Ordinary Letter Packets-- £ (a) Not exceeding 1 oz. 141,066 (b) Over 1 oz., not exceeding 4 oz. 87,536 (c) Over 4 oz. 113,356 Postcards 17,220 Halfpenny Packets 79,150 Newspaper Packets 115,858 -------- Total £554,186 ======== This division gives an advantage to the light packets as compared with the heavier packets sent by Letter Post; but, as between parcels and other packets, an advantage is given to parcels (cf. _supra_, Table E). TABLE P STORES AND MISCELLANEOUS EXPENDITURE. _Total cost_, £811,767. As between parcels and other packets respectively, this amount is assigned on the unit basis, reckoning one parcel equivalent to twelve other packets (Table D). As between the various classes of packets other than parcels, the amount is assigned on the basis of simple numbers. Ordinary Letter Packets-- £ (a) Not exceeding 1 oz 328,857 (b) Over 1 oz., not exceeding 4 oz 37,251 (c) Over 4 oz 14,779 Postcards 100,904 Halfpenny Packets 132,254 Newspaper Packets 22,610 Parcels 175,112 -------- Total £811,767 ======== This method gives an advantage to the heavy packets. TABLE Q TOTAL COST.