Appendix

Expenditure and Revenue Tables

TABLE I

GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT
OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
FROM MARCH 25, 1723 TO APRIL 5, 1797

Year ending	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product
	£	£	£
March 25, 1724	178,071	81,732	96,339
25	175,274	75,407	99,867
26	178,065	83,253	94,812
27	182,184	81,295	100,889
28	183,915	79,250	104,665
29	179,189	86,882	92,307
30	178,817	84,027	94,790
31	171,412	79,243	92,169
32	176,714	84,678	92,036
33	171,283	79,137	92,146
34	176,334	84,633	91,701
35	182,171	83,541	98,630
36	188,210	90,589	97,621
37	182,490	85,402	97,088
38	186,578	93,914	92,664
39	183,747	85,497	97,250
40	194,197	103,532	90,665
41	191,408	101,323	90,085
42	197,721	110,137	87,584
43	190,626	102,185	88,441
44	194,461	109,347	85,114
45	194,607	108,852	85,755
46	201,460	120,570	80,890
47	209,028	123,086	85,942
48	217,453	138,701	78,752
49	212,801	124,478	88,323
50	207,490	110,093	97,397
51	203,748	104,633	99,115
52	207,092	109,371	97,721
April 5, 53	206,666	108,518	98,148
54	214,300	116,935	97,365
55	210,663	108,648	102,015
56	238,445	144,203	94,242
57	242,478	162,629	79,849
58	222,075	148,346	73,729
59	229,879	143,784	86,095
60	230,146	146,643	83,493
61	240,497	153,808	86,689
62	233,722	155,927	77,795
63	238,999	141,166	97,833
64	225,326	109,134	116,182
65	262,496	104,925	157,571
66	265,427	103,484	161,943
67	275,230	113,286	161,944
68	278,253	112,470	165,783
69	284,914	120,154	164,760
70	285,050	128,988	156,062
71	292,782	137,239	155,543
72	309,997	144,394	165,503
73	310,126	142,940	167,176
74	313,032	148,965	164,077
75	321,943	148,755	173,188
76	318,418	150,936	167,482
77	329,921	171,346	158,575
78	347,128	209,124	137,994
79	372,817	233,569	139,248
80	387,092	250,683	136,409
81	417,634	263,477	154,157
82	393,235	275,910	117,325
83	398,624	238,999	159,625
84	420,101	223,588	196,513
85	463,753	202,344	261,409
86	471,176	185,201	285,975
87	474,347	195,748	278,599
88	509,131	212,151	296,980
89	514,538	195,928	318,610
90	533,198	202,019	331,179
91	575,079	219,080	355,999
92	585,432	218,473	366,959
93	627,592	236,084	391,508
94	691,268	260,606	430,662
95	705,319	295,822	409,497
96	657,541	191,084	466,457
97	691,616	178,266	513,350 842

TABLE II

AVERAGE YEARLY GROSS PRODUCT, EXPENDITURE, AND NET PRODUCT
OF THE POST OFFICE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM
FROM 1725 TO 1794

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

TABLE III

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

Year ending	Gross Product	Expenses	Net Product	Loss on Returned Letters843
	£	£	£	£
Jan. 5, 1804	1,429,429	416,767	956,212	56,450
5	1,466,271	420,395	983,363	62,513
6	1,648,523	457,686	1,119,429	71,408
7	1,718,187	456,968	1,185,659	75,560
8	1,711,980	468,531	1,167,425	76,024
9	1,739,855	489,469	1,173,062	77,324
10	1,855,746	519,359	1,260,822	75,565
11	1,987,404	546,460	1,365,251	75,693
12	1,960,510	540,397	1,344,109	76,004
13	2,078,879	576,885	1,422,001	79,993
14	2,209,213	616,564	1,506,064	86,585
15	2,372,429	675,548	1,598,295	98,586
16	2,418,741	704,639	1,619,196	94,906
17	2,280,209	649,129	1,537,505	93,575
18	2,186,621	665,354	1,433,871	87,396
19	2,240,553	683,680	1,467,533	89,340
20	2,191,562	586,193	1,522,640	82,729
21	2,172,875	611,187	1,465,605	96,083
22	2,122,965	645,241	1,393,465	84,259
23	2,128,926	620,977	1,428,352	79,597
24	2,154,294	596,336	1,475,167	82,791
25	2,255,238	628,829	1,540,022	86,387
26	2,367,567	636,353	1,632,267	98,947
27	2,392,271	706,640	1,589,672	95,869
28	2,278,411	706,192	1,484,164	88,095
29	2,287,961	663,775	1,544,224	79,962
30	2,265,481	675,319	1,509,347	80,815
31	2,301,431	694,254	1,517,951	89,226
32	2,321,310	658,325	1,569,038	93,947
33	2,277,274	643,464	1,531,828	101,982
34	2,294,910	636,756	1,553,425	104,729
35	2,319,979	696,387	1,513,052	110,540
36	2,353,340	678,836	1,564,458	110,046
37	2,461,806	704,768	1,645,835	111,203
38	2,462,269	698,632	1,641,106	122,531

TABLE IV

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

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

SCOTLAND

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

IRELAND

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

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