APPENDIX

EXPENDITURE AND REVENUE TABLES

TABLE I

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM MARCH 25, 1723 TO APRIL 5, 1797

Year ending Gross Product Expenses Net Product

£ £ £

March 25, 1724 178,071 81,732 96,339

25 175,274 75,407 99,867

26 178,065 83,253 94,812

27 182,184 81,295 100,889

28 183,915 79,250 104,665

29 179,189 86,882 92,307

30 178,817 84,027 94,790

31 171,412 79,243 92,169

32 176,714 84,678 92,036

33 171,283 79,137 92,146

34 176,334 84,633 91,701

35 182,171 83,541 98,630

36 188,210 90,589 97,621

37 182,490 85,402 97,088

38 186,578 93,914 92,664

39 183,747 85,497 97,250

40 194,197 103,532 90,665

41 191,408 101,323 90,085

42 197,721 110,137 87,584

43 190,626 102,185 88,441

44 194,461 109,347 85,114

45 194,607 108,852 85,755

46 201,460 120,570 80,890

47 209,028 123,086 85,942

48 217,453 138,701 78,752

49 212,801 124,478 88,323

50 207,490 110,093 97,397

51 203,748 104,633 99,115

52 207,092 109,371 97,721

April 5, 53 206,666 108,518 98,148

54 214,300 116,935 97,365

55 210,663 108,648 102,015

56 238,445 144,203 94,242

57 242,478 162,629 79,849

58 222,075 148,346 73,729

59 229,879 143,784 86,095

60 230,146 146,643 83,493

61 240,497 153,808 86,689

62 233,722 155,927 77,795

63 238,999 141,166 97,833

64 225,326 109,134 116,182

65 262,496 104,925 157,571

66 265,427 103,484 161,943

67 275,230 113,286 161,944

68 278,253 112,470 165,783

69 284,914 120,154 164,760

70 285,050 128,988 156,062

71 292,782 137,239 155,543

72 309,997 144,394 165,503

73 310,126 142,940 167,176

74 313,032 148,965 164,077

75 321,943 148,755 173,188

76 318,418 150,936 167,482

77 329,921 171,346 158,575

78 347,128 209,124 137,994

79 372,817 233,569 139,248

80 387,092 250,683 136,409

81 417,634 263,477 154,157

82 393,235 275,910 117,325

83 398,624 238,999 159,625

84 420,101 223,588 196,513

85 463,753 202,344 261,409

86 471,176 185,201 285,975

87 474,347 195,748 278,599

88 509,131 212,151 296,980

89 514,538 195,928 318,610

90 533,198 202,019 331,179

91 575,079 219,080 355,999

92 585,432 218,473 366,959

93 627,592 236,084 391,508

94 691,268 260,606 430,662

95 705,319 295,822 409,497

96 657,541 191,084 466,457

97 691,616 178,266 513,350[842]

TABLE II

AVERAGE YEARLY GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM 1725 TO 1794

Gross Product Expenses Net Product

£ £ £

1725-29 179,725 81,217 98,508

1730-34 174,912 82,344 92,568

1735-39 184,639 87,989 96,650

1740-44 193,682 105,304 88,378

1745-49 207,069 123,137 83,932

1750-54 207,859 109,910 97,949

1755-59 228,708 147,522 81,186

1760-64 233,738 141,340 92,398

1765-69 273,264 110,864 162,400

1770-74 302,197 140,525 161,672

1775-79 338,045 182,766 155,279

1780-84 403,337 251,331 152,006

1785-89 486,587 198,273 288,314

1790-94 602,514 227,033 375,481

TABLE III

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING THE TWOPENNY POST, FROM JANUARY 5, 1804 TO JANUARY 5, 1838

Year ending Gross Product Expenses Net Product Loss on Returned Letters[843]

£ £ £ £

Jan. 5, 1804 1,429,429 416,767 956,212 56,450

5 1,466,271 420,395 983,363 62,513

6 1,648,523 457,686 1,119,429 71,408

7 1,718,187 456,968 1,185,659 75,560

8 1,711,980 468,531 1,167,425 76,024

9 1,739,855 489,469 1,173,062 77,324

10 1,855,746 519,359 1,260,822 75,565

11 1,987,404 546,460 1,365,251 75,693

12 1,960,510 540,397 1,344,109 76,004

13 2,078,879 576,885 1,422,001 79,993

14 2,209,213 616,564 1,506,064 86,585

15 2,372,429 675,548 1,598,295 98,586

16 2,418,741 704,639 1,619,196 94,906

17 2,280,209 649,129 1,537,505 93,575

18 2,186,621 665,354 1,433,871 87,396

19 2,240,553 683,680 1,467,533 89,340

20 2,191,562 586,193 1,522,640 82,729

21 2,172,875 611,187 1,465,605 96,083

22 2,122,965 645,241 1,393,465 84,259

23 2,128,926 620,977 1,428,352 79,597

24 2,154,294 596,336 1,475,167 82,791

25 2,255,238 628,829 1,540,022 86,387

26 2,367,567 636,353 1,632,267 98,947

27 2,392,271 706,640 1,589,672 95,869

28 2,278,411 706,192 1,484,164 88,095

29 2,287,961 663,775 1,544,224 79,962

30 2,265,481 675,319 1,509,347 80,815

31 2,301,431 694,254 1,517,951 89,226

32 2,321,310 658,325 1,569,038 93,947

33 2,277,274 643,464 1,531,828 101,982

34 2,294,910 636,756 1,553,425 104,729

35 2,319,979 696,387 1,513,052 110,540

36 2,353,340 678,836 1,564,458 110,046

37 2,461,806 704,768 1,645,835 111,203

38 2,462,269 698,632 1,641,106 122,531

TABLE IV

AVERAGE YEARLY GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT, ETC., OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM 1805 TO 1838

Gross Product Expenses Net Product Loss on Returned Letters Actual Gross Product

£ £ £ £ £

1805-09 1,656,963 458,610 1,125,787 72,566 1,584,397

1810-14 2,018,350 559,933 1,379,649 78,768 1,939,582

1815-19 2,299,710 675,670 1,531,280 92,760 2,206,950

1820-24 2,154,124 611,987 1,457,045 85,092 2,069,032

1825-29 2,316,289 668,358 1,558,079 89,852 2,226,437

1830-34 2,292,081 661,623 1,536,318 94,140 2,197,941

1835-38 2,399,348 694,656 1,591,112 113,580 2,285,768

SCOTLAND

Gross Product Expenses Net Product

£ £ £

1800-04 117,108 18,952 98,156

1805-09 148,816 23,981 124,835

1810-14 182,259 29,153 153,106

1815-19 191,812 40,736 151,076

1820-24 185,235 46,351 138,884

1825-29 205,599 49,485 156,114

1830-34 204,481 54,729 149,752

1835-37 216,191 59,553 156,638

IRELAND

£ £ £

1800-04 92,745 64,368 28,377

1805-09 150,845 90,922 59,923

1810-14 192,969 115,019 77,950

1815-19 210,159 124,149 86,010

1820-24 190,431 119,200 71,231

1825-29 214,165 115,875 98,290

1830-34 244,098 108,898 135,200

1835-37 247,068 114,093 132,975

TABLE V

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT OF THE POST OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM 1800 TO 1837

SCOTLAND

Year ending Gross Product Expenses Net Product

Jan. 5 £ £ £

1800 100,651 16,896 83,755

01 113,126 18,020 95,105

02 121,700 18,692 103,007

03 124,809 20,581 104,228

04 125,257 20,562 104,694

05 137,479 21,175 116,303

06 146,148 22,465 123,682

07 151,696 23,358 128,338

08 152,453 27,496 124,956

09 156,305 25,412 130,892

10 168,098 26,543 141,555

11 169,082 24,853 144,229

12 178,896 26,260 152,636

13 191,857 26,248 165,609

14 203,366 [844]41,814 161,551

15 201,992 40,950 161,042

16 193,727 40,570 153,157

17 185,417 41,181 144,236

18 189,690 39,756 149,934

19 188,236 41,225 147,011

20 184,512 43,106 141,405

21 179,403 47,078 132,324

22 184,014 47,302 136,711

23 184,164 47,515 136,649

24 194,085 46,755 147,330

25 205,988 49,066 156,921

26 214,271 50,113 164,158

27 203,137 49,378 153,759

28 203,305 51,393 151,911

29 201,298 47,476 153,822

30 202,754 50,999 151,754

31 204,593 55,434 149,159

32 206,594 54,601 151,992

33 203,324 54,875 148,448

34 205,144 57,738 147,406

35 209,069 59,306 149,762

36 218,748 59,408 159,339

37 220,758 59,945 160,813

IRELAND

Year ending Gross Product Expenses Net Product

Jan. 5 £ £ £

1800 84,040 59,216 24,824

01 [845]66,030 48,656 17,376

02 102,293 70,489 31,806

03 102,518 66,008 36,510

04 108,844 77,471 31,373

05 118,429 79,448 38,981

06 146,682 93,651 53,031

07 149,857 90,940 58,917

08 158,749 91,200 67,549

09 180,510 99,371 81,139

10 180,670 110,064 70,606

11 195,531 117,639 77,892

12 189,963 118,344 71,619

13 195,458 112,938 82,520

14 203,226 116,113 87,113

15 212,562 121,371 91,191

16 225,000 132,331 92,669

17 212,269 126,476 85,793

18 203,456 123,186 80,270

19 197,510 117,384 80,126

20 197,677 123,060 74,617

21 192,511 127,494 65,017

22 187,120 118,932 68,188

23 186,024 112,778 73,246

24 188,826 113,739 75,087

25 199,602 118,698 80,904

26 207,177 113,539 93,638

27 207,757 117,564 90,193

28 216,232 116,836 99,396

29 239,559 112,740 126,819

30 241,063 111,955 129,108

31 247,711 117,622 130,089

32 256,976 102,654 154,322

33 242,671 107,127 135,544

34 232,071 105,145 126,926

35 240,471 109,973 130,498

36 245,664 112,045 123,619

37 255,070 120,261 134,809

TABLE VI

GROSS REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, AND NET REVENUE OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, NOT INCLUDING TELEGRAPHS, FROM 1838 TO 1907

Year ending Gross Revenue Expenditure Net Revenue

£ £ £

Jan. 5, 1838 2,339,737 687,313 1,652,424

1839 2,346,278 686,768 1,659,509

1840 2,390,763 756,999 1,633,764

1841 1,359,466 858,677 500,789

1842 1,499,418 938,168 561,249

1843 1,578,145 977,504 600,641

1844 1,620,867 980,650 640,217

1845 1,705,067 985,110 719,957

1846 1,887,576 1,125,594 761,982

1847 1,963,857 1,138,745 825,112

1848 2,181,016 1,196,520 984,496

1849 2,143,679 1,403,250 740,429

1850 2,165,349 1,324,562 840,789

1851 2,264,684 1,460,785 803,898

1852 2,422,168 1,304,163 1,118,004

1853 2,434,326 1,343,907 1,090,419

1854 2,574,407 1,400,679 1,173,727

Dec. 31, 1854 2,701,862 1,506,556 1,195,306

1855 2,716,420 1,651,364 1,065,056

1856 2,867,954 1,660,229 1,207,725

1857[846] 3,035,713 1,720,815 1,314,898

1858[847] 3,241,535 1,953,283 1,288,252

1859 3,461,924 1,952,432 1,509,492

1860 3,531,165 1,953,234 1,577,931

1861 3,665,128 3,154,527 510,601

1862 3,764,004 2,926,551 837,453

1863 3,999,455 2,956,486 1,042,969

1864 4,231,558 3,078,297 1,153,261

1865 4,423,608 2,941,086 1,482,522

1866 4,599,667 3,201,681 1,397,986

1867 4,668,214 3,246,850 1,421,364

1868[848] 4,683,646 3,266,724 1,416,922

1869 4,764,575 3,459,227 1,305,348

1870[849] 4,929,475 3,435,865 1,493,610

1871 4,900,454 3,610,700 1,289,754

1872 5,208,922 3,684,946 1,523,976

1873 5,348,040 3,792,679 1,555,361

1874 5,751,600 3,915,213 1,836,387

Mar. 31, 1875 5,815,032 3,920,891 1,894,141

1876-77[850] 6,017,072 4,070,006 1,947,066

1877-78 6,047,312 3,990,620 2,056,692

1878-79 6,274,450 3,840,076 2,434,374

1879-80 6,558,445 4,060,758 2,497,687

1880-81[851] 6,733,427 4,135,659 2,597,768

1881-82 7,024,600 4,286,596 2,741,004

1882-83 7,300,960 4,545,398 2,755,562

1883-84 7,764,855 5,154,829 2,610,026

1884-85 7,906,406 5,317,213 2,589,193

1885-86 8,170,604 5,486,724 2,683,880

1886-87 8,471,198 5,880,141 2,591,057

1887-88 8,705,337 5,933,820 2,771,517

1888-89 9,102,776 6,062,902 3,039,874

1889-90 9,474,774 6,266,263 3,208,511

1890-91[852] 9,851,078 6,687,089 3,163,989

1891-92 10,451,998[853] 7,192,487 3,259,511

1892-93 10,600,149 7,507,645 3,092,504

1893-94 10,734,885 7,759,712 2,975,173

1894-95 11,025,460 7,955,344 3,070,116

1895-96 11,759,945 8,086,272 3,673,673

1896-97 12,146,935 8,246,356 3,900,579

1897-98 12,420,376 8,683,317 3,737,059

1898-99 13,049,317 9,190,006 3,859,311

1899-1900 13,394,335 9,683,999 3,710,336

1900-1901[854] 13,995,470 10,064,903 3,930,567

1901-1902 14,465,870 10,465,101 4,000,769

1902-1903 15,005,262 10,819,938 4,185,324

1903-1904 15,824,394 11,201,122 4,623,272

1904-1905 16,274,978 11,446,279 4,828,699

1905-1906 17,064,023 11,849,012 5,215,011

Est'm'd 1906-07[855] 17,361,042 12,289,787 5,071,255

TABLE VII

AVERAGE YEARLY GROSS REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, AND NET REVENUE OF POST OFFICE FOR THE UNITED KINGDOM NOT INCLUDING TELEGRAPHS FROM 1841 TO 1906

Gross Revenue Expenditure Net Revenue

£ £ £

1841-45 1,658,214 1,001,405 656,809

1846-50 2,143,717 1,304,772 838,944

1851-55 2,569,836 1,441,334 1,128,502

1856-60 3,135,587 1,785,911 1,349,676

1861-65 4,016,750 3,013,389 1,003,341

1866-70 4,729,155 3,322,069 1,407,086

1871-75 5,404,809 3,784,886 1,619,923

1876-81 6,326,141 4,019,423 2,306,718

1881-86 7,634,085 4,958,152 2,675,933

1886-91 9,121,032 6,166,043 2,954,989

1891-96 10,914,487 7,701,292 3,213,195

1896-1901 13,001,286 9,174,516 3,826,770