POST-OFFICE.
| Gross Revenue | £ | Number of Letters. | |
| April, 1790-1791 | 575,079 | Inwards. | Outwards. |
| 1791-1792 | 585,432 | 6,391,149 | 5,081,344 |
| 1792-1793 | 627,592 | 6,584,867 | 5,041,137 |
| 1793-1794 | 691,268 | 7,094,777 | 6,537,234 |
| 1794-1795 | 705,319 | 7,071,029 | 7,473,626 |
| 1795-1796 | 750,637 | 7,641,077 | 8,597,167 |
From the last-mentioned report it appears that the accounts have not been completely and authentically made up for the years ending 5th April, 1796 and 1797; but on the Receiver-General's books there is an increase of the latter year over the former, equal to something more than 5 per cent.
[52] In a debate, 30th December, 1796, on the return of Lord Malmesbury.—See Woodfall's Parliamentary Debates, Vol. XIII. p. 591.