Note 45 — I THE RATE FOR LETTERS
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"The additional tax has never answered in proportion to the produce of the revenue at the time it took place, the people having found private conveyances for their letters, which they are daily endeavouring to increase, notwithstanding all the endeavours that can be used to prevent them."—Statement by the Postmasters-General, 20th May 1718 (British Official Records).