The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

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