price of oats in the most important districts in Prussia should
exceed a thaler a bushel, the rate might be increased from 3 pf. to 4
pf.

[444] Cabinet Order of 5th March 1847.

[445] Law of 2nd June 1852.

[446] A similar system had been introduced in the German Postal Union in
1858. The sides of the squares were, however, 4 miles long, and were too
large for the smaller distances of the North German Union.

[447] Motiv zur Posttaxnovelle vom 4 November 1867; cited F. Haass, op.
cit. p. 100.

[448] Law of 17th May 1873.

[449] Motiv zur Posttaxnovelle vom 17 Mai 1873.

[450] Railway postal law of 20th December 1875.

[451] The parcel rate for 20 kilogrammes sent as one parcel or as four
parcels each of 5 kilogrammes in each zone would be as follows:--

----------------------+----------------+---------------
Zone. | As one Parcel. | As 4 Parcels,
| Pf. | each of 5 kg.
| | Pf.
----------------------+----------------+---------------
I (up to 10 miles) | 100 | 100
II (10-20 " ) | 200 | 200
III (20-50 " ) | 350 | 200
IV (50-100 " ) | 500 | 200
V (100-150 " ) | 650 | 200
VI (Over 150 " ) | 800 | 200
----------------------+----------------+---------------

--C. H. Hull, op. cit. p. 21.

[452] Parcels in Imperial German Postal Service (Inland):--

-----+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------
Year | Parcels not | From 1 | From 5 | Over
| exceeding 1 kg. | to 5 kg. | to 10 kg. | 10 kg.
-----+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------
| Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent. | Per cent.
1875 | 25 | 50 | 18 | 7
1880 | 20 | 61 | 17 | 4
1890 | 15 | 65 | 18 | 3
1900 | 12 | 69 | 17 | 2
-----+-----------------+-----------+-----------+-----------

--_Finanz-Archiv_,1906, vol. i. p. 89; C. H. Hull, op. cit. p. 28.

[453] Average postage per parcel (pf.):--

Zone. 1875. 1890.
Ortssendungen 26.2 26.8
I 32.3 29.7
II 62.1 57.4
III 66.5 57.4
IV 69.3 57.4