Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-OfficeLewins, William
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Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
Lewins, William
Postal service -- Great Britain
" Whitehaven Junction 364
" Allowance for probable variation of Awards or
Agreements 19,313
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405,566
The Irish Railway Service (the principal recipients being
the Great Southern and Western £30,982, Midland
and Great Western £15,208, Belfast and
Dublin Junction £5,917, Dublin and Drogheda,
£4,485) requires 86,833
The Scotch Railway Service (the principal items being the
Caledonian £28,497, the Scottish Central £13,068,
the Scottish North Eastern £12,000, and the
Great North of Scotland £7,584) requires 79,754
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Total for conveyance of Mails by Railway £564,102
APPENDIX (G).
MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES.
(_From the Estimates of 1864-5._)
--------+--------------------------------------------------+---------
_Number | |_ Amount
of | |required
Persons | | for_
| | 1864-5.
--------+--------------------------------------------------+---------
| | £
1 | Controller | 500
1 | Assistant-Controller | 300
1 | Assistant-Superintendent of Postage Stamping | 200
1 | Clerk | 120
1 | Superintendent of Printing Label-stamps | 175
1 | " Perforating " | 100
1 | Foreman of Embossing Machines, 42_s._ per week | 109
1 | Packer, at 25_s._ per week | 65
3 | Tellers, from 18_s._ to 30_s._ per week | 211
6 | Assistant-Telling Boys, from 7_s._ to 12_s._ per |
| week | 127
24 | Boys for working Machines, from 4_s._ to 12_s._ |
| per week | 433
| Allowance to the Accountant's Department for |
| keeping the Accounts, to the Receiver- |
| General's and to the Warehouse-keeper's |
| Departments | 1,050
| | ------
| Total Salaries, &c. | 3,390
| |
| Poundage to Distributors and Sub-Distributors | 4,600
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