Note 274 — II THE RATE FOR NEWSPAPERS
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"Sir Francis Freeling states that he succeeds to the enjoyment of the privilege of franking which had previously appertained to the situation of the Comptroller of the Inland Office, when he held the situation of Principal and Resident Surveyor, and that it was deemed a measure of economy to provide for the remuneration of this officer by these means in lieu of salary."—Eighteenth Report of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry, Post Office, 1829, p. 26.