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HARVARD

COLLEGE

LIBRARY

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TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT

OF

THE POSTMASTER GENERAL

ON

THE POST OFFICE.

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY GEOEGE E. B. E1KE AND WILLIAM SPOTT1SWOODE,

IIlLVIttS TO THE QLLI.N'S MOST EXCELLENT .MAJESTY.

FOB HEE MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE.

£C.—3321.] Price kd.

1882.

CONTENTS.

Inland Service:— Page

Number of Letters delivered •• - --I

Registered Letters ...... -1

Number of Post Offices - - - - - - -- I

New Buildings ...... .1

Staff - ........ j

Letter Box Indicators - - - - - . -2

Assimilation of Postage and Inland Revenue Stamp - - - 2

New Mails --.-.----2

Parcels Post - - - - - - - - - 2

Christmas work ... ... 3

Valentines ......---3

Returned Letters - - ... ..3

Reply Post Cards ........ 4

Foreign and Colonial Posts - - - - - 4

Telegraphs ........ -4

Abolition of Distinctive Stamp ... - - 5

New Offices - - - - - - 5

Submarine cables .... .- ..5

Telephones - .- ..-..-5

Licenses ------ - - -5

Post Office Savings Bank ----- - - 6

Government Stock - - - - - - - 6

Number of Savings Bank Offices - - -7

Postage Stamp Deposit Scheme ...... 7

Ireland --------- 7

Money Orders ----- - - -8

Postal Orders - - - ... .-8

Post Office Annuities and Life Insurance - - - - 8

Revenue and Expenditure - - - 9

R 2485. Wt. 7649.

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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.

Appendix A.:— Page

Estimated Number of Letters delivered in the United Kingdom in each

year, beginning with the year 1839 - - - - 11

Estimated Number of Post Cards delivered in the United Kingdom in each

year, beginning with the year 1872 - - - - - 12

Estimated Number of Book Packets and Circulars delivered in the United

Kingdom in each year, beginning with the year 1872 - - - 12

Estimated Number of Newspapers delivered in the United Kingdom in each

year, beginning with the year 1872 - - - . - 12

Appendix B.:—

Number of Letters registered in the United Kingdom in each year, begin

ning with the year 1877 - - 13

Appendix C:—

Number of Mails daily between London and other Post Towns in England

and Wales ....... -14

Appendix D. : —

Contracts for Home Packet Service - - - - - 15

Appendix E.:—

Staff of Officers ........ 16

Appendix F.:—

Number of Letters, Post Cards, Book Packets, and Newspapers received

in the Returned Letter Offices in the years 1879-80 and 1880-81 - 23

Appendix G. :—

Contracts for Foreign and Colonial Packet Service ... 24-25

Appendix H.:—

Number of Telegrams forwarded in each year, beginning with the year

1870-71 - - - - - - - 36

Number of Telegrams forwarded in each month of the years 1880—81 and

1881-82 - - - ... . .27

Appendix I.:—

Value of Telegraph Work performed for other Government Departments

in each year, beginning with the year 1870-71 - - - 28

Appendix J.:—

Post Office Savings Bank. Extracts from the Controller's Report - 29

Progress since commencement in 1861 to 1879 - - - 35

Statement of Business for the year 1881 - - - - - 36

Investments in Government Stock - - 37

Balance sheet for 1881 - - - - - - - 38

Appendix K. :—

Money Orders :

Progress of Money Order Business since its commencement in 1839 - 40

Number and Amount of Inland Money Orders in each year, beginning

with the year 1839 - - - - - - - 41

Number and Amount of Colonial Money Orders in each year, beginning

with the year 1839 - - - - - - - 42

Number and Amount of Foreign Money Orders in each year, beginning

with the year 1839 - - - - - - - 48

Amount of Money Order transactions with the various Colonies in each

year, beginning with the year 1873 - - - - - 44

Amount of Money Order transactions with the various Foreign Countries

in each year, beginning with the year 1873 - - - 45

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Page

Appendix L. :—

Number and Amount of Postal Orders issued from 1st January to 81st

March 1881 - «

Appendix M. :—

Life Insurance and Annuity Business in each year since the commencement

in 1865 - - - - - - - - 47

Number and Amount of Contracts entered into from the commencement in

1865 to 31st December 1880, and Contracts in existence on that date - 48

Appendix N.:—

Weight of Correspondence carried and Value of Postal Service performed

for Public Offices in the year ended 31st March 1881 - - - 48

Appendix O.:—

Estimated Number of Letters, Sic. received from and forwarded to European

Countries, India, and Egypt during the year 1880 - - - 50

Estimated dumber of Letters, &c. received from and forwarded to European

Countries and Egypt in each year, beginning with the year 1875 - 51

Appendix P. :—

Private Wires :

Increase in Number of Contracts, &c. each year from 31st March 1870

and increase in Amount of Rentals - - - - - 57

Appendix Q.:—

Inland Revenue Licenses ; Number and Description of Licenses issued by

the Post Office each year, beginning with the year 1869 - - - 58

Appendix R.:—

Force and Expenditure in relation to Postage, Money Orders, and Postal

Orders in the last Ten Years - - - - - - 59

Appendix S.:—

Gross and Net Revenue from Postage, Money Orders, and Postal Orders in

the last Ten Ifears - - - • - - - 60

Appendix T.:—

Gross and Net Revenue from the Telegraph Service since the Transfer of

the Telegraphs to the Post Office in 1870 - - - - 61

Appendix U.:—

Force and Expenditure in relation to Telegraphs in the year 1880 - • 62

TWENTY-EIGHTH REPORT.

TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMIS

SIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.

My Lords,

I HAVE the honour to present to your Lordships the

Twenty-eighth Report on the Post Office for the year ending

31st March 1882.

The business of the Department has made satisfactory progress

in almost every branch, and I am glad to say that this statement

applies to Ireland as well as to England and to Scotland. Al

though the accounts dealt with in this report do not extend

beyond the period covered by the past financial year, I think it

desirable to mention any facts of interest connected with the

administration of the Post Office to the present date.

The estimated number of letters delivered in the United Numtotof

Kingdom during the 12 months was 1,229,354,800, showing an /eUvered?

increase of o'o per cent. ; the number of post cards, 135,329,000,

an increase of ] 01 per cent. ; the number of book packets and

circulars, 271,038,700, an increase of 12 8 per cent. ; and the

number of newspapers, 140,789,100, an increase of 5 2 per cent.

The number of registered letters was 10,902,318, being an in- Registered

crease of 8-6 per cent. letters-

It is interesting to note that, so far as can be estimated, the

total number of letters delivered through the post in the United

Kingdom at the under-mentioned periods gives the following

average per head to the population of these Islands :—

Population of

United Kingdom.

Number of Letters

per Individual.Year.

1839 - - - -

(Before the introduction of

26,200,106 3

Penny Postage.)

1840 (after such introduction) -

1872 --- -

1882 --- -

26,487,026

31,555,164

34,929,679

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28

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The number of Post Offices has been increased by 434, making Num^c°j

a total of 14,918 in the United Kingdom, of which 915 are pos ° ce "

Head Offices. 693 letter boxes have been added, making the Jf0^en^"

total number of receptacles of all sorts for letters about 28,860. "o^etfers.

New Post Office buildings have been provided and brought into New tuUdings.

uae at Bournemouth, Bury St. Edmunds, Buxton, Dorchester,

Huntingdon, Ipswich, Jarrow, Luton, Merthyr Tydvil, Twicken

ham, and Weymouth. New Offices are in progress at many

other large towns. Additional Branch Offices have been opened .

in London, Dublin, Edinburgh, Liverpool, and Glasgow, and

arrangements made for enlarging others.

Staff. The increase in the number of established officers was 2,098,

making the total number of persons employed by the Department

on the 31st of December 53,772, in addition to about 20,000

persons who do not hold permanent situations. The number

of women employed was—

As Clerks (in the Central Establishments in

London, Edinburgh, and Dublin) - - 321

As Telegraphists, Counterwomen, &c. - - 1,978

The employment of women has been attended with so much

advantage to the Department and to the public that it is my

intention gradually to extend this branch of the service. The

total number of women holding Civil Service Certificates was

about 2,299, as compared with 2,000 in 1880-81. The non

effective list shows a total of 3,304 pensioners, costing about

175,000?.

The conduct of the force throughout the country has, with

certain exceptions, been satisfactory.

Letter box A large number of indicators have been affixed to road and

indicators. wajj Letter Boxes throughout the Kingdom ; and every such

receptacle will in the course of a short time be furnished with a

similar appliance, so that the public may readily know the hour

at which the next collection will be made.

Assimilation of On 1st July 1881 the assimilation of the Penny Postage with

inland Revenue Inland Revenue Receipt Stamp was earned into effect, and

Stamp. a very considerable convenience has been afforded by the change.

The amount payable by the Department to the Board of Inland

Revenue, as representing the number of penny Stamps U3ed for

receipt purposes, is calculated upon the average receipts collected

by that Board in previous years, and is now roughly taken at

445,000?. increasing by 5,000/. annually.

New mails. New mails have been established between many important

places, and existing mails accelerated. In some parts of the

country the acceleration of deliveries has been much facilitated

by the use of tricycles.

In the west of Scotland a considerable improvement has been

made by the establishment of Mail Packets between Oban and

Fort William, and Oban and Tobermory, working in connexion

with the London Night Mail on the Callander and Oban Railway,

The effect of these arrangements is that letters posted in London

in time for despatch by Night Mail reach Fort William and

Tobermory the following afternoon in time for reply the same

day.

A more frequent service to the Shetland Islands was esta

blished in April 1881. From the 1st of May to the 30th of Sep

tember in each year there are now three mails a week conveyed

between Aberdeen and Lerwick, and two mails a week from the

1st of October to the 30th of April.

Parcel Post. The difficult question of an Inland Parcels Post, to which

reference was made last year, has occupied much attention, and

I am glad to be able to state that an arrangement has been arrived

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at with the Railway Companies, whose friendly co-operation is

so essential to the success of the undertaking. A BUI to give

effect to this arrangement has been introduced into Parliament,

and the rates of postage and limits of weight proposed are as

follows :—

For an Inland Parcel of a weightThe Postage

shall be

Not exceeding 1 lb.

Exceeding 1 lb. and not exceeding 3 lbs.

Exceeding 3 lbs. and not exceeding 5 lbs.

Exceeding 5 lbs. and not exceeding 7 lbs.

3d.

6d.

9d.

Is.

Power is reserved to make any alterations from time to time

in these rates and weights which the interest of the public may

require.

As soon as the Inland Parcels Post is established it will

be linked with the International Parcel Post, which is now

in operation. This will enable parcels to be posted from

any part of the United Kingdom to every other country in

Europe except Russia, and to Egypt and Asiatic Turkey.

The introduction of the Parcels Post will make so important

an addition to the working of the Department that some time

must necessarily elapse before the requisite arrangements can be

made.

Nearly 12J millions of letters and packets were dealt with in Christinas

the Central Office during the Christmas week, including 4| tons work,

of Registered Letters, against 11 ^ millions and 4 tons of Regis

tered Letters in the previous year.

The number of Valentines despatched from the Central Office, Valentines,

which had recently shown a large falling off, increased to

1,634,000, as compared with 534,000 in 1880. In Dublin, on the

other hand Valentines are reported to have been almost

entirely discontinued.

As a curious incident it may be mentioned that a 51. Bank of

England Note without any cover whatever was posted at Leeds,

folded in two with a postage stamp affixed. On being noticed,

it was enclosed in a Registered Letter cover and duly forwarded

to its destination.

The number of letters received in the Returned Letter Offices Betumed

was 5,454,885, an increase of 72,193 ; of post cards, 559,409, an letter8,

increase of 35,724 ; of book packets, 4,701,394, an increase of

504,905; and of newspapers, 414,794, an increase of 19,430;

the total number being 11,130,482. Of the letters, 542,810 were

unreturnable, 26,750 bore no address, and of this number 1,507

contained cash, cheques, &c. to the amount of over 6,000?.

Although the number of letters delivered increased 5 5 per cent.,

as already stated, and the Post Cards 101 per cent., the increase

in Returned Letters was only 1*3 per cent., and in .Post Cards 6"8

per cent. The number of Returned Book Packets increased 123

per cent, and the Newspapers 4 9 per cent., which corresponds

closely with the increase per cent, in the numbers delivered.

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Reply Post An Act to enable the transmission of Reply Post Cards has

Cards. been passed, and I hope that the necessar}' arrangements for

bringing them into use will be completed by 1st October.

The Reply Post Card will be, in form, simply a double card,

from which the blank half, bearing a halfpenny impressed stamp,

may be easily detached for the reply to be written upon it. It

is also intended shortly to issue an International Reply Post

Card which will be available in most of the countries included

in the Postal Union.

Foreign and As regards Foreign and Colonial Posts, the Kingdom of

Colonial mails. Hawaii, the Republics of Guatemala, Paraguay, Hayti, the

United States of Colombia, aud the West Indian Colonies of

Barbadoes and St. Vincent, have joined the Postal Union, and

the postage for letters to those places has consequently been

reduced to 4c£. the half ounce. In my last Report I stated

I had made arrangements with several foreign countries for

extending the limits of weight and size allowed for packets of

trade patterns sent between those States and this country, and I

am glad to say that similar arrangements have been made with

Greece, and are about to be made with Switzerland. Additional

mails have been established between this country and Brazil, and

Greece, making the communication with the latter country

almost a daily service.

The total estimated nurnbar of letters, postcards, book packets,

newspapers, &c. received in the United Kingdom from abroad dur

ing 1881-82 is roughly calculated at 69 millions ; while the number

despatched from these shores is reckoned at about 87 milUons.

Europe sends us some 37 millions, America, 22 millions ; India,

3 millions ; China, half a million ; Australia and New Zealand,

3f millions ; and Africa, 2£ millions.

On the other hand the United Kingdom despatches about 44

millions to Europe, 22 millions to America, 7^ millions to India,

If millions to China, 6 millions to Australia, and about 6 millions

to Africa.

The great disparity in the amount of postal matter sent to

India, Australia, and China, compared with the amount received,

is chiefly due to the large number of newspapers and book

packets which are sent to those countries. Thus, while 4J

millions of newspapers are despatched to India, not quite

1 million are received. It is, however, deserving of remark with

regard to the postage of newspapers, that the United States

occupy an exceptional position, for whereas the United States

transmit to England 9£ millions, only 7i millions are sent from

England to the United States.

Telegraphs. The number of Telegraph Messages was 31,345,861, being an

increase of 1,933,879 over the previous year.

Deducting from this number about 6,000,000 for Government

and Press Messages, it appears that the average number of

private messages is about three for each four persons in the

United Kingdom, and it further appears that the proportion of

telegrams to letters is as 1 to 44.

As regards foreign countries, the statistics for the year 1880,

which are the latest furnished by the International Postal Union,

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show, in the case of France, a proportion of one telegram to

29 letters ; in Belgium, one telegram to 24 letters ; in Holland,

one telegram to 22 letters ; and in Switzerland, one telegram to

23 letters.

Although it thus appears that many more telegrams are sent

in comparison to the number of letters in Foreign Countries

than in England, yet, with the exception of Switzerland, where

the proportion is about the same, the number of telegrams sent

in proportion to population, is much greater in England than in

the countries just enumerated.

Ou the 1st of November a change was effected by the aboli- ^b^1Ijt!°°eof

tion of the distinctive Telegraph Stamp, and by the adoption Telegraph

of the ordinary Postage Stamps for the payment of messages. Stamps.

This measure facilitates the posting of telegrams during the

night or -where there is no telegraph office within a convenient

distance- Telegrams thus posted are conveyed without extra

charge, at the next collection of letters, to the nearest Telegraph

Office which is open, for the purpose of being transmitted by the

wires at the earliest possible moment. In cases in which difficulty

would be experienced in obtaining a printed Telegraph Message

Form ordinary paper may be used. The Message may or may

not, at the option of the sender, be enclosed in an envelope, but

if an envelope is used it must be marked " Telegram Immediate."

Thirty-three additional Post Offices and nine Railway Station New Offices.

Offices were opened for Telegraph work, making the total number

5,595.

An additional cable has been laid between Europe and ^j^"116America. A cable has also been laid from Germany by way of a es"

the North Sea and the English Channel to Valentia, where it is

connected with the Anglo-American Company's cables for the

purpose of obtaining direct communication between Germany

and America.

The question of the development of telephonic communica- Telephones,

tion has engaged the careful consideration of the Deportment.

At the conclusion of the suit referred to in my last report, by

which the monopoly of the Postmaster General was held to

extend to telephones, licenses were granted to the United Licenses.

Telephone Company as representing the companies defendants

to the suit, and to other private agencies, to carry on the business

of a Telephone Exchange in London, and in various provincial

towns ; the Department at the same time itself establishing ex

changes in other places. The principle which underlay this

arrangement was that only one telephone system should be esta

blished in any one town. Before long, however, I received

numerous applications to grant telephone licenses not only

in places where Telephone Exchanges have been established

by private companies, but also where they have been esta

blished by the Post Office. Deputations waited upon me re

presenting the United Company, and other companies con

nected with it, strongly urging that in the interest of the public

it was desirable that private companies should have an oppor

tunity of competing against the Post Office in those places where

telephonic exchange business has hitherto been conducted by the

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Post Office alone. I have had similar applications to allow tele

phone exchange business to be established in places where the

United Telephone Company, or one of its branches, has an ex

change.

In the result I came to the conclusion that it was undesirable

in the public interest to create a monopoly in the matter of

telephonic communication, and in future applications will be

favourably entertained from responsible persons for licenses to

establish exchanges under conditions which may be regarded as

giving adequate protection to the public and to the Department.

Under this newarrangement I consider that it will be desirable that

the Department should, with your Lordships' sanction, hold itself

ready to establish telephonic communication where it is thought

expedient to do so, irrespective of any private agencies which

may be alreadj' licensed to carry on business there.

Among the advantages which I believe will follow from this

arrangement is the probability of its leading to a considerable

extension of telephonic enterprise. Moreover, it will not only

secure to the public the advantages ,of competition, but will

enable them to judge for themselves whether they can best be

served by private companies or through the agency of the Post

Office.

It must, however, be understood that in conferring a license

the Department grants no power to erect wires overhead or

below ground, and no power in regard either to streets or private

property. Nor does the license confer any power to employ in

the transaction of telephone business any instrument the use of

which would be an infringement of a patent.

Post Office The business of the Savings Bank increases steadily, and the

Savings Bank. penny Stamp Savings Scheme and the facilities for investment

in Government Stock have given an additional impetus to it

Amount due The total amount due to depositors, including interest, at the

atend°ofthe dose of the year 1881* was 36,194,495?., as compared with

year. 33,744,637?. in 1880, exclusive of 738,968?. Government Stock

held by 11,812 persons, showing an increase of 2,449.858?., or 7J

per cent., as against aD increase of 5i in 1880. On 31st March

this had risen to 37,219,000?.

Government Government Stock to the amount of 694,957?. was purchased

Stock. during the year, while the amount sold was 75,868?., and 102

stock certificates with coupons payable to bearer were obtained.

The total amount of stock standing to the credit of depositors

on 31 March was 875,086?.

Deposits. The deposits (exclusive of those for immediate investment in

Stock) were 5,676,066 in number and 11,345,957?. in amount,

as compared with 3,754,064, amounting to 10,219,631?., in 1880,

Withdrawals. an(J the withdrawals (not including those relating to Stock)

were 1,712,866 in number and 9,469,668?. in amount, as com

pared with 1,465,300, amounting to 9,216,564?., in 1880.

Interest. a. sum 0f jess ^han 826,990?. was credited to depositors

for interest, being 49,005?. more than in the previous year;

and the grand total allowed under this head during the 20 years

* The Savings Bank Accounts are made up to the 31st December in each year, in

accordance with the Act of Parliament.

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since the establishment of the Post Office Savings Bank is

8,285,644?.

The increase in the number and amount of deposits, and the

increase in the total amount standing to the credit of depositors

at the close of the year compared with 1880, were larger than

any previous annual increase.

An increase of 280 was made in the number of Savings Bank

and Money Order Offices as compared with 217 in the year 1880,

and 132 have been added since the beginning of the present

year, making the total number on the 31st March, 6,645.

The largest number of deposits made in one day, 31 De

cember 1881 (including deposits for investment in Government

Stock) was 41,297, amounting to 96,602?. ; but the largest amount

received in one day, 1 January 1881, was 106,910?., the number

of deposits being 36,471. The largest number of withdrawals

in one day was 16,288 and the amount 57,689?. The daily

average number of deposits was 18,523 and the amount 38,349?.,

while the number of withdrawals averaged 5,613 and the amount

31,393?.

The average amount of each deposit (exclusive of those made

for investment) was 21., as against 21. 14s. od. in 1880. This is

the lowest average that has been reached, and the fact is due, no

doubt, to the great increase in the number of small deposits made

by means of the Penny Stamp Savings Scheme. The average

amount of each withdrawal was also very low, being 51. 10s. 7d.

as compared with 6?. 5s. 9d. in 1880. The average has not been

so low since 1863.

A daily average sum of 248?. has been received during the year

through the medium of the Penny Stamp Savings scheme.

The total sum thus collected was 77,696?., and the number of

slips 1,553,920, a result which may be regarded as satisfactory.

There were 880,831 accounts opened during the year and

458,191 closed, as against 554,658 opened and 358,163 closed in

1880.

The number of accounts remaining open at the close of the

year was 2,607,612, as against 2,184,972 in the previous year, the

increase of 422,640 being more than the aggregate increase of the

last three years. The accounts were apportioned as follows :—

Largo annual

increases.

Number of

Savings Bank

Offices.

Greatest

number and

amount of

deposits re

ceived in one

day.

Average

amount of

each deposit

and with

drawal.

Postage Stamp

Deposit

Scheme.

Accounts

opened and

closed.

Number of

accounts

open at the

end of the

year.

Proportion

to

Average

Balance due— Number.

Population.to each

Depositor.

England and Wales 2,410,949 or 1 to 11

£ s. d.

14 0 2

Scotland - 99,566 „ 1 to 38 7 0 7

Ireland • 97,097 „ 1 to 53 17 15 0

The Savings Bank business "in Ireland continues to make Ireland,

satisfactory progress, the number of deposits during the year

having been 251,146 as compared with 175,101 in 1880, and the

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amount 662,170/. against 548,21 21. The total amount due to

depositors at the end of the year was 1,723,395/., showing an

increase of 167,501/. on the previous year. Besides this the sum

of nearly 70,000/. was invested in Government Stock.

Money Orders. The total number of Money Orders issued during the year was

14,880,821, and the amount 23,848,936/. The Inland Money

Orders show a decrease of 1,636,648 in number and 861,091/. in

amount, chiefly in small sums, which is no doubt owing to the

extended use of Postal Orders. The Foreign Money Order

business shows a satisfactory increase, and there is also a large

increase in the Orders issued in the Colonies upon the United

Kingdom, although there was a slight falling off in the Orders

issued in this country on the Colonies. Money Order business

with Japan has been resumed, and a Convention has been entered

into with Sweden, and also a supplementary Convention with

Denmark, for extending the system to the Danish West Indian

Islands of St. Thomas, St. Croix, and St. John. The arrange

ment under which Money Orders have been exchanged through

the medium of the London Office between Germany and a portion

of the Australian Colonies has been extended so as to include all

the Australian Colonies and also the Cape of Good Hope, and

a similar facility has been afforded between Holland and the Cape

Colony.

Postal Orders. Within the 12 months no less than 4,462,920 Postal Orders

were issued, amounting to 2,006,917/., and the classes of Orders

most in demand are the Is., 5s., 10s., and 20«., as" will be

from the following table:—

NUMBER OF EACH CLASS OF ORDERS ISSUED IN THE YEARENDED 31 MARCH 1882.

«. d.1 0

$. d.1 6

: d.2 6

». (I.5 0

s. d.7 6

.». d.

10 0

«. d.12 6

«. d.IS 0

«. d.17 6

«. d.

20 0No. Value.

£ t. d,2,000,917 19 0462,823 362,094 437,000 858,306 262,920 808,736 110,691 202,665 60,611 911,078 4,462,020

TOTAL.

Post Office

Annuities and

Iiife Insur

ance.

It is found that the average time which these Orders are in

circulation is six days, a fact which shows that there was no

foundation for the idea that they would be used as currency.

Reference was made in my last report to the slight extent to

which the public have availed themselves of the facilities offered

by the Government for the purchase of Annuities and Policies of

Insurance. On the 8th of February last I moved for a Select

Committee to investigate this important subject. To this Com

mittee a proposal was submitted by Mr. J. J. Cardin of the

Receiver and Accountant General's Branch of the Post Office, the

most important feature of which was the linking of the Annuity

and Insurance business with that of the Post Office Savings

Bank. Every annuitant and insurant would, according to this

proposal, become a depositor in the Savings Bank, the annuity

or policy would be kept up through the Savings Bank account,

and the whole of the Post Office Savings Banks, nearly 7,000 in

number, would be thrown open for the transaction of Annuity

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and Insurance business. Moreover, by this union of the several

branches of the Department's work connected with the en

couragement of thrift, it was suggested that the advantages

offered by the Government in connexion with Insurance and what

is known as " old age pay " would be brought to the notice of

the large and rapidly increasing class of Savings Bank Deposi

tors, every Savings Bank book being priuted with regulations

on the subject of Insurance and Annuities.

Mr. Cardin's proposal was accepted by the Committee, who

further recommended the abolition of the mimimum limits for

Insurances and Annuities, and the increase of the maximum limit

in each case to 200?. Upon the report of the Committee, which

was unanimously adopted, a Bill was introduced, the effect of

which, if it becomes law, will, I hope, be to enhance the useful

ness of the Department in this branch of its work, and greatly to

encourage thrift among the industrial classes.*

The gross revenue for the year was over 9,028,374?., arrived at Revenue and

thus " expenditure.

Postage on letters, postcards, news- £ £

papers, &c. - - - - 6,770,232

Commission on Money Orders - 226,947

Commission on Postal Orders - 25,657

Value of Unclaimed Money Orders - 4,764

257,368

Savings Bank profits - 346,373

Pvevenue from Telegraphs - - 1,654,401

9,028,374

The expenditure was :

For Postal service, including Money

Order and Postal Order busi

ness - 3,648,721

„ Packet service - - - 637,875

„ Savings Bank - - - 200,574

„ Telegraph service, including ex

penditure by other Depart

ments- - - - 1,440,729

5,927,899

The net revenue was therefore - 3,100,475

being, notwithstanding a heavy increase of expenditure, an

increase of 32,396?. on the previous year.

* As the Bill could not be proceeded with until a late period of the sesdion, it has

been thought expedient, in order to facilitate its passing, to fix the maximum limit

both for insurance and annuities at 100/.

10

Comparing these figures with those of the previous year it

appears that the increase of revenue under each head was as

follows :—

£

Postage on letters, &c. - - 291,530

Commission on Money Orders and Postal

Orders, and value of Unclaimed Orders - 2,637

Savings Bank profits - - - 12,603

Telegraphs * 20,515

and the increase of expenditure was—

Postal Service, including Money Orders and £

Postal Order business - - - 178,508

Savings Bank .... 11,683

Telegraph Service, including expenditure

by other Departments - - - 132,275

There was a decrease in the Packet Service of 27,571/.

The chief cause of the increase of expenditure is the addition

of staff1, numbering 2,000, to which reference has been made, and

also an increase in the remuneration of sorting clerks and

telegraphists consequent upon the new classification introduced

in 1881.

The annual interest on the capital sum of 10,880,571/. raised

by the Government for the purchase of the Telegraphs has not

previously been included in the Postmaster General's accounts

because the amount is not provided for out of Post Office votes,

but in estimating the financial position it ought to be borne in

mind that the Chancellor of the Exchequer has to meet a charge

of 326,417/. for this service out of the Consolidated Fund.

If this sum is included, as I think it ought to be, it would

show that the true net revenue of the Post Office is 2,774,058?.

It is with sincere regret that I have to record the death of

two of the chief officers of the Department ; Mr. Arthur Benthall,

who held the office of Third Secretaiy, and Mr. Horace Watson,

the Solicitor. In Mr. Benthall the public service has lost an

officer of proved ability and great experience, whose services

fully merited his selection in December last for the post of Third

Secretary. Mr. Watson's connexion with the Post Office only

dated from 1879, but his service in the office of Woods, his

knowledge of law and parliamentary business, and his recognised

ability rendered him a most valuable servant of the Department.

I have the honour to be, My Lords,

Your Lordships obedient humble Servant,

HENRY FAWCETT.

General Post Office,

28 July 1882.

* The figures relating to Telegraph Revenue in last year's report shoved an

anticipated surplus. When, however, the returns were completed there proved to be

a small deficiency on the whole year.

11

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APPENDIX A,—continued.

Post Cards, Book Packets, and Newspapers.

Estimated Number of Post Cards delivered in the United Kingdom in each

Year from 1872 to the present time, and the Increase per Cent, per Annum.

Tear.

England and Wales.

Increase

Scotland.

Increase

Ireland.

Increase

United Kingdom.

Increase

Number.per Cent.

perNumber.

perCent.per

Number.perCent.

perNumber.

perCent.per

1872 64,000,000

Annum.

8,000,000

Annum.

_ 4,000,000

Annum.

_ 76,000,000

Annum.

1873 60,000,000 — 8,000,000 — 4,000,000 — 72,000,000 —

1874 66,000,000 10' 0 9,000,000 12-5 4.000,000 70,000,000 9-7

1875 73,309,100 11-6 9,200,300 6-7 4,510,900 6-S 87,116,800 10-7

1876 78,412,100 6"9 9,6*0,100 4'7 4,883,500 7-5 92,985,700 67

1877-8 86,051,600 9-7 11,067,500 14-8 6,118,300 4-8 102,237,300 10-

1878-9 94,471,500 98 11,599,000 4-8 5375,200 5" 111,445,700 9-

1879-80 'J6.087.400 2"3 12,284,700 5-9 5,536,300 3- 114,153,400 2-7

1880-81 103,473,100 71 13,401,500 9-1 6,009,400 8-5 122,884,000 7-4

1881-82 114^51,500 10-4 14,661,400 93 6,426,100 09 135,329,000 U'l

Estimated Number of Book Packets and Circulars delivered in the United

Kingdom in each Year from 1872 to the present time, and the Increase per

Cent, per Annum.

Year.

£ngland and Wales.

Number.

Increase!per Cent.;

perAnnum

Scotland.

Number.

Increaseper Cent.

perAnnum.

Ireland.

Number.

Increase;perCent.

Annum.

United Kingdom.

Number.

IncreaseperCent.

perAnnum.

1S72

1*731S741X73

18761877-81878-91879-80;1880-811881-82

90,000,000104,000,000115,769,600183,394,900146,405,300157,691,600161,789,400180,541,400201,003,400228,999,100

1.T511-8152

9-7'74-5

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14,000,00015,787,30016,723,70018,352,70021,336,80021,820,10022,140,50024,238,80027,875,000

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11,000,000 i10.410,2009,548,0008,966,900

10,272,20010,967,00011,281,10012,111,50014,161,800

14-56- 72-97- 1

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114,000,000129,000,000141,967,10015.8,666,600173.724,900189,300,600

197.076J500213.963,000210.356.200271.038,700

13- 110-11- 79'4s-o

418-612312-8

Estimated Number of Newspapers delivered in the United Kingdom in each

Year from 1872 to the present time, and the Increase per Cent, per Annum.

England at d Wales. Scotland. Ireland. United Kingdom.

Year. Increaseper Cent.

IncreaseperCent.

Increaseper Cent.

Increaseper Cent.

Number.per

Annum.

Number.per

Annum.

Number.per

Annum.

Number.per

Annum.

18721873187418751876

87,000,00089.115,20091,230,40093,345,60095,400,800

98,282,400100,124,300

100,317.000102,761,600

108,651,700

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6-10,000,00011,295,00012389,80013,884,70015,179,70015.41230015,993.60015,630,70015,911,60016,660,100

12-911-41029-31-7

109,000,000113,016,500117.032,900121.019,400125,0ii5,900128,558,000130,895,300130,518,100133,796,100110,789,100

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APPENDIX C.

Number of Mails daily between London and other Post Towns in England and Wales.

Townhavin

OneMailonly.

TownshavingTwoMails.

TownshavingThreeMails.

TownshavingFourMails.

TownshavingFive

Mails.

TownshavingSix

Mails.

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Mails.

TotalNumber

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., 1873 43 89 319 227 93 119 88 98 38 43 5 11 5 4 2 o - - - - M

. 1874 43 89 302 226 92 118 96 97 43 45 17 17 4 4 2 3 - - - - -

.. 1875 27 73 297 232 132 121 86 97 42 54 12 17 4 i 1 3 - - - - 601

., 1876 22 69 299 222 137 132 87 102 48 57 11 21 3 3 3 3 - - - - 611

»1 Mar. 1877 22 69 299 222 137 132 87 102 48 57 11 21 3 3 3 3 - 1 - - ...

., 1878 22 65 288 222 142 133 89 105 53 60 11 is 2 4 4 4 - 1 i - 61!

., 1879 20 60 260 217 156 138 93 111 63 56 16 21 3 6 1 3 i 2 i - 614

.. 1880 1 vi 88 251 214 162 140 96 113 63 S3 20 21 3 7 3 4 i 2 - - 617

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APPENDIX E.

Staff of Officers.

81st Dec.1881).

1

7

22

ID

012

32,682

(A.) Postmaster General -

(B.) Secretary, financial secretary, third sooretary, assistant secretaries, secretary

for Ireland, and surveyor general lor Scotland - - - - -(C.) Superior officers in Metropolitan olfices, viz., heads of departments, chief

clerk, &c.

(D.) Surveyors

(B.) Postmasters—Head postmasters—

England Jia,13

D17

IrelandScotland

Sub-postmasters, letter receivers, &c—( (Sub-ixwtniusters

'I ana receivers(.AssistantsEngland

London

.Provincial*

131154

r,.-,i

1,238

9,4bl

Ireland -•{

f f Sub-postmastersDublin < and receivers -

11,300

Scotland

Lprovitirial'

1.1'coi •

(.Assistants So

(" { Sab-postmastersi Edinburgh < and receivers 1-

(.Assistants

l,9St

— - 2,142

1021,483

(F.) Clerks-Clerks and superintending office is-

Metropolitan f^»(|?n' Iclerks (male) [^Xrgh

Metropolitan ("London -clerks (fe- < Dublinmale) - (.Edinburgh

Metropolitan female tele- ( London -graphists, counter women, < Dublin -'and returners - - (.Edinburgh

Provincial ("Englandclerks and < Irelandtelegraphists (.Scotland

Clerks, sortingclerks, and Tele-

telcgraphists. graphists.

- 4,417 G78309 163

- 469 324

(G.) Telegraphists, letter carriers, sorters, messenger", 4c.—Telcgjlcgraphists, Ac.'

Metropolitan' LondonDublin

1,551

1,1437557

2941311

97SCtId

5.0954727B3

2,087155

offlceS (males) I—^ I I \ \ 1 &

Sorters, letter carriers &c—

England- {^Sm

Ireland -{?»^ci]

Scotland {^S1

5,S7i9,193

420974

3731,417

15,071

1,194

1.790

31st Dec.1881.

30

13

015

l.VOM

1,273

321

1,102

i),»)

18, oj:

• Assistants employed by provincial postmasters, sub-postmasters, and letter receivers are excluded from

these numbers.

17

APPENDIX E.—continued.

Slst Dec.

' 1S80.

31st Dec.

188L

(H.) Persons occupying uncstablished positions, viz., auxiliary letter carriers, telegraph messengers and porters, telegraph construction hands, copyists,

female servants, commissionaires, ic—

(Note.—This head is in addition to the sub-postmasters, letter recoivers,and assistants shown under head of "Postmasters," and certain personsincluded in the number shown for " Sorters, letter carriers, Sc., pro

vincial.")

fLondon - { ™e„, "England -j I Female

^-Provincial

- +,J6fl96

i,556- 2,594

Ireland

(Dublin

(.Provii

CMale -(. female

iicinl

13

•»7,(XH

4,070

51,671

Scotland

(Edinburgh {*^le"

(^Provincial

13

12115

108

139138

7,150

165

577

(f.) Postmasters and clerks in colonies, under direction of Postmaster GeneralAgents iu foreign countries for collection of postage, 4c. « •

Not previously included in Return.

Increase.

8,192

ID

53,772

18

APPENDIX E.—continued.

Postmaster General (Estimates, page 631)

B.

Secretary

Financial Secretary

Third Secretary -

Assistant Secretaries

Secretary for Ireland

Surveyor-Genera! for Scotland

(Estimates, page 631)

)

)

)page 652)

page 656)

C.

Chief Clerk . -

f Upper Section

Principal Clerks < Lower Section

[ Insurance

Clerk for Missing Letter Business

Medical Officers •

Solicitor - - - -

Receiver and Accountant General

Engineer-in-Chief ...

fPackets -

| Savings Bank Department

„ . „ | Money Order OfficeControllers 4 circufation department -

I Central Telegraph Station

^Returned Letter Office

Surveyor, Metropolitan District -

- (Estimates, page 631)

(Estimates, page 631) 7

)page 667)

Surveyors England -

Ireland -

Scotland -

Head Postmasters :—

_ , , f London -England ■{ ■„ • • .

6 (Provincial

Ireland

Scotland -

D.

E.

• (Estimates, page 632)

- ( „ pp. 648, 692)

- ( „ page 633)

- ( „ „ 633)

- ( „ 687)

Estimates, page 632) 1

„ 665) 1

„ 635) 1

„ 635) 1

„ 691) 1

„ 638) 1

(Estimates, page G59)

(Estimates, page 659)

( ,, )

( „ )

(see detail below*)

(Estimates, page 661)

(Estimates, page 662)

( „ 663)

1G

1

2

1

1

1

10

3

2

30

15

13

617

630

131

154

915

• E.C.

W.C.W.8.W.Wandsworth.Norwood.Ealinv?House of Commons.Pnddineton.

E.S.E.

N.

19

APPENDIX E.—continued.

Sub-Postmasters and Letter Receivers :—

England

Sub-Postmaster*

London 4 Receivers - 651-

Statement

from E.C.

IAssistant, . 1,288 [

1,889

[_ Provincial - (Estimates, page 661) 9,481

11,890

Ireland

Dublin ■(

Sub-Postmasters - - 77

(Sub-head C, page 122.)

Receivers - - - 46

(Estimates, page 655.)

I Assistants - - 85

[_ (Statistics from Dublin.)

208

Provincial - (Estimates, page 662) 1,934

(less 77, sub-head C, p. 130)

2,142

Scotland

("Receivers 37

Bdinburgh^f^P;^) „

L (Stat, from Edinburgh.)

[Provincial

102

(Estimates, page 663) 1,452

1,554

15,086

' Putney.Wimbledon.

■20

APPENDIX E.—continued.

F.

Clerks.

Lo.NDO*. jtseIE

Clerks and Superintending

Officers.m Surv. O M.O.O. R.L.O.

1

s T.S.Total.

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2■8

a

cs■<

pa

S3 aa

o

Clerks :—

Q 00 73 d

Grade I. - 53 — — — — — — 67 — — — — 58 — —

Grade II. 19 - - 47 255 287 72 3 21 15 31 — 817 50 4i

Lower Division - 9 - - — 19 110 7 — - 2 — — 1S6 16 (

Professional (Solicitors) -- 9 — - — 1 — — — ' — 9 2 I

Assistant Surveyor, Chief

Clerk, and Controller.

— — — — — — 1 — 2 1

Assistant Receiver and Ac

countant General-

— — 1 1

Chief Examiner, Cashier,Book-keeper, Chief Clerk,

and Accountants.

4 3

" 1

7 1 1

Assistant Engineer. Controller of Stores, Submarine

Superintendent.

3 3

Nautical Assistant - i — — — — — — 1

Officers in charge of Indian

Wails.

3 3

Clerks in charge— — — 8 — — — — — — 8

Assistant to Medical Officers,

Dispenser.

2

Sub-Controllers— — — — — 3 — — —

Assistant ditto— — — — — 1 1 — — — — 4 G —

Travelling Officers, M. i U. - o — — — — — — - —* — — 1

Superintendents and Assis

tants.

i 23 8 29 66 2 1

97 Q 9 55 279 107 80 97 21 66 4 1,1*3 75 67

Female Clerks -— — — - m ICO — - - - - - 29* 13 U

1,*37 I 88

1,596

71

1'rovincial Clerks and Teleueaphists.

EnglandIreland

Scotland

Clerks. Sorting Clerks, andTelegraphists.

- 4,417 (Pago 6K1)

309 (

Kffl (

002)

003)

Telegraphists.

678 (Page 09») -163 ( ,. 694) -(less Dublin 212).

• 324 (Page I! -

(leas Edinburgh 180.)

5,093472

793 0,360

21

APPENDIX E.—continued.

G.

Telegraphist, Returners of Betters, Letter Carriers, Sorters, &c.

0=;i •■j

aao O do

o Metn.i

Total.J

u a< 3t>

OQQ 71

•zX d P 3

w

Telegraphs.

a

Superintendents anil Assistantditto.

■1 4 48 56 3 9

Inspectors and Counter ditto - — — — — — — 4 — 1 77 — 85

Inspecting Telegraphists — — — 15 15 —

Clerks - " .» — — — — — — — — — — 69 — 69

New Distributors

Telegraphists - — — — — — — — 29 — 205 2 1,040 1,276 lit MilCountermen and Telegraphists — — — --- — 43 — 17 — — 60Foremen, Mechanics,and Linemen.

— — — — — — — 2 — — — 426 — '

Inspectors of Telegraph Mcs-sencers. Tube Attendants, Ac.

— — — — — — 0 — 13 — 61 74 8

15

P03TAL.

27 - — — — St — 236 ,-,7<; 1,119 2,087 155 131

Supervisors and Inspectors 4 — — 3 — — 38 — 34 _ 79 5 6

Overseers and Countermen 5 — — — — 4 — 134 207 — 352 11 tPaper Keepers and Assistants - 47 — — — — 80 50 — — — — 177 1 1Sorters - * - * —■ — — — — — — MS 6 — —

651 IB mi.Junior Sorters and Bagmen - 577 210 — — 808 32 13Boy Sorters - — — — — ■— — — — 391 — 385 —

776 24 JBoy Clerks WsF^Si ' -' ■ - ' — — — — 7 50 48 — — 1 110Marino Mail Guards - 3

Mail Guards .~jBK *' * — 8 Messengers . 2*?£c-5»,»:r'-:.> 13 3 1 — 14 1 — 7 2 21 5 67 27 3

I*tter Carriers [J^S^n [388 671

116 7 s— — — 1,059 128 147

( Town — — — — — — 199 — 232 — — 431 7»

(Suburban - — — — — — — — — 264 — — 26-1

Foremen. Porters, 4c. - 90 — — 12 6 151 2 35 —2<J6 12 .-,

Boy Messengera - -IV •' W 1 1 — 62 0 6 2 — 1 —'

124 22 8AuMwr ^KKirT - *Stationery Clerks

177 4 2 28 168 209 110 2,539 33 2,593 13 5,878

45

120 173

Females ^Counterwomcu and 93 229 t 607 933 64 80

| 978 64 till

1

Sorters, Letter Carriers, Messengers, &e.

„ , , < London (as above) .... 5,S7stnglaiut - " (. Provincial (pago 661) .... 9,193

15,071

... < Dublin (as above) 420Ireland - - U'rovincial (page 662) .... 97J

1,191

„ . . . f Edinburgh (as above) .... 373Scotland - " (provincial (page 603) .... 1,417

1,790

18.055

22

APPENDIX V.—(continued).

H.

Persons occupying unestablished positions, viz., auxiliary letter carriers, telegraph

messengers, and porters, telegraph construction hands, copyists, female servants,

commissionaires, &c.

(Note.—This head is in addition to the sub-postmasters, letter receivers, and

assistants shown under head of " Postmasters," and certain persons included iu the

numbers shown for " Sorters, letter carriers, &c, provincial.")

r

England

London

I Males

• \ (see below)

L Females

Provincial (page 694)

[Dublin

Ireland ■ ■{ [Fe

Males

(see below)

males

254

13

Scotland

Provincial (page 694)

(less Dublin 163)

f Males

Edinburgh ■< (see below)

■{ I Females

^Provincial (page 694)

(less Edinburgh 126)

f:

124

15

4,556

2,594

267

198

139

438

7,150

465

577

8,192

Detail of above Metkoi'OLItan Totals.

London. B3

a«

tr. o

<

6

6

B

c5 &

aH

1H

1oP

1

1 "3aj

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X •J

Telegraph maintenance andconstruct ion bands.

1III111111

(9201238 I"

1,158 -

Copyists- {{/™ I 1364

140 l

2

11

32

424719

5

Overseers of telegraph messengers (pensioners).

Commissionaires ami adult

8

192 50 212messengers.

Telegraph yTown ■

messengers ( SuburbanAuxiliary let- C Town -ter carriers. \ Suburban

250

21

688308239

1,318

228 1,066

308260

149

100£1.S1S

Females.

40 1 40 l m 2,653 1,103 278 4. Kill 254 124

Housekeepers -Matrons Tor telegraph mes

sengers' kitchens.Female servantsNeedlewomen *Charwomen -

1 2 l 18

58

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APPENDIX G.

Colonial and Foreign

Line of Packets.

Contracts.

Commencement.

Termination.

Payment.

Australia :Point de Galle and Melbourne, Aden")and Brisbane, San Francisco and >Sydney - - •)

Brazil, River Plate, axd Chili:

Bi-Mouthly Service from Southampton

Fortnightly service from Liverpool

Cape or Good Hope and Natal

Cyprus and Alexandria -

East Isdies and Cjhha

East Coast op Africa :Aden and Zanzibar

Europe :Dover and Calais -

Dover and Ostend

Malta and Syracuse

North America :Queenstoun to New York

Halifax, Bermuda, and Jamaica

Panama to Valparaiso -

West Isdies :Bi-monthly Service

Additional Services :Non-Contract Service

Contracts with Colonial Governments •

1 Sept, 1876 -

1 July 1878 -

1 Oct. 1878

{

8 Aug. 1878 -1 Sept. 1881 -

1 Feb. 1880 -

On 6 months' not in;

On 6 months' notice

Contracts with Colonial Governments terminating on SOth

September 1883, if 1 2 months'previous notice has been given

On SO August 1881On 12 mouths' notice

On Slst January 1S88 -

6 Dec. 1872 - On 5th December 188S

!0 June 187S - Ou 12 months' notice -

Arrangement with Belgian Government

Contract with Government of Malta

1 Dec. 1877 -

1 Jan. 1878 -

1 July 1878 -

1 Jan. 1880 -

Liverpool tb AVest Indies and ;Mexico • - - -i

Belize aud New Orleans •

Turk's Island and St Thomas

West Coast op Africa

1 Oct. 187524 Oct, 1881

On 6 months' notice

On 12 months' notice

On G months' notice

On Slst December 1885

23 October 1881 -On 6 months' notice

(a) S.Sfcs

(a) 5,450

Contract with Honduras Government termi-}nating on 30th September 1881 • - )

Contract with Turk's Island Government

No Contract

\ 7.494

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(r) 2,000

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17.500

(a) 2.94*

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(a) 8.463

(a) The payments in these cases depend upon the amount of correspondence conveyed by the packet*.lb) Including 2,4151. for excess of premiums over penalties.(<•) These sums represent the Imperial share of the cost of the services. '

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APPENDIX G.

Packet Service.

EstimatedBritish

Share of SeaPostage onLetters,News

papers, &c.

Contributions

towards the Cost

of the Service.

EstimatedBritish

Rate of Postage

per single Letter,

excluding

Transit Rates.

Penalties for

Overtime.Losson theService.

£ £

1

Nil. W.

4d.

id.

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Nil.

ISO 7,360 tid.

3W. for every 12hoars late at Brin-disi. In other cases

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India, 88.0007. 63,000

200

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6,400

53,000

2,000

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APPENDIX H.

Telegrams.

Table showing the Total Number of Messages forwarded from

Telegraph Offices in England and "Wales, Scotland, and

Ireland, in each Year since the transfer of the Telegraphs to

the State.

Year.England and Wales.

Number of Messages.

Scotland. Ireland. Total.

Provinces. London. Total.

1870-71 - 5,299,882 2,863,821 8,163,703 1,080,189 606,285 9,850,177

1871-72 - 6.594.590 3,612,772 10,207,362 1,388,434 878,000 12,473,796

1872-73 - 8,022,151 4,577,015 12,599,166 1,761,298 1,175,316 15,535,780

1873-74 - 9,233,854 5,254,547 14,488,401 2,009,893 1,323,236 17,821,530

1874-75 - 10,124,661 5,652,033 15,776,694 2,132,787 1,343,639 19,253,120

1875-76 - 10,883,282 6,350,714 17,233,996 2,287,359 1,452,180 20,973,535

1876-77 - 11,232,704 6,561,930 17,794,G34 2,402,347 1,529,162 21,726,143

1877-78 - 11,392,098 6,700,504 18,092,602 2,490,776 1,588,489 22,171,867

1878-79 - 11,592,899 8,830,019 20,422,918 2,477,003 1,559,854 24,459,775

1879-80 - 12,392,996 9,854,566 22,247,562 2,704,574 1,595,001 26,547,137

1880-81 - 13,456,555 11,176,459 24,633,014 3,042,291 1,736,677 29,411,982

1881-82 - 14,204,479 12,071,034 26,275,513 3,207,994 1,862,354 31,345,861

The figures for each year since 1877-78 include the number of certain Prest

Messages not previously included in these Returns.

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APPENDIX H.—continued.

Table showing the Number of Messages forwarded from Tele

graph Offices in the United Kingdom during each of the

Years 1880-81 and 1881-82 ; and the Increase or Decrease in each

Month of the latter Year over the corresponding Month of the

former Year.

Month.

Number of Messages.

Increase. Decrease.

1880-81. 1881-82.

April - 2,392,595 2,816,669* 424,074

May ... 2,762,882* 2,394,826 — 368,056

June - 2,288,090 2,454,919 166,829

July 2,974,079* 3,204,194* 230,115

August - 2,418,444 2,570,564 152,120

September - 2,347,607 2,569,501 221,894

October ... 2,959,222* 3,067,139* 107,917

November - 2,258,483 2,361,611 103,128

December 2,044,493 2,698,202* 653,709

January - 2,590,423* 2,108,156 — 482,267

February 2,156,182 2,179,046 22,864

March '- 2,219,482 2,921,034* 701,552

29,411,982 31,345,861 2,784,202 850,323

Total Increase - 1,933,879

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APPENDIX J.

Post Office Savings Bank.

Extractsfrom the Controller's Report.

Various meetings for the promotion of Thrift have taken place during Thrift meet-

the year, among which may be noticed the Conference assembled by the inSt-

Lord Mayor last May, at the instance of the Mansion House Committee

on National Thrift, and a Conference held at Wolverhampton under the

auspices of the Church of England Temperance Society, the Bishop of

Lichfield presiding. In the latter case, forms, &c. containing infor

mation as to the assistance offered by the Post Office Savings Bank,

together with specimen books and rules, were supplied from this Departs

ment for distribution.

In August last the Chief Inspector of Factories addressed a Circular

to occupiers of Factories, calling their attention to the facilities for

saving afforded by the Post Office Savings Bank, and requesting their

co-operation by the exhibition of a printed notice on the subject, and,

where practicable, by assisting children or young persons to open

accounts by means of the stamp forms, " so as," in the words of the

Circular, " to give the young a helping hand and a start in the early

practice of economy." Inquiries have been received, not only from

factory owners, but also from other large employers ; and in all such

cases it has beeu pointed out how the workpeople can become depositors

without personal attendance at a Post Office. It is only necessary that

the ordinary form of declaration should be signed by the intending

depositor in the presence of some person known to the Postmaster, and

should be presented at the Po9t Office with the amount to be deposited,

when an account will be opened, and a deposit book issued on the

understanding that it will be duly signed by the depositor. If any firm

desires a more express arrangement and will bear some moderate

expense, a Post Office Clerk is instructed to attend periodically at the

establishment in order to transact Savings Bank business with the

workpeople themselves. The results of certain arrangements of this

kind down to the 31st March last are shown in the following state

ment :—

Circular of

Chief Inspector

of Factories to

Factory

owners.

Opening of

Accounts

without per

sonal attend

ance at Post

Office.

Special ar

rangements

for large

factories, &c.

Name of Works, &c.Date of first

Visit.

Total

Number of

Visits.

Deposits.

No. Amount.

& s. d.

Messrs. Bass and Co.'s Brewery, 18 Feb. 1881 112 233 213 18 0

Burton-on-Trent.

Washford Mills, Needle and

Fish-hook Manufactory, Red-

2 April 1881 12 159 39 16 0

ditch.

Windsor Street Gas Works, 22 April 1881 50 15 4 18 0

Birmingham.

Saltley Gas Works, Birming 22 April 1881 50 78 54 14 0

ham.

Messrs. Hazell and Co.'s Print 30 April 1881 47 244 125 15 0

ing Works, Aylesbury.

Jewish Working Men's Club 11 May 1881 47 191 120 2 0

and Institute, Aldgatc.

Holy Trinity, Kilburn Branch

of Church of England Tem

5 July 1881 20 88 64 1 0

perance Society, Kilburn,

Manor Terrace.

Sbustoke Reservoir Works, Bir 27 Aug. 1 81 30 79 84 5 0

mingham-

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The following statement shows the numbers of Friendly Societies, and

Trade, Provident, and Charitable Societies, to which authority has been

given to invest their funds in the Post Office Savings Bank during the

last five years

— 1877. 1878. 1879. 1880. 1881.

Friendly Societies 253 275 437 442 526

Trade, Provident, and

Charitable Societies.

1,210 1,098 1,273 1,366 1,264

Friendly So

cieties and

Trade, Provi

dent, and Cha

ritable So

cieties.

It will be seen that, although fewer Trade, Provident, and Charitable

Societies were authorised to open accounts last year than in 1830, there

was a considerable increase in the number of Friendly Societies ; the

losses sustained by many such societies in 1878 through unsound in

vestments having evidently given rise to a growing desire to obtain Go

vernment security. During the first quarter of the present year,

authority to open accounts has been given to 170 Friendly Societies

and 414 other societies, as against 144 and 444 respectively in the first

quarter of 1881.

Progress of

Post Office

Savings Banks

in Ireland.

# • * * *

The following statement shows the amount due to depositors in Ire

land in each of the last 10 years, together with the annual increase :—

Total Amount,

including Interest,

due to Depositors

on 31st Dec.

Annual

IncreaseYear.

of

Capital.

£ £

1872 - 825,740 —

1873 - - - - 845,550 19,810

1874 --- - 918,747 68,197

1875 .... 1,003,304 89,557

1876 - 1,123,717 120,413

1877 .... 1,256,724 133,007

1878 - 1,325,806 69,082

1879 - - - - 1,417,389 91,583

1880 1,555,894* 138,505

1881 - 1,723,395* 167,501

* Exclusive of Stock standing to the credit of the depositors, viz., 1880, 17,212/.;

1881, 85,370*.

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A further statement is subjoined showing the increase of capital Inofea^0'-: i j- j- r capital in e

during the last two years divided according to counties :—

Total Amount, including Interest,

due to Depositors at close of Year. Increase Increase

. Counties. in 1880 in 1881

1879. 1880. 1881.

over 1879. over 1880.

£ £ £ £ £

Antrim - 184,866 199,441 222,811 14,575 23,370

Armagh 27,892 29,292 32,898 1,400 3,606

Carlow 13,632 15,363 16,768 1,731 1,405

Cavan 19,543 20,721 22,953 1,178 2,232

Clare 16,783 19,005 21,688 2,222 2,683

Cork - 117,145 127,239 141,641 10,094 14,402

Donegal 34,650 38,508 44,403 3)858 5,895

Down 77,898 84,917 102,279 7,019 17,362

Doblin 306,829 337,856 367,673 31,027 29,817

Fermanagh - 15,384 16,664 17,408 1,280 744

Galway 48,633 54,722 59,589 6,089 4,867

Kerry 21,299 22,884 24,982 1,585 2,098

Kildare 27,994 31 ,083 33,716 3,089 2,633

Kilkenny

King's County

22,692 24,717 27,045 2,025 2,328

18,890 20,225 22,144 1,335 1,919

Leitrim 10,560 12,188 18,433 1,628 1,245

Limerick 32,878 35,966 41,313 3,088 5,347

Londonderry - 31,156 33,581 36,376 2,425 2,795

Longford 7,943 9,089 10,093 1,146 1,004

Louth 50,237 52,353 55,369 2,116 3,016

Mayo 40,125 45,069 48,875 4,944 3,806

Meath 15,116 17,941 18,479 2,625 538

Monaghan

Queen's County

15,423 17,549 19,995 2,126 2,446

15,718 17,765 19,413 2,047 1,648

Roscommon - 14,395 16,303 20,539 1,908 4,236

Sligo- 24,857 28,023 31,319 3,166 3,296

Tipperary 54,069 62,441 68,807 8,372 6,366

Tyrone 42,048 45,840 52,786 3,792 6,946

Waterford 22,339 24,481 26,454 2,142 1,973

Westmeath - 22,526 25,012 27,546 2,486 2,534

Wexford 34,028 37,630 40,995 3,602 3,365

Wicklow 29,841 32,026 33,605 2,185 1,579

Total 1,417,389 1,555,894 1,728,395 138,505 167,501

* * • * *

capital in each

Irish county

during the laat

two years.

In no year, perhaps, since the establishment of the Post Office

Savings Bank was there such a succession of applications, personal and

otherwise, from various countries, for information respecting our

system, as during 1881, a large portion of the applications being from

our own colonies and dependencies, where, indeed, Post Office Savings

Banks are becoming so generally established as to warrant the belief

that such institutions will soon be co-extensive with British rule.

Gibraltar, Malta, and Cyprus have each received practical information j

and in the first of these places a Savings Bank commenced operations

on the 2nd January at the Post Office, one of the clerks having pre

viously spent a fortnight here making himself acquainted with the

actual working of our system. From India, Ceylon, and Cape Colony,

officials have also visited this Department with a similar object.

As regards India, it would appear from Major Baring's Financial

Statement for 1882—3 that arrangements were being made to utilise the

organisation of the Post Office with a view to giving increased facilities

to depositors in the Savings Banks. The new scheme was to come into

Applications

from abroad

for information

as to system.

British

colonies.

Gibraltar,

Malta, and

Cyprus.

India, Ceylon,

and Cape

Colony.

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operation on the 1st April 1882 in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies,

but wa3 deferred as regards the Bombay Presidency owing to legal

difficulties in connexion with the vested rights of the Bank of Bombay.

There were already in the Bengal and Madras Presidencies 179 Railway

and Treasury Savings Banks, none of which would be closed ; and from

South Austra- the 1st April 4,035 Post Office Savings Banks would be opened- From

lia, New Sonth South Australia, New South Wales,'Queensland, and Victoria, inquiries on

laif^and166118" CCI^11 details of our system have been received, and in the last-named

Victoria. colony the stamp deposit scheme has been adopted. One visitor to this

Department was a Commissioner of the Melbourne Government Saviugs

Canada. Bank, and another an officer of the Sydney Post Office. In Canada, the

Postmaster-General, in his Beport for the year ending the 30th June

1881, states that the deposits in the Post Office Savings Bank have

increased three-fold in three years, and that the number of daily trans

actions has more than doubled during the same time.

France. The French Government, with the view of carrying out the pro

visions of the Post Office Savings Bank Act, passed in April 1881.

delegated M. de Laboulaye, Administrateur des Postes et Telegraphes,

to study personally the working of our system, and, for eight days in

June, he and another official attended for that purpose in this Depart

ment. On their return to Paris the regulations were completed, and on

the 1st January 1882 the work of the French Post Office Savings

Banks began at 6,250 offices. In the three months to the 31st March

last the total number and amount of deposits were 119,021 of 18,231,187

francs (729,247/.), and of withdrawals 2,900 of 917,536 francs (36,701/.),

the total number of open accounts at the end of the quarter being 80,799,

with an aggregate balance of 17,313,650 francs (692,546/.) standing to

the credit of the depositors. At last, therefore, we see this important

result of the exertions which have been made during the past 15 years

to provide the people of France with those facilities which Postal

Belgium. Savings Banks alone can give. In Belgium, the Government Savings

Bank not only has numerous branches, but also transacts its business

through the Post Offices ; and its system, which never approximated

very closely to our own, has recently undergone considerable modifica

tions, tending no doubt to its greater efficiency, and adapting it still

more to the habits and wants of the people. Notwithstanding that in

Belgium there has been so remarkably successful a development of School

Banks and what we call Penny Banks, it has yet been found advisable

for the Government Savings Bank to receive deposits in stamps ; forms

being supplied to contain 50 stamps of two centimes, and either 20 of

five centimes or 10 of double that value. In December last, the Director

General of the Belgian Post Office issued a circular commencing thus :—

" Le Gouvernement attache une grande importance a la vulgarisation,

" dans la classe ouvriere, des idees d'ordre et de prevoyance. 11

" appartient aux agents des po3tes de concourir a certe oeuvre humani-

" taire." And then, referring to an instruction previoufily issued, the

circular proceeds :—" Le personnel de 1'Administration a 6t& convie 1

" user de toute son influence et a. employer tous les moyens de persua-

" sion, dans ses rapports constants avec le public, pour chercher a etendre

" de plus en plus la clientele de la caisse d'epargne. Cet appel n'a pas etc"

" fait en vain ; les premiers resultats obtenus sont des plus satisfaisants."

The practical measures alluded to include the collection of Savings Bank

deposits by the letter-carriers and rural messengers, as well as the general

distribution by them of handbills containing the principal Savings Bank

rules. An Annuity and Life Insurance system is immediately connected

Holland. with the Belgian Government Savings Bank. In Holland, the Post

Office Savings Banks began their operations on the 1st April 1881, and.

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in the autumn following the Secretary of these Banks spent two days

at this Department in gaining a knowledge of the mode of conducting

the business. The Netherlands system embraces the use of postage

stamps for the purpose of collecting small sums, aud, in order to adver

tise the facilities afforded for saving, metal plates bearing the principal

rules of the Banks in conspicuous colours are distributed amongst the

hotels, restaurants, &c, and are affixed to benches and seats in the

public promenades. Advantage is also taken of the street lamps for the

same purpose. The German Society for the diffusion of useful know- Germany,

ledge has recently published an interesting pamphlet on Post Office

Savings Banks ; while information has been obtained from this Depart

ment by the Governments of Sweden, Wurtemberg, and Switzerland. Sweden,

From Italy, I have only received information respecting the Post Office Wurtemberg,

Savings Banks down to the end of 1880, during which year the business Switzerland,

presented few circumstances for special remark. Although the num- Italy,

ber of the accounts remaining open on the 31st December and the

amounts due to the depositors showed a very considerable increase as

compared with the corresponding figures of the preceding year, the

investments in Government Stock were but slightly in excess of those

of 1879, whether as regards number or amount, and fell far short of

what the business of the first three years gave reason to expect. The

Italian system does not provide for the dividend being credited to

the depositor's Savings Bank Account or for the sale of Stock. The

Austrian Government has obtained further information respecting our Austria-Hun-

system, and it would appear that the opinion repeatedly expressed in Scy

the Reichsrath favourable to the establishment of a similar institution

in Austria-Hungary has gained ground. A Post Office Savings Bank

Bill, introduced by the Government and already adopted by the Lower

House, embraces not only the chief features of our system, but most of

its details, including the collection of small amounts by means of stamps.

An interesting volume published under the auspices of the Austrian

Government gives an account of the Post Office Savings Banks of Eng

land, Belgium, Holland, and France, and contains fac-similes of the

principal forms used. The system of this Department is highly

eulogised, allusion being made to many of the circumstances connected

with its origin aud progress ; and it seems to be intended to profit by

our experience, not only as regards the system itself, but also the various

classes of labour engaged in carrying it out. In Russia, the practic- Russia,

ability of introducing Post Office Savings Banks has been under con

sideration. In November a Councillor of State from St. Petersburg

was commissioned by his Government to inquire into our system ; and

after spending two days in this Department, he expressed the opinion

that it would be many years before a similar institution could be esta

blished in Russia, on account of numerous obstacles, including the want

of education among the people and the vastness of the territory. There

are, it appears, about 80 Savings Banks in Russia, branches of the

State Bank, in which deposits as low as a quarter of a rouble (9^rf.)

may be made, the total limit being 500 roubles (79/. 3s. 4rf.).

From Portugal, a British merchant in business there applied for in- Portugal,

formation respecting our system ; and, with reference to the great want

of Savings Banks in that country, he enclosed a photograph of a Portu

guese paisana in gala dress, as an illustration of the following re

marks :—" It is the habit of the peasantry to invest their money in real

" gold ornaments, which they wear at church and other festivals, and

" when money is needed they cut off a portion of a chain or other

" article and sell it, or dispose of the whole if necessary." For Chili, and

Chili and Buenos Ayres, primary information as regards our system Buenos Ayres.

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was sought by the respective Governments, while additional par

ticulars as to details were applied for by the Government of the

States. United States of America, where there has still been a succession of

Bills before Congress for the introduction of Post Office Savings

Banks. A Bill, prepared by Mr. James, the late American Postmaster-

General, was' last autumn submitted to Congress, read twice, and re

ferred to the Committee on the Post Office and Post Roads. For this,

another Bill was substituted in February last, which has also been read

twice and referred for report, and it is hoped by its promoters that it

will become law before the close of this year. This Bill provides that

the credit of the United States shall be pledged for the repayment of

deposits, and that interest shall be allowed to the depositors at the rate

of 2 per cent, per annum. It is proposed that no depositor shall be

allowed to deposit a less sum than three dollars (12s. 6d.) as a first

deposit, and not less than one dollar or a multiple of one dollar in

subsequent deposits, and not more than 100 dollars (about 20/. 16». 8d.)

within 30 days, the total limit of deposits being fixed at 500 dollars

(about 104/. 3*. 4c/.). The Bill further provides for the collection of

smaller savings by means of " Postal Savings Stamps " and " Postal

Savings Cards." Mr. James, in his Report for 1881, alluding to the

proposed establishment of Post Office Savings Banks, expresses his

earnest conviction that they would—to use his own words—"inure more

" than almost any other measure of public importance to the benefit of

" the working people of the United States."

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APPENDIX J.— continued.

Post Office Savings Banks.

Number of Post Office Savings BanksNumber of deposits ...

Ordinary ------For immediate investment in Stock -•Sales of Stock and Stock Certificates obtained

Dividends------

Amount of deposits

Ordinary ------For immediate investment in Stock -

•Sales of Stock and Stock Certificates obtained

Dividends -

Average amount of each ordinary depositInterest credited to depositorsNumber of withdrawals

Ordinary ......Investments in Stock -Sales of Stock and Stock Certificates obtained

Amount of withdrawals

Ordinary ------Investments in Stock, including commission -Sales of Stock and Stock Certificates obtained,including commission and fees

1890.3,754,06-1

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10,3822,125

11,303:

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1,465,331 1,728.700

1880.£

1881.£

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9,469,668691,156

1,880 83,463

9,346,634 10,244,287

Average amount of each ordinary withdrawalCharges of management -------Average cost of each transaction, namely, of each deposit or withdrawal in the year 1880, and of each deposit, withdrawal, or Stocktransaction in the year 1881

Number of accounts opened-------Number of accounts closed -------Number of accounts remaining open at close of the yearAmount, inclusive of interest, standing to credit of all open accountsAverage amount standing to credit of each open accountPer-centage of cost of management to total funds in possession of the

Post Office Savings Bank -------Total sum standing to credit of Post Office Savings Banks on books of

National Debt Commissioners at close of the yearBalance ir. hands of Postmaster General after making provision foroutstanding warrants at close of the year -

Total balance in hand applicable to payment of depositorsNumber at close of the year of Old Savings Banks and Post OfficeSavings Banks combined -------

Number at close of the year of depositors in Old Savings Banks andPost Office Savings Banks combined .....

1350.

6,2333,755,689

£10,301,152

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the Savings Bank account, so as to be dealt with as a withdrawal.t The numbers of these transactions were not included for the year 1880.j The first dividend upon Stock bought through the Post Office Savings Bank was not due

until 5th January 1881.§ The sum of 188,S91f. for charges of management in 1880 includes 16,3737. |«ud in respect of

the new building. Omitting this amount, the cost per transaction was 7rVf. and the percentage of expenses to capital 10». 2}d.

II If the Stock transactions for the year 1880 had been included, the average cost peraction for that year would still have remained the same, viz., S^d.

37

APPENDIX 3.—continued.

Post Office Savings Banks.

INVESTMENTS in GOVERNMENT STOCK.

1880.

(From 22nd Nov.to Slst Dec.)

Number of Stock accounts opened -----

Number of Stock accounts closed - -

Number of Stock accounts remaining open at close of the year

Number of investments - - - - - -

Number of sales -------

Number of Stock Certificates obtained - - -

Number of deposits for immediate investment ...

Amount of deposits for immediate investment _-

Average amount of each deposit for immediate investment -

Number of Savings Bank accounts opened with deposits for immediate

investment -------

Amount of money invested -

From deposits made for the purpose

From existing deposits

1880. 1881.

£ £

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48,372 262,869

128,013 690,181

Commission -

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1881.

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Average amount of each purchase of Stock -

Amount of Stock sold - - - -

Average amount of each eale of Stock ....

Amount of Stock Certificates obtained -

Amount of Stock transferred to Trustees Savings Banks

Amount of Stock remaining to credit of Stockholders at close of the

year - -- -- -- -

Average amount of Stock remaining to credit of each Stockholder at

close of the year - ------

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563

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APPENDIX J.—continued.

Post Office Savings Bank.

Retues of the Balance Sheets of the Post Office Savings Banks on the

31st day of December 1881 ; showing the Balance due to Depositors, the

estimated amount of Expenses remaining unpaid, the Value of Securities deter

mined pursuant to Act 43 & 44 Vict. c. 36. s. l.,the Amount of Cash in hand,

and Dividends accrued but not received at the end of the year, and the Surplus

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(So far as relates to the National Debt Oflice )

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e. 38. s. 1.

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Consolidated Si. per cents.Reduced Si. per cents.New Si. per cents.New per cents.Turkish Guaranteed 4i. per cent. BondsExchequer Bonds - •

Exchequer (Suez) Bonds -Bonds per 32 4 33 Vict. c. 42., and « 1

Vict. c. 4., repayable by Irish LandCommission, as legal successors .to ithe Commissioners of Church Tern- fporalities in Ireland, per Hits Vict,c. 71. - • ■ -J

Canada Guaranteed 4i. per cent. BondsAdvance to Publio Works Loan Com- }missioners • - - - y

Annuities for terms ef years, expiringat various periods of the year 1886 -

Annuity for a term of years, granted^to repay advances per Act 32 A 33Vict. c. 42. payable by Irish LandCommission as legal successors tothe Commissioners of Church Temporalities in Ireland per 44 A 56 Vict,c. 71., expiring SI December 1905 -.Annuity under Indian Loan Act, 1881,

expiring 5 July 1906 -Bed Sea and India Telegraph Annui

ties, expiring 4th August 1908Annuities of an amount sufficient to^repay sums advanced under Pen- 1sions Commutation Acts, 32 A S3 \Viet, c 32. and 34 & 35 Vict. c. 36., toSlst December 1880 - ■ -J

Advances under Pensions Commuta-~jtion Act during year ended 31st Dc- 1cember 1881. per 34 A 36 Vict. c. 36., \in respect of which an annuity hasuot been granted • "J

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Cash balance in Bank of Eugland

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(a) Value, inclusive of interest, to Slst December 1881.

National Debt Office,

18th July 1882.

C. RivEits Wilson,

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APPENDIX M.—continued.

• XL) Table showing the Number and Amount of Contracts entered into from

the Commencement of Business on 17th April 1865 to the 31st December

1881, and the Number and Amount of Contracts in existence on the 31st

December 1881.

CONTRACTS ENTERED INTO.

TOTALFrom 17 April 1865

toFrom 1 Jan. 1881

to

81 December 1880. 31 December 1881.

No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount.

Contracts for Annuities entered intofrom the commencement of business on 17th April 18G5 to 31stDecember 1881, viz. :—

Immediate Annuities -

Deferred Annuities andMonthlyAllowances, Moneynot returnable

Deferred Annuities andMonthlyAllowances, Moneyreturnable •

Contracts for Sums payable atDeath entered into from the commencement ofbusiness on the17thApril 1865 to the Slat December1881

Contracts for Annuities in existence on the 31st December 1SS1,vil.:—

Immediate Annuities -

Deferred Annuities andMonthlyAllowances, Moneynot returnable -

Deferred Annuities andMonthlyA 1 lowances, Moneyreturnable -

Contracts for Sums payable atDeath, iu existence on the 31stDecember 1881 -

10,690

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290

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4,937 11 6

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122,635 ! 8

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367.450 J U

49

APPENDIX N.

Official Correspondence.

A Statement showing the Weight of Correspondence carried, and the Value of

Postal Service performed, for the following Public Offices, &c. in the Year ended

the 31st March 1882.

England andWales.

Scotland. Ireland. Total.

Naxes of Offices. <j *>M 5 a A a.»

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Adjutant General

•oz. £ OZ. oz. £ OS. £

Admiralty, Lords Comuiis- )sioners of - - - J

1,168,127

■— — — 115,316 639 115,346 539

11,302 - — - 1,158,427 11,802

Army Medical Department — — — — 110,830 519 110,830 519Attorney GeneralAustralian Exhibition, Com-]missioners of - - ■}

5,066 23 — — — — 5,060 23

68,401 248 - - - 58,461 248

Board of Education - — — 16.262 69 780,511 3,286 796,803 3,351Board of Supervision — — 38,693 120 — — 38,693 120Board of Trade 649,027 2,860 — —. — — 649.027 2.800Board of Works — — — — 400,225 2,057 460,225 2,057Chancellor. The Lord 26,928 114 — — — — 26,928 111Charity Commissioners - 111,050 493 — — — — 111,050

23,636493

Chelsea Hospital 23,086 110 — — —. — 110Chief and Under Secretary,)Dublin Castle - - •$

- — - 597,899 2,664 597.899 2,661

Census Office - 82,755 311 — — — — 82.756 311Civil Service Commissioners 292,981 1,312 — — — — 292,981 1,312Clerk of the Parliamcnts,House \of Lor ds - - -)

530.521 562 — - - - 630,521 652

Colonial Office - - ■162,171 7,092 — — — — 462,171 7,092Commander of the Forces .— — — 16,559 78 16,559 78Commissariat Department — — — — 215,343 970 215.343 970Constabulary Office — — — — 633.319 2,827 633.349 2,827Convict Prisons, Directors of - — — — — 198,586 891 198,586 891Council Office - 1,093,6.88 4,910 — — — ■— 1,093.688 1,910Court of Chancery - 49.U20 228 — — — — 48,926 228Court of Probate - • - 167,617 761 — — — — 167,617 761Crown Office - - — — 91,742 382 — — 91,742 382Crown and Hanaper — — — 3,69y 17 3,699 17Customs - 420,557 1,809 — — 61,019 286 481,576 2.095Exchequer and AuditDepartment 224,541 1,137 — — — — 224,611 1,137Foreign Office - 218.994 3,026 — — — —. 218,994 3,026Home Office 1.106,174 3.905 — — — — 1,106.174

7.867,8*43,905

Inland Kevenue - 5,494,927 19,755 506,530 2,110 1.866.377 7,960 29,825Inspector of Fisheries — — — — 128,266 590 128,266 590Insurances and Annuities 1,311 6 — — — — 1311 8

Loan Fund Board345 — — 84,544 345

Local Government Board

—. — 4,156 19 4,156 19

Lord Lieutenant and Private*)Secretary - • ->

1,427,145 5,905 —. 504,881 2,241 1,932,026 8,206

- - - 11,231 53 11,231 63

Mercantile Marine Board 63,600 281 — —. — — 63,600 281Merchant Seamen, Registrar of 467,795 2,147 — — — 467,795 2,147National Debt Office 36.4S9 162 — — — 35,489 162Ordnance Survey _ — 64,349 300 64.319 300Paymaster of Civil Services — _ — 66,172 310 66.172 310Pa vmaster General 52,839 301 — — — 52,889 301Public Record Office — 4,903 23 4,903 23Quartermaster General - — . — 63,048 295 63,048 2'J5Queen's Remembrancer - — 22,295 — — 22,295 93Register House - — — 52.970 231 — — 52,970 231Registrar General 408,405 1.491 362,500 738 548,417 2,383 1,319,322 4,602Registrar of Friendly Societies - 152,907 697 10,467 4 994 23 168,428 761Registrar Petty Sessions • — — — — 190,047 856 190,017 S56Registrar.of Trade Marks 15.386 56 —. — — 15,386 56Science and Art Department - 986,409 4,104 — — — — 986,409 4,104Solicitor General - - 14354 03 —. — — 14.854 63Stationery Offico - 67,452 2! IS ... 117,349 184,801 S12Tithe Commissioners 51,393 235 . — 51,393 235Treasury - 405,651 1,767 . — — 405.651 1,757Valuation Office 70,326 329 70.326 329War Office 3,188,814 20.168 32,553 135 143,460 670 3,361,827 20,973Woods and Forests, Comuiis. )

sioners of - . y 80,841 3B — - 80311 346

Worksand Buildings, Commis-)sioners of - - -J 132.206 556 - - - - 132,206 666

Totals - - l 9,812,598 98,021 ,134,012 3,921 6,981,372 30,730 : 7,927,932 133,572

-

50

APPENDIX 0.

Estimate based upon a Return taken during One Month of the Number

of Letters, &c. passing between the United Kingdom and Countries

Abroad from and to which Mails are received and despatched

during the Year 1881.

I.

Estimated yearly Number of Letters, 4c.received from all Countries for Delivery

in the United Kingdom.Percentage

Foreign Countries.Circulars,

Book Packets,

of totalNumber ofLetters, &c.receivedfrom allCountries.

Europe.

Letters andPost Cards. and

Newspapers.

Total.

Austro-Hungary - 452,700 240,100 692,800 11

Belgium and Luxemburg - 1,501,700 575,900 2,077,600 3-0

Denmark - 399,000 176,300 675,800 •8

France and Algeria 8,897,600 5,564,300 14,461,900 210

Germany - 6,262,800 3,587,800 9,850,600 14-3

Gibraltar and Malta 728,300 79,700 808,000 1-2

Greece ... 97,000 33,800 130,800 •2

Holland - 1,269,500 406,800 1,676,300 2-4

Italy 1,942,800 618,100 2,555,900 37

Norway - - 334,100 121,800 455,900 •7

Portugal and Azores 278,000 75,200 853,200 •5

Russia - 536,700 171,600 708,800 1-0

Spain - 772,700 434,100 1,206,800 1-7

Sweden ... 322,200 98,900 421,100•6

Switzerland 746,500 305,000 1,051,500 1-5

Turkey 135,400 42,600 178,000 •3

N.B.—Separate Mails at•e not received

Roumania o

from Bulgaria

r Servia.

, Montenegro, Persia,

Totals - 24,677,000 12,527,000 37,204,000 54

Asia.

India 1,980,300 975,200 2,955,500 4*3

Ceylon 135,200 76,400 211,600 ■a

China, Japan.Straits Settle- \

ments, &c. - - J394,200 133,400 527,600 ■8

Totals 2,509,700 1,185,000 3,694,700 5-4

51

APPENDIX O.—continued.

Foreign Countries.

Estimated yearly Number of Letters, Jtc.received from all Countries for Delivery

in the United Kingdom.

Letters andPost Cards.

Circulars,Book Packets,

andNewspapers.

Total.

Africa.

Egypt

Madeira, Cape de Verdsl

and Canary Islands - J

Cape of Good Hope and"!

Natal - - -J

Mauritius, &c.

West Coast of Africa

Ascension and St Helena -

Totals

America.

Canada, &c.

United States

Central America (British) -

Do (Foreign) 1

including Mexico J

West Indies (British)

Do. (Foreign)

Brazil ...

Argentine Confederation -

Uruguay and Paraguay

Chili

Bolivia ...

Peru

Falkland Islands -

Totals

358,500

131,700

910,900

42,600

103,400

17,600

1,564,700

*1,435,100

7,464,800

75,000

199,400

244,900

100,200

237,800

80,600

22,700

63,200

700

67,600

3,000

104,000

8,800

722,800

31,400

6,200

4,400

877,600

*1,898,200

9,512,200

56,600

76,500

95,500

23,400

68,800

36,500

7,400

21,700

25

8,400

100

462,500

140,500

1,633,700

74,000

109,600

22,000

2,442,300

•3,333,300

16,977,000

131,600

275,900

340,400

128,600

306,600

117,100

30,100

84,900

7S5

76,000

8,100

9,995,000 11,805,300 21,800,300

• Returns incomplete ; numbers approximate.

53

APPENDIX 0.—continued.

Estimated yearly Number ot Letters, 4c.received from all Countries for Delivery

in the United Kingdom.

Per-centa?a

Foreign Countries.Circulars,

Book Packets,

ot totalNumber otLetters, Acreceivedfrom allCountries.

• Letters andPost Cards.

and •

Newspapers.

Total.

Australia, &c.

Queensland 144,800 142,200 287,000•4

Victoria - 421,400 736,400 1,157,800 1-7

New South Wales - 392,300 384,200 776,500 l-l

South Australia 173,000 173,500 348,500 •5

Western Australia - 24,600 11,800 36,400•05

New Zealand 426,500 585,500 1,012,000 To

Tasmania - 38,000 32,300 70,300•1

Fiji, Sec. - 8,400 6,200 14,600 •02

Totals - 1,629,000 2,072,100 3,701,100 5-47

Grand Total 40,375,400 28,467,000 68,842,400 —

53

APPENDIX 0.—continued.

II.

Estimated yearly Number of Letters, Sc.despatched from the United Kingdom

for Delivery in all Countries.

Per-cen tage

of totalNumber of

Foreign Countries.Circulars.

Book Packets,

Letters, *c.despatched

Eueope.

Letters andPost Cards. and

Newspapers.

Total.to all

Countries.

Austro-Hungary 688,800 355,300 1,043,600 1-2

Belgium and Luxemburg - 1,727,000 731,500 2,458,500 2-8

Denmark - 450,900 164,900 615,800 •7

France and Algeria - 10,474,000 5,401,500 15,875,500 18-2

Germany - 6,514,000 3,014,100 9,528,100 10-9

Gibraltar and Malta 795,700 723,400 1,519,100 1-6

Greece - 88,300 98,300 186,600 •2

Holland - 1,445,500 560,000 2,005,500 2-3

Italy 2,384,500 1,869,000 4,253,500 4-9

Norway - 497,200 214,700 711,900 •8

Portugal and Azores 331,600 839,700 671,300 ■8

Russia 681,400 353,500 984,900 1-0

Spain ... 856,500 710,000 1,566,500 1-7

Sweden ... 445,600 227,400 673,000 •8

Switzerland 898,300 568,500 1,466,800 1-7

Turkey ... 158,500 218,500 877,000 •4

N.B. Separate Mails are not despatch

Roumania, c

;d to Bulgaria,

r Servia.

Montenegro, '. Persia,

Totals 28,387,300 15,550,300 43,937,600 50.

Asia.

India ... 2,252,800 4,617,300 6,870,100 7-9

Ceylon ... 159,500 493,600 658,100 •7

China,Japan, Straits Settle- 1

ments, &c. - - /556,300 1,241,900 1,798,200 20

Totals 2,968,600 6,352,800 9,321,400 10-6

54

APPENDIX O.—continued.

Estimated yearly Number of Letters, Ac.despatched from the United Kingdom

for Delivery in all Countries.Percentage

of totalNumber of

Foreign Countries.Circulars.

Book Packets,

Letters, Ac.despatched

Africa.

Letters andPost Cards. and

Newspapers.

Total.to all

Countries.

Egypt 562,300 585,500 1,147,800 1-3

Madeira, Cape de Verde, \

and Canary Islands - /568,700 182,000 700,700 •8

Cape of Good Hope and"!

Natal - - -J1,188,900 2,126,700 3,265,600 3-7

Mauritius, &c. 74,700 120,700 195,400 •2

West Coast of Africa 168,900 848,200 512,100 •6

Ascension and St. Helena - 17,500 24,100 41,600 •05

Totals - 2,531,000 8,332,200 5,863,200 6-65

America.•

Canada, &c. 1,421,000 1,835,800 3,256,800 3-7

United States 7,795,200 7,718,900 15,514,100 181

Central America. (British) - 85,500 147,500 283,000■3

Do. (Foreign) \

and Mexico J328,500 519,600 848,100 1-0

West Indies (British) 263,400 605,000 868,400 1-0

Do. (Foreign) - 100,500 108,500 209,000 •2

Brazil - 247,500 269,000 516,500 •6

Argentine Confederation - 104,000 135,000 239,000 ■3

Uruguay and Paraguay 50,800 86,700 187,500 •1

Chili 75,300 110,700 186,000 •a

Bolivia 1,800 3,600 5,400 •01

Peru 72,200 99,300 171,500 •9

Falkland Island's - 3,000 12,700 15,700 •OS

Totals 10,548,700 11,652,300 22,201,000 25-78

55

APPENDIX O.—continued.

Foreign Countries.

Estimated yearly Number of Letters, &c.despatched from the United Kingdom

for Delivery in all Countries.

Letters andPost Cards.

Circulars,Book Pockets,

andNewspapers.

Total.

AcSTBALIA, &C.

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Victoria

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South Australia

Western Australia -

New Zealand

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Fiji, &c. -

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156,800

436,800

373,100

178,500

24,100

436,300

41,100

9,200

1,655,900

383,600

1,219,100

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424,000

91,500

1,237,400

127,200

26,200

4,350,000

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540,400

1,655,900

1,214,100

602,500

115,600

1,673,700

168,800

35,400

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ExpenditureinrelationtoTelegraphs.

TotalCostof

TelegraphService.

1,308,454 1,440,729

£

Ratesand

ContributionsinlieuofRates

paidby Treasury.704 768

£

AuditingofTelegraph

AccountsbyExchequerand AuditDepart

ment.1,146 1,353

£

Expenditure.

Buildings. 38,663 49,851

£

Stationery. 23,911 22,362

Manufacture andIssueof

Stamps usedon

Telegrams.

1,938 710

£

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totheTele graphVote,accordingto theAppropria tionAccount.

1,242,092 1,365,685

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1

Year.

1880-81 1881-82

LONDON:PrintedbyGkohcbE.B.EyubandWilliamSvottiswootik,

1'rinterstotheQueen'smostExcellentMajesty.

KorUcrMajesty'sStationeryOffice.