Note 469 — IV MINOR RATES
Reading edition
The growth of the traffic is shown by the following table:—
Year.Average Annual Number of Book Packets
1872-76143,000,000
1882-86323,000,000
1892-96570,000,000
1900-05811,000,000
1909-10974,000,000
1912-131,079,000,000
1913-141,172,000,000
—The Post Office: An Historical Summary, London, 1911, p. 14; and Annual Reports of Postmaster-General.