Loss. Pr. ct.
by
Population.
1815 19,552,000 L1,557,291 L1,557,291
1820 20,928,000 1,479,547 1,677,000 L194,553 11.6
1825 22,362,000 1,670,209 1,789,000 118,781 6.6
1830 23,961,000 1,517,952 1,917,000 399,048 20.
1835 25,605,000 1,540,300 2,048,000 507,700 24.8

VII. Table by Mr. Hill, showing the loss of Revenue by the Post Office,
compared with the Increase of the Stage-Coach Duty.

Years. Stage Coach Postage. Post due by Loss. Pr. ct.
Duty Coach Duty.
1815 L217,671 L1,557,291 L1,557,291
1820 273,477 1,479,547 1,946,000 L466,453 24.
1825 362,631 1,670,209 2,585,000 914,781 35.
1830 418,598 1,517,952 2,990,000 1,472,048 49.
1835 498,497 1,540,300 3,550,000 2,009,700 57.

The revenue from the stage coach duty had increased 128 per cent. in
twenty years. There was no reason why the natural demand for the
conveyance of letters should not have increased at least as much as the
demand for the conveyance of persons. It was evident that the postage
revenue fell short by at least two millions which was lost by the high
rate of postage.

NEWSPAPERS.

[From Porter's Progress of the British Nation.]

Owing to the great craving of the people for information upon political
subjects during the agitation that accompanied the introduction and
passing of the bill "to amend the representation of the people," commonly
known as "The Reform Bill," a great temptation was offered for the illegal
publication of newspapers upon unstamped paper, many of which were sold in
large numbers in defiance of all the preventive efforts made by the
officers of government. The stamp duty of fourpence per sheet was
therefore taken off in 1836, leaving a stamp of 1_d_., as an equivalent
for free postage.

IX. Table showing the Number of Newspapers at different periods, and the
Revenue derived from the same.

Years. Newspapers. Revenue.
1801 16,085,085 L185,806
1811 24,421,713 298,547
1821 24,862,186 335,753
1826 27,004,802 451,676
1830 30,158,741 505,439
1831 35,198,160 483,153
1835 33,191,820 453,130
1836 35,576,056 359,826
1837 53,496,207 218,042
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