The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[558] 3s. a lb. for letters; 1s. 8d. when carried by other lines (Rep. Com., 1860, xiv, p. 5; 1868-69, vi, pp. iii-v; Rep. P. G., 1887, pp. 4-5; Acc. & P., 1887, xlix, 34, pp. 3-4; Parl. Deb., 4th ser., cxxii, coll. 385-401).

[559] Acc. & P., 1852-53, xcv, 1660, p. 59; 1887, xlix, 34, p. 7; Rep. P. G., 1907, pp. 5-6.

[560] Rep. P. G., 1907, pp. 5-6, 52-53.

[561] Rep. Commrs., 1830, xiv, app., p. 376; 1847, lxii, pp. 5-6; Rep. P. G., 1868, p. 28; 1875, p. 39; 1901, app., p. 82; 1907, p. 95.

[562] The rate from Venice had been 16d. By a single letter is meant one piece of paper.

[563] Cal. S. P. D., 1625-26, p. 523.

[564] Ibid., 1628-29, p. 538.

[565] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 48 (25).

[566] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 57 (36).

[567] Rep. Com., 1844, xiv, app., p. 58 (37).