Note 635 — VIII CONCLUSION
Reading edition
Sir Rowland Hill was strongly of opinion that the use of the railway increased the cost of conveyance of mails (Life of Sir Rowland Hill and History of Penny Postage, vol. i., pp. 329 and 412). The cost of conveyance by stage-coach from London to Edinburgh was, according to Sir Rowland Hill, about 1/36th of a penny per letter, and less for the whole country (ibid., vol. i., p. 249; Post Office Reform: Its Importance and Practicability, pp. 18-19). The cost of conveyance by railway at present averages for the whole kingdom about .05d. per letter.