The cost of handling these parcels was equivalent to the cost of handling 133,663,000 × 11 = 1,470,293,000 packets other than parcels.
In 1913-14 the total number of packets other than parcels dealt with was 5,831,550,000 ([Table A]).
And the total cost of staff engaged in dealing with all packets, including parcels, was £10,263,460 ([Table C]).
Hence the total cost of handling 133,663,000 parcels was
| £10,263,460 × | 1,470,293,000 | = £2,066,642. |
| 7,301,843,000 |
And the total cost of handling 5,831,550,000 packets other than parcels was £8,196,818.
TABLE G
ANALYSIS OF COST OF STAFF.
Letter Mails.
Total Cost, £8,196,818.