[578] Cal. T. P., 1702-07, 46.
| Single letter | Double letter | Per ounce | |
| Rates to the islands were | 9d. | 18d. | 32d. |
| In 1705 increased to | 15d. | 30d. | 72d. |
| Rates from the islands in 1705 | 18d. | 36d. | 72d. |
—Stow's London, bk. v, p. 400.
[579] Joyce, p. 111.
[580] Joyce, p. 113; Cal. T. P., 1697-1702, 77.
[581] Joyce, p. 128.
[582] Double letters were charged twice as much as single letters.
[583] When the rates for single letters only are given it is understood that double and triple letters paid two and three times as much respectively. Letters weighing an ounce or more paid a single letter rate for each quarter of an ounce.
[584] Joyce, p. 145.
[585] 9 Anne, c. 11.