548 



A. D. 1801, 



By the liberality of the poft-mafters general, and the polite attention 

 of Mr. Freeling the fecretary, and Mr. Church the accountant-general, 

 of the poft-office, I am enabled to lay before the reader. 



An aiitlventic Account of the gross mid net produce of the post-office, with the var- 

 ious charges, exclusive of state's, members'' , and country *, letters, and newspapers, in 

 the under-mentioned years '\: 



In the year ending 5" 



April 

 1783^ 

 1784^ 

 1785 

 1780" 

 1/87 

 1788 

 1/89 

 1790 

 1791 

 1792 

 J 793 

 1794 

 1795 II 



1796** 

 1797 



1798 



I799tt 



1800 



1801 



Grofs 

 produce. 



e£4 16,668 

 438,734 

 486,178 

 491,321 

 49S.429 

 527,050 

 534,422 

 548 967 

 598,735 

 607,881 

 652,868 

 715,608 

 745,238 

 811,539 

 863.624 

 950,467 

 1,012,731 

 1,083,950 

 1,144,900 



Manage- 

 ment. 



.^194,351 

 192,634 

 173,339 

 156,622 

 169,769 

 186,642 

 166,592 

 176,145 

 199,057 

 187,430 

 201,140 

 227,319 

 252,604 

 255,736 

 239,271 

 244,156 

 249,899 

 259,490 

 267,170 



Returned 

 letters, 



included 

 in man- 

 agement 

 till 1797, 

 when they 

 were very 

 properly 

 ■made a 

 separate 

 article 

 ly Mr. 

 Church. 



?23,965 

 26,708 

 30,556 

 37,699 

 39,381 



Net 

 produce. 



6^159,853 

 197,655 

 265,679 

 287,509 

 283,005 

 294,792 

 319,297 

 327,634 

 358,253 

 368,784 

 397,086 

 431,980 

 414,548 

 479.487 

 541,883 

 613,280 

 657,388 

 720,981 

 755,299 



As a proper fequel to this retrofped of the great and regularly pro- 

 greffive increafe of the commercial and other correfpondence of the 

 Britidi empire, I fubjoin a view of the prefent ftate of a great proportion 

 of the acquired property of the empire, not lefs gratifying to the friends 

 of Britifh induftry, which is contained in the following 



Estimate of the property in Great Britain and Ireland, insuraklefrom loss hjfireW. 

 Houses — in London . . 100,000 average net rent ^30 . ^3,000,000 



othertownsiuj ^q _ 5,700,000 



England, &c. J ' 



in the country^ 200,000 5 . . 1,000,000 



of England > 600,000 2 . . 1,200,000 



and Wales. J 400,000 • 110 600,000 



1,870,000 



1 1 ,500,000 



• ' Country letters are thofe pafling through the Lon- 

 ' don office froni the foreign offiee, and from different 



• rarts of the country, for places beyond London, making 



• a pan of the Srft charge to London, which is added to 

 < the London poftage outward, and received by the de. 



• puties in the country. Formerly it ufcd to be credited 

 ' in the ^rofs produce both in London and in the country ; 



• and the excefs was balanced by throwing it upon the 

 « head of management.' 



} In this account the fhillings and pence are not noticed- 

 \ In 178a the revenue of the pofl-office was improved 



by means of the (lamps on bills 



§ This year the rates of poftage were increafed, and 



franking was further limited, by aft 44 Geo. HI, feff. 2, c. 



37. This year alfo gave birth to the eftabh'fliment of mail 

 coaches, v. hich increafed the revenue, and dlminilhed the 

 expenditure. 



The pruilege of franking was ftill more contracted 

 by aift 35 Geo. Ill, c. 53. 



** The rates of poftage were again augmented, by aift 

 37 Geo. Ill.c. 18. 



ft Agreeable to the a<ft 39 Geo. Ill, c. 76, the port office 

 began to fend foreign letters by private veffels, beCdes 

 fending them by their own packet.'. 



Xi This cllimate is made up by Sir Frederick Eden, 

 chairman of the Globe inlur.uicc company, a gent.emau of 

 acknowleged abilities in political arithmetic. 



