[660] Parl. Deb., 1st ser., iii, col. 570. The following are a few of the statutes enacted which extended franking: 46 Geo. III, c. 61; 50 Geo. III, c. 65, sec. 19; c. 66; 51 Geo. III, c. 16, sec. 17; 52 Geo. III, c. 132, sec. 16; c. 146, sec. 11; 53 Geo. III, c. 13; 54 Geo. III, c. 169; 55 Geo. III, c. 1, sec. 10; c. 60, secs. 41-42; 56 Geo. III, c. 98, sec. 24.
[661] 6 Geo. IV, c. 68, sec. 10.
[662] 6 Geo. IV, c. 68; London Times, 1825, June 11, p. 3; July 29, p. 2.
[663] 7 and 8 Geo. IV, c. 21.
[664] 5 and 6 Wm. IV, c. 25. Before the passage of this act newspapers passed free by the packets and posts to and from Hamburg, Bremen, and Cuxhaven (London Times, 1834, Oct. 30, p. 2).
[665] 6 and 7 Wm. IV, c. 25.
[666] In Great Britain re-issuable notes of country banks paid in London were conveyed by the post to the issuing bank at one quarter the regular rates for letters, but parcels of notes had to exceed six ounces in weight and contain no other matter (5 Geo. IV, c. 20).
[667] 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 34.
[668] 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Vict., c. 36.
[669] 5 and 6 Wm. IV, c. 25.