The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product
	£	£	£
1725-29	179,725	81,217	98,508
1730-34	174,912	82,344	92,568
1735-39	184,639	87,989	96,650
1740-44	193,682	105,304	88,378
1745-49	207,069	123,137	83,932
1750-54	207,859	109,910	97,949
1755-59	228,708	147,522	81,186
1760-64	233,738	141,340	92,398
1765-69	273,264	110,864	162,400
1770-74	302,197	140,525	161,672
1775-79	338,045	182,766	155,279
1780-84	403,337	251,331	152,006
1785-89	486,587	198,273	288,314
1790-94	602,514	227,033	375,481

TABLE III

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT
OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM, INCLUDING THE TWOPENNY POST, FROM JANUARY 5, 1804 TO JANUARY 5, 1838

Year ending	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product	Loss on Returned Letters[843]
	£	£	£	£
Jan. 5, 1804	1,429,429	416,767	956,212	56,450
5	1,466,271	420,395	983,363	62,513
6	1,648,523	457,686	1,119,429	71,408
7	1,718,187	456,968	1,185,659	75,560
8	1,711,980	468,531	1,167,425	76,024
9	1,739,855	489,469	1,173,062	77,324
10	1,855,746	519,359	1,260,822	75,565
11	1,987,404	546,460	1,365,251	75,693
12	1,960,510	540,397	1,344,109	76,004
13	2,078,879	576,885	1,422,001	79,993
14	2,209,213	616,564	1,506,064	86,585
15	2,372,429	675,548	1,598,295	98,586
16	2,418,741	704,639	1,619,196	94,906
17	2,280,209	649,129	1,537,505	93,575
18	2,186,621	665,354	1,433,871	87,396
19	2,240,553	683,680	1,467,533	89,340
20	2,191,562	586,193	1,522,640	82,729
21	2,172,875	611,187	1,465,605	96,083
22	2,122,965	645,241	1,393,465	84,259
23	2,128,926	620,977	1,428,352	79,597
24	2,154,294	596,336	1,475,167	82,791
25	2,255,238	628,829	1,540,022	86,387
26	2,367,567	636,353	1,632,267	98,947
27	2,392,271	706,640	1,589,672	95,869
28	2,278,411	706,192	1,484,164	88,095
29	2,287,961	663,775	1,544,224	79,962
30	2,265,481	675,319	1,509,347	80,815
31	2,301,431	694,254	1,517,951	89,226
32	2,321,310	658,325	1,569,038	93,947
33	2,277,274	643,464	1,531,828	101,982
34	2,294,910	636,756	1,553,425	104,729
35	2,319,979	696,387	1,513,052	110,540
36	2,353,340	678,836	1,564,458	110,046
37	2,461,806	704,768	1,645,835	111,203
38	2,462,269	698,632	1,641,106	122,531

TABLE IV

AVERAGE YEARLY GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND
NET PRODUCT, ETC., OF THE POST OFFICE
OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM 1805 TO 1838

	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product	Loss on Returned Letters	Actual Gross Product
	£	£	£	£	£
1805-09	1,656,963	458,610	1,125,787	72,566	1,584,397
1810-14	2,018,350	559,933	1,379,649	78,768	1,939,582
1815-19	2,299,710	675,670	1,531,280	92,760	2,206,950
1820-24	2,154,124	611,987	1,457,045	85,092	2,069,032
1825-29	2,316,289	668,358	1,558,079	89,852	2,226,437
1830-34	2,292,081	661,623	1,536,318	94,140	2,197,941
1835-38	2,399,348	694,656	1,591,112	113,580	2,285,768

SCOTLAND

	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product
	£	£	£
1800-04	117,108	18,952	98,156
1805-09	148,816	23,981	124,835
1810-14	182,259	29,153	153,106
1815-19	191,812	40,736	151,076
1820-24	185,235	46,351	138,884
1825-29	205,599	49,485	156,114
1830-34	204,481	54,729	149,752
1835-37	216,191	59,553	156,638

IRELAND