Note 100 — I THE RATE FOR LETTERS
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Year. Percentage of Total Expenditure to Total Revenue.
Postal Services. All Services.
1839-40 [A] [B]31.66—
1840-41 [B]63.16—
1880-161.8468.97
1890-165.7974.33
1900-171.7580.99
1905-669.4480.19
1909-1073.7584.00
1910-1172.2882.94
1911-1272.3682.89
1912-1371.2582.05
1913-14 [C]69.7180.02
A: Penny Postage introduced, 10th January 1840.
B: Revenue does not include proceeds of Impressed Stamp on Newspapers.
C: Estimated.
—Report of Postmaster-General, 1913-14, pp. 122-3.