[174] “Sixth Annual Report,” p. 43.
[175] “First Report of the Postmaster-General,” p. 7.
[176] See p. 92.—Ed.
[177] “April 7, 1849.—Accounts of debts due by late Postmasters not yet discharged by the sureties (some many years old) show that, while the amount of revenue collected in Great Britain is about ten times as great as that collected in Ireland, the debts in Ireland more than double those in Great Britain.”—Sir R. Hill’s Journal.—Ed.
[178] “First Annual Report,” p. 71.
[179] “Sixth Annual Report of the Postmaster-General,” p. 7.
[180] The number of such receptacles in 1878-79 was more than 25,000, of which nearly 12,000 were pillar-boxes.—“Twenty-fifth Report,” p. 7.—Ed.
[181] “Sixth Report,” p. 9.
[182] “Sixth Report,” p. 7.
[183] “First Report,” p. 22.