IV. All Letters and other mailable matter addressed to or sent by the Governor of this Province, or sent to or by any Public Department at the seat of Government, shall be free of Provincial Postage under such regulations as may be directed by the Governor in Council. V. All Letters and other mailable matter addressed to or sent by the Speaker or Chief Clerk of the Legislative Council or of the Legislative Assembly, or by or to any Member of either of said branches of the Legislature during any Session of the Legislature, shall be free of Provincial Postage. VI. All public documents and printed papers may be sent by the Speaker or Chief Clerk of the Legislative Council or of the Legislative Assembly, to any Member of either of the said branches of the Legislature of Canada, during the recess of Parliament, free of Postage. VII. Members of either branch of the Legislature of Canada may send during the recess of Parliament by mail, free of Postage, all papers printed by order of either branch of the Legislature of Canada. * * * * * IX. This Act shall come into effect on and after the first day of July, eighteen hundred and fifty-five. There is a bit of conflict here. The "enactment clause" of the above Act makes it operative unequivocally on July 1, 1855. Yet the Postmaster General's report, just quoted, which is supposed to be for the fiscal year ending 31st March, 1855, distinctly states that the provisions of the above Act came into effect "in July last," which would seem to be July, 1854. The Act itself is not in error, so the discrepancy must lie in the Postmaster General's report. Probably the report was written much later in the year than March 31st, as it was not presented to Parliament until the fall session, and therefore gave opportunity to refer back to happenings in July. The growth of the Department during the first four years under Provincial control is illustrated by the following table:-- Post Miles Letters Correspondence Date Offices of mailed Gross Revenue with in Routes. per the U. S. operation. week 6th April, 1851 601 7,595 41,000 £ 93,802 5th April, 1852 840 8,618 71,726 £ 71,788.18. 5 $ 85,636.97 31st Mar., 1853 1,016 9,122 81,896 £ 84,866. 6. 11-1/2 $104,966.40 31st Mar., 1854 1,166 10,027 98,350 £ 98,495. 6. 7 $129,921.67 31st Mar., 1855 1,293 11,192 116,671 £110,747.12. 9-1/2 $145,377.69