The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

	£	£	£
1800-04	92,745	64,368	28,377
1805-09	150,845	90,922	59,923
1810-14	192,969	115,019	77,950
1815-19	210,159	124,149	86,010
1820-24	190,431	119,200	71,231
1825-29	214,165	115,875	98,290
1830-34	244,098	108,898	135,200
1835-37	247,068	114,093	132,975

TABLE V

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT OF THE
POST OFFICE FOR SCOTLAND AND IRELAND FROM 1800 TO 1837

SCOTLAND

Year ending	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product
Jan. 5	£	£	£
1800	100,651	16,896	83,755
01	113,126	18,020	95,105
02	121,700	18,692	103,007
03	124,809	20,581	104,228
04	125,257	20,562	104,694
05	137,479	21,175	116,303
06	146,148	22,465	123,682
07	151,696	23,358	128,338
08	152,453	27,496	124,956
09	156,305	25,412	130,892
10	168,098	26,543	141,555
11	169,082	24,853	144,229
12	178,896	26,260	152,636
13	191,857	26,248	165,609
14	203,366	[844]41,814	161,551
15	201,992	40,950	161,042
16	193,727	40,570	153,157
17	185,417	41,181	144,236
18	189,690	39,756	149,934
19	188,236	41,225	147,011
20	184,512	43,106	141,405
21	179,403	47,078	132,324
22	184,014	47,302	136,711
23	184,164	47,515	136,649
24	194,085	46,755	147,330
25	205,988	49,066	156,921
26	214,271	50,113	164,158
27	203,137	49,378	153,759
28	203,305	51,393	151,911
29	201,298	47,476	153,822
30	202,754	50,999	151,754
31	204,593	55,434	149,159
32	206,594	54,601	151,992
33	203,324	54,875	148,448
34	205,144	57,738	147,406
35	209,069	59,306	149,762
36	218,748	59,408	159,339
37	220,758	59,945	160,813

IRELAND

Year ending	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product
Jan. 5	£	£	£
1800	84,040	59,216	24,824
01	[845]66,030	48,656	17,376
02	102,293	70,489	31,806
03	102,518	66,008	36,510
04	108,844	77,471	31,373
05	118,429	79,448	38,981
06	146,682	93,651	53,031
07	149,857	90,940	58,917
08	158,749	91,200	67,549
09	180,510	99,371	81,139
10	180,670	110,064	70,606
11	195,531	117,639	77,892
12	189,963	118,344	71,619
13	195,458	112,938	82,520
14	203,226	116,113	87,113
15	212,562	121,371	91,191
16	225,000	132,331	92,669
17	212,269	126,476	85,793
18	203,456	123,186	80,270
19	197,510	117,384	80,126
20	197,677	123,060	74,617
21	192,511	127,494	65,017
22	187,120	118,932	68,188
23	186,024	112,778	73,246
24	188,826	113,739	75,087
25	199,602	118,698	80,904
26	207,177	113,539	93,638
27	207,757	117,564	90,193
28	216,232	116,836	99,396
29	239,559	112,740	126,819
30	241,063	111,955	129,108
31	247,711	117,622	130,089
32	256,976	102,654	154,322
33	242,671	107,127	135,544
34	232,071	105,145	126,926
35	240,471	109,973	130,498
36	245,664	112,045	123,619
37	255,070	120,261	134,809

TABLE VI

GROSS REVENUE, EXPENDITURE, AND NET REVENUE
OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM,
NOT INCLUDING TELEGRAPHS,
FROM 1838 TO 1907

Year ending	Gross Revenue	Expenditure	Net Revenue
	£	£	£
Jan. 5, 1838	2,339,737	687,313	1,652,424
1839	2,346,278	686,768	1,659,509
1840	2,390,763	756,999	1,633,764
1841	1,359,466	858,677	500,789
1842	1,499,418	938,168	561,249
1843	1,578,145	977,504	600,641
1844	1,620,867	980,650	640,217
1845	1,705,067	985,110	719,957
1846	1,887,576	1,125,594	761,982
1847	1,963,857	1,138,745	825,112
1848	2,181,016	1,196,520	984,496
1849	2,143,679	1,403,250	740,429
1850	2,165,349	1,324,562	840,789
1851	2,264,684	1,460,785	803,898
1852	2,422,168	1,304,163	1,118,004
1853	2,434,326	1,343,907	1,090,419
1854	2,574,407	1,400,679	1,173,727
Dec. 31, 1854	2,701,862	1,506,556	1,195,306
1855	2,716,420	1,651,364	1,065,056
1856	2,867,954	1,660,229	1,207,725
1857[846]	3,035,713	1,720,815	1,314,898
1858[847]	3,241,535	1,953,283	1,288,252
1859	3,461,924	1,952,432	1,509,492
1860	3,531,165	1,953,234	1,577,931
1861	3,665,128	3,154,527	510,601
1862	3,764,004	2,926,551	837,453
1863	3,999,455	2,956,486	1,042,969
1864	4,231,558	3,078,297	1,153,261
1865	4,423,608	2,941,086	1,482,522
1866	4,599,667	3,201,681	1,397,986
1867	4,668,214	3,246,850	1,421,364
1868[848]	4,683,646	3,266,724	1,416,922
1869	4,764,575	3,459,227	1,305,348
1870[849]	4,929,475	3,435,865	1,493,610
1871	4,900,454	3,610,700	1,289,754
1872	5,208,922	3,684,946	1,523,976
1873	5,348,040	3,792,679	1,555,361
1874	5,751,600	3,915,213	1,836,387
Mar. 31, 1875	5,815,032	3,920,891	1,894,141
1876-77[850]	6,017,072	4,070,006	1,947,066
1877-78	6,047,312	3,990,620	2,056,692
1878-79	6,274,450	3,840,076	2,434,374
1879-80	6,558,445	4,060,758	2,497,687
1880-81[851]	6,733,427	4,135,659	2,597,768
1881-82	7,024,600	4,286,596	2,741,004
1882-83	7,300,960	4,545,398	2,755,562
1883-84	7,764,855	5,154,829	2,610,026
1884-85	7,906,406	5,317,213	2,589,193
1885-86	8,170,604	5,486,724	2,683,880
1886-87	8,471,198	5,880,141	2,591,057
1887-88	8,705,337	5,933,820	2,771,517
1888-89	9,102,776	6,062,902	3,039,874
1889-90	9,474,774	6,266,263	3,208,511
1890-91[852]	9,851,078	6,687,089	3,163,989
1891-92	10,451,998[853]	7,192,487	3,259,511
1892-93	10,600,149	7,507,645	3,092,504
1893-94	10,734,885	7,759,712	2,975,173
1894-95	11,025,460	7,955,344	3,070,116
1895-96	11,759,945	8,086,272	3,673,673
1896-97	12,146,935	8,246,356	3,900,579
1897-98	12,420,376	8,683,317	3,737,059
1898-99	13,049,317	9,190,006	3,859,311
1899-1900	13,394,335	9,683,999	3,710,336
1900-1901[854]	13,995,470	10,064,903	3,930,567
1901-1902	14,465,870	10,465,101	4,000,769
1902-1903	15,005,262	10,819,938	4,185,324
1903-1904	15,824,394	11,201,122	4,623,272
1904-1905	16,274,978	11,446,279	4,828,699
1905-1906	17,064,023	11,849,012	5,215,011
Est'm'd 1906-07[855]	17,361,042	12,289,787	5,071,255