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account, he only received, the same mileage as the 

 other proprietors, at the rate of £4 14s. on six miles 

 and a half, but was paid a fixed sum of four guineas 

 a mile upon the other thirteen miles. I rather think 

 it must have been a private arrangement between 

 himself and Mr. Chaplin, whose name in the sharing 

 account, it will be seen, is down for twenty-four and 

 a half miles only, while in the Post-Oflfice contract it 

 is down for twenty-eight miles, seven furlongs ; but he 

 only actually provided the horses as far as Maidenhead. 

 The two mails, that is, the Bath and the Bristol, 

 according to the Post- Office contract were horsed 



The following is a sharing account of a London, 

 Gloucester, and Hereford coach, showing the earnings 



