[839] Ibid., 4th ser., ci, coll. 976-993.
[840] Acc. & P., 1905, xliv, 16, pp. 3-23; Rep. Com., 1905, vii, 271, pp. iii-xi.
[841] Rep. P. G., 1905, app., pp. 90-92; 1907, pp. 21-23, 93.
[842] Parl. Papers, 1812-13, Reports from Committees, ii, pp. 60-61.
[843] Reports from Com., 1837-38, xx, pt. r. p. 509. Before 1797, the loss on returned letters seems to have been included in the Charges of Management.
[844] First payment of tolls amounting from £16,000 to £20,000 a year. 2d Rep., app. no. 39, Rep. Com., 1837-38, xx.
[845] Three quarters only. 1st Rep., app. no. 28.
[846] 1st Rep. P. G., 1855, p. 68. 20th Rep. P. G., 1874, app., p. 46.
[847] Expenditure for sailing packets in 1858 was £935,883.
[848] Postage ceased to be charged on government departments early in 1868.