Note 457 — III THE RATE FOR PARCELS
Reading edition
An analysis of the traffic of the Imperial Post Office gives the following result:—
Numbers—
1887.1900.
Per cent.Per cent.
Parcelsnot exceeding1 kg.in weight17.15812.163
""1-5 kg."62.08668.874
""5-6 kg."7.0957.783
""6-7 kg."3.9844.081
""7-8 kg."2.6292.364
""8-9 kg."1.8091.466
""9-10 kg."1.353.986
"over 10 kg. in weight3.8862.193
Revenue and distance of transmission—
Per cent.Postage, M.
Local parcels0.21642,826
ZoneI 42.5359,639,750
"II 15.8656,849,005
"III 25.25810,906,357
"IV 14.6106,321,769
"V 1.452604,909
"VI 0.06429,200
—F. Haass, ibid. p. 77; Finanz-Archiv, 1906; vol. i. p. 89; cf. Statistik, 1900, p. 31.