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foreign correspondence for the newspapers, from whatever
quarter, might be obtained on application at the
office before any delivery could be made to the general
public. The only condition required was that the
envelopes used should be of a peculiar tint,
sorting they might easily be selected.
so that in
REVENUE AND EXPENDITURE.
Revenue.
Following, as heretofore, that mode of accounting
which for the purpose of comparison it was still necessary
to retain, viz,, the one in use at the time when
penny postage was established, the results, in round
numbers, may be briefly stated thus :
The gross revenue increased from ,2,700,000 in
1854 to ,3,300,000 in 1859; but as the cost of
management increased in the same period from
,1,500,000 to somewhat more than ,1,900,000, the
increase in the net revenue was somewhat less than
"200,000.*
Expenditure : Causes of Increase.
As already shown, the chief increase in the cost of
management was referable to the following causes
increase in the staff, consequent on the great multipli-
cation of correspondence (by that time seven-fold its
original amount) ; increased salaries and allowances ;
the extension and ramification of the postal system
(already affording collection and delivery to almost
the expense of
every village in the United Kingdom) ;
* "Parliamentary Return, 1868," No. 215.