[218] “Sixth Annual Report,” pp. 38 and 39.
[219] “I must confess,” wrote his eldest brother to one of his friends, “I must confess that the thought of that noble intellect paralyzed and all but extinguished, struck me with a grief of greater intensity than I ever felt before in all the bereavements which have been my lot.”—Ed.
[220] According to the Postmaster-General’s Report for 1879, every transaction costs 7·55d. exclusive of postage; while “the Yorkshire Penny Bank (an old-established, widely-spread and very thriving institution) does its work (I am informed) at 2d. per transaction.”—Ed.
[221] The recent large reduction in cost is owing to the non-charge of postage.—Note by Sir R. Hill in October, 1872.
[222] “Eighth Annual Report,” pp. 12-14.
[223] “Fifteenth Annual Report,” p. 16.
[224] “Eighth Annual Report,” p. 14.
[225] “Eighth Annual Report,” p. 15. Any of my readers desirous of further information on this subject may refer with advantage to an interesting work on the “History of Savings Banks,” by Mr. William Lewins, author of “Her Majesty’s Mails.” (Sampson Low and Co.)
[226] See Vol. I., p. 459.—Ed.
[227] See Vol. II., p. 315.—Ed.