The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[800] Rep. Com., 1867-68, xi, 435, p. 108; Acc. & P., 1867-68, xli, 202, p. 7.

[801] In another place his estimate for gross revenue was £608,000; annual charge £105,000 on a purchase price of £3,000,000 with expenses for improvement; working expenses £425,000, and surplus £77,750 (Acc. & P., 1867-68, xli, 202, pp. 145-47).

[802] Ibid., pp. 7-39.

[803] Parl. Deb., 3d ser., ccxxviii, col. 215; cxcii, coll. 747-751.

[804] Acc. & P., 1867-68, xli, 202, p. 131.

[805] 31 and 32 Vict., c. 110.

[806] 32 and 33 Vict., c. 75.

[807] Rep. Com., 1867-68, xi, 435, p. 162; 1868-69, vi, 348, p. 11; 1867-68, xi, 435, p. 217; 1873, xxxix, 316, pp. 762-64; 1873, vii, 290, p. 95; Parl. Deb., 3d ser., cxcii, coll. 747-751, 1303-04. According to figures furnished by Mr. Fowler in a speech in the House of Commons in 1868, the value of the capital and the debentures of the Electric and International at that time was £1,240,000 while the capital value of the British and Irish Magnetic was £534,000; of Reuter's Company, £266,000; of the United Kingdom Electric, £350,000, and of the London and Provincial, £65,000 (Parl. Deb. 3d ser., cxcv, coll. 747-751).

[808] Rep. P. G., 1876, p. 10; ibid., 1883, p. 9.

[809] 31 and 32 Vict., c. 110.