[122] Despatch of 28th August 1847.
[123] Report of a Committee of the Executive Council of Canada on the Post Office, 10th June 1848.
[124] 12 & 13 Vict., cap. 66.
[125] Correspondence on the Subject of the Establishment of a General Post Office System in British North America, Montreal, 27th February 1849.
[126] In 1851, $362,065; in 1852, $230,629; in 1855, $368,166.
[127] "He would, were it necessary for the revenue, prefer to retain the existing letter rate than to extend through the Dominion this newspaper impost, unknown in the Maritime Provinces before."—Hon. Dr. Tupper, Parl. Debates (Canada), House of Commons, 20th December 1867.
[128] Hon. Mr. Campbell, Ibid., Senate, 3rd December 1867.
[129] "The Postal service should be expected to yield a revenue; but the service should be performed as low as possible, and if it paid its way that was all that need be desired."—Hon. Mr. Campbell, Ibid.
[130] The revenue in 1868 was $1,024,702, and in 1871, $1,079,768. In 1889 the rate was made 3 cents per ounce.