1 pound 4d.
2d. for every additional half-pound.

[467] See _supra_, pp. 129-131.

[468] 6th April, 1869; _Parl. Debates_ (_Commons_), vol. cxcv. col. 258.

"The Post Office revenue is derived mainly from the circulation of
letters which pay 1d. for half an ounce, and if they exceed half an
ounce, another 1d. The writers of those letters are not necessarily rich
people, or persons to whom the postage is a matter of indifference; they
are, in a certain sense, the helots who bear the burden of the expense
of the Department. Is it, then, not a question worth considering,
whether--supposing we accede to this request and carry 2 ounces of
printed matter for a 1/2d., for the benefit of a particular class of the
community--that might not interfere with the possibility of maintaining
the 1d. postage on letters?"--Chancellor of Exchequer in House of
Commons, 6th April 1869; _Parl. Debates_ (_Commons_), vol. cxcv. col.
254.

[469] The growth of the traffic is shown by the following table:--

Average Annual
Year. Number of Book Packets
1872-76 143,000,000
1882-86 323,000,000
1892-96 570,000,000
1900-05 811,000,000
1909-10 974,000,000
1912-13 1,079,000,000
1913-14 1,172,000,000

--_The Post Office: An Historical Summary_, London, 1911, p. 14; and
_Annual Reports of Postmaster-General_.

[470] See _First Report of the Committee on Retrenchment in the Public
Expenditure_, 1915 (Parliamentary Papers, Cd. 8067 and Cd. 8068);
_Times_ newspaper, 28th September 1915.

[471] A. Belloc, _Les Postes francaises, Recherches historiques_, Paris,
1886, p. 353.

[472] Law of 4 thermidor, an IV (22nd July 1796).

[473] P. Jaccottey, op. cit. p. 327.

[474] "Gedruckte B[:u]cher und Aemter-Rechnungen, Akzise-, Zoll-, und
Messzettel, sowie f[:u]r Stempelpapier."--_Archiv f[:u]r Post und
Telegraphie_, 1880, p. 268.

[475] This rate was, e.g., 2 groschen per pound from Berlin to Xanten or
Duisburg, 1 groschen to Hamburg, and 2 pf. to Spandau.--Ibid., p. 269.

[476] Ibid.

[477] Law of 21st December 1849.

[478] The first penalty applied also to sample packets.

[479] "Zeitungen, Journale, Preis-Courante, gedruckte Cirkularien,
Empfehlungsschreiben, Correkturbogen ohne beigef[:u]gtes Manuskript und
gedruckte Lotterie-Gewinnlisten."

[480] To include "Druckschriften, Ank[:u]ndigungen und sonstige
Anze