2 40 | 1796 72
--- | ---
138 | 283

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NAVIGATION AND CANAL BILLS.
Years of Peace. | Years of War.
1789 3 | 1793 28
1790 8 | 1794 18
1791 10 | 1795 11
1792 9 | 1796 12
-- | --
80 | 69

Money raised L2,377,200 L 7,115,100

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POST-HORSE DUTY.
Years of Peace. L | Years of War. L
1785 169,410 | 1793 191,488
1788 204,659 | 1794 202,884
1789 170,554 | 1795 196,691
1790 181,155 | 1796 204,061
-------- | -------- Increase to 1790
L725,778 | L795,124 L69,346.
Increase to 1791
1791 L198,634 4 Years to 1791 L755,002 L40,122.

[51] The above account is taken from a paper which was ordered by the
House of Commons to be printed 8th December, 1796. From the gross
produce of the year ending 5th April, 1796, there has been deducted in
that statement the sum of 36,666_l._, in consequence of the regulation
on franking, which took place on the 5th May, 1795, and was computed at
40,000_l._ per ann. To show an equal number of years, both of peace and
war, the accounts of two preceding years are given in the following
table, from a report made since Mr. Burke's death by a committee of the
House of Commons appointed to consider the claims of Mr. Palmer, the
late Comptroller-General; and for still greater satisfaction, the number
of letters, inwards and outwards, have been added, except for the year
1790-1791. The letter-book for that year is not to be found.

POST-OFFICE.
| Number of Letters.
Gross Revenue |--------------------------------
L | Inwards. | Outwards.
April, 1790-1791 575,079 | -------- | ---------
1791-1792 585,432 | 6,391,149 | 5,081,344
1792-1793 627,592 | 6,584,867 | 5,041,137
1793-1794 691,268 | 7,094,777 | 6,537,234