[670] 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 34. Maximum increased to thirty ounces by 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 25.
[671] 53 Geo. III, c. 89; 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 32.
[672] Wallace, the postal reformer, declared that other members had been in the habit of receiving more than fifteen free letters in a day and that, too, with Freeling's consent (Parl. Deb., 3d series, xxiv, col. 1001).
[673] 7 Wm. IV. and 1 Vict., c. 35.
[674] Rep. Com., 1837-38, xx, 2d rep., app., p. 109.
[675] Ibid., xx, 3d rep., p. 62.
[676] 3 and 4 Vict., c. 96. Recent attempts by certain members of Parliament to revive the franking privilege have fortunately been unsuccessful (Parl. Deb., 4th ser., lxxxi, col. 1407; civ, col. 360).
[677] But in 1861 the registration fee was reduced from 6d. to 4d. and a double fee charged for compulsory registration (Rep. P. G., 1862, pp. 9-10).
[678] Rep. P. G., 1866, p. 12.
[679] Ibid., 1870, pp. 3-5; 1897, p. 5; 1896, p. 2; 1898, pp. 1-2.