TABLE A
TOTAL NUMBERS DEALT WITH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, 1913-14.
| Letters | 3,488,800,000 | [626] |
| Postcards | 924,250,000 | [627] |
| Halfpenny Packets | 1,211,400,000 | [628] |
| Newspaper Packets | 207,100,000 | |
| Parcels | 133,663,000 | [629] |
| Total | 5,965,213,000 |
TABLE B
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE IN THE YEAR 1913-14 IN CONNECTION WITH THE POSTAL SERVICES, INCLUDING MONEY ORDER AND POSTAL ORDER BUSINESS, BUT EXCLUDING POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK AND GOVERNMENT ANNUITY BUSINESS.
| £ | |||||
| (a) | Salaries, Wages and Allowances | 10,538,318 | |||
| (b) | Rent, Rates, Office Fittings, Water, Light and Heating | 268,981 | |||
| (c) | Conveyance of Mails (excluding Payments to Foreign and Colonial Administrations):— | ||||
| £ | £ | £ | |||
| By Rail— | |||||
| Ordinary Postal Packets | 1,292,460 | ||||
| Parcels | 1,197,037 | ||||
| 2,489,497 | |||||
| By Road | 662,010 | ||||
| By Packet | 890,530 | ||||
| 4,042,037 | |||||
| Less— | |||||
| Contributions received towards the cost of Packet and Mail services | 130,335 | ||||
| 3,911,702 | |||||
| (d) | Purchase of Stores and Uniform Clothing | 452,065 | |||
| (e) | Manufacture of Stamps, etc. | 128,000 | |||
| (f) | Travelling, Law Charges, and Incidental Expenses | 180,527 | |||
| (g) | Estimated Rental Value of premises belonging to the Post Office used for Postal purposes | 278,344 | |||
| (h) | Estimated Pension liability for the year | 1,169,406 | |||
| Amount expended by other Government Departments in respect of various services rendered, viz.:— | |||||
| £ | |||||
| (i) | Maintenance and Repair of Buildings | 160,200 | |||
| (j) | Rates on Government Property | 95,676 | |||
| (k) | Issue of Postage Stamps | 22,193 | |||
| (l) | Stationery, Printing, etc. | 112,308 | |||
| (m) | Cost of Audit (Exchequer and Audit Department) | 3,612 | |||
| 393,989 | |||||
| (n) | Net Revenue contribution to the Exchequer for the year | 6,143,459 | |||
| £23,464,791 | |||||
—Annual Report of the Postmaster-General, 1913-14, Appx. N, p. 92.
TABLE C
STATEMENT OF EXPENDITURE, SUMMARIZED AND ADJUSTED.
| Items in [Table B]. | Net Cost. | ||||||
| (a) and (h) Staff, £11,707,724. | |||||||
| Deduct— | £ | £ | |||||
| (1) | Officers in charge of Eastern Mails | 1,000 | |||||
| (2) | Post Office Agencies Abroad | 17,000 | |||||
| (3) | Cost of | Services to other Departments | } | excluding Postage | 516,789 | ||
| (4) | " | Money Order Service | 156,000 | ||||
| (5) | " | Postal Order Service | 530,000 | ||||
| (6) | " | Registration and Insurance Service | 264,000 | ||||
| (7) | " | Express Delivery Service | 52,000 | ||||
| (8) | " | Private Boxes and Bags | 41,000 | ||||
| (9) | " | Cash on Delivery Service, Reply Coupons, Certificates of Posting, Late Fee Services, etc. | 50,000 | ||||
| Proportion allocated to Staff | 1,444,264 | 10,263,460 | |||||
| (b), (g), (i), and (j) Buildings, £803,201. | |||||||
| Deduct— | |||||||
| In respect of (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) above | 96,587 | 706,614 | |||||
| (c) Conveyance of Mails, £3,911,702. | |||||||
| Deduct— | |||||||
| (1) | Packet Services outside the United Kingdom | 582,935 | |||||
| (2) | Conveyance of Mails across Panama | 2,931 | |||||
| (3) | Receipts from Foreign Countries for Land Transit | 51,000 | |||||
| 636,866 | 3,274,836 | ||||||
| (d), (e), (k), and (l) Stores, £714,566. | |||||||
| Deduct— | |||||||
| In respect of (3), (4), (5), (6), (7), (8), and (9) above | 86,938 | 627,628 | |||||
| (f) and (m) Miscellaneous | 184,139 | ||||||
| Total | £15,056,677 | ||||||