
21st July :— 
SLO! POE es M STO SE Laem Fates MMe, SRN GBD 
NSO Ue ἀπ το AN mer Sy οὐ ΠΕ ἢ ΠΕ | teat OG WOOF 
Money orders issued and paid during the quarter ending 5th July :— 
No, of Orders. Amount. d 
8. Qe 
1849——Tssued ws. Osa κα λενος ΠΣ 8,596 19 6 
Paidt oe tees 62,000 τ πο 2,466 0 8 
Totaly Fey Cer 4 044. ees ΤΉΝ ΜΑΣ 6,063 0 2 
1850—Issued . . .16,708° . ,. . .'. 29,752 9 O 
Baldi. . std ΘΕ sce Sat Baty Qe 
Total . . 34,225 Labs doh pee cea emt se ay Lae 
Number of officers employed :— ' 
Clerks. Stampers Newspaper Letter 
pete. Sorters. Carriers, 
PUT BAD Oe Oh tts τ ee BIOL ρος δορὸς mess 98 
SHO ΡΟ ρον ΟΝ σὴ 8. CQ ye Sl 
From the above statement it appears that the letters delivered in Glasgow have 
been more than doubled in ten years, while the cash passed through the Money- 
order office has been increased tenfold. The business done in one year in this de- 
partment amounts to about a quarter of a million sterling. 
* In 1842 Sir Robert Peel’s new Tariff came into operation; in 1846 the duties on sugar 
were reduced ; in 1847, duties on corn suspended ; in 1849, duties on corn reduced to Is. 
per quarter ; in 1846, duties on foreign spirits reduced ; and in 1848, duties on rum reduced. 
