--------------------+---------+-----------+----------+-------+---------+------ | | | | | | Cost Description of | Staff. |Conveyance.|Buildings.|Stores,| | per Packet | | | |etc. | Total. |Packet --------------------+---------+-----------+----------+-------+---------+------ Ordinary Letter | | | | | | Packets-- | £ | £ | £ | £ | £ | d. (a) Not exceeding |3,887,931| 437,734 | 141,066 |328,857|4,795,588| 0.382 1 oz | (b) Over 1oz., not | | | | | | exceeding 4 oz.| 665,845| 271,600 | 87,536 | 37,251|1,062,232| 0.747 (c) Over 4 oz. | 311,823| 351,700 | 113,356 | 14,779| 791,658| 1.404 | | | | |---------| All Letter Packets | ... | ... | ... | ... |6,649,478| 0.457 | | | | |=========| Postcards |1,189,707| 53,450 | 17,220 |100,904|1,361,281| 0.353 Halfpenny Packets |1,721,781| 245,600 | 79,150 |132,254|2,178,785| 0.432 Newspaper Packets | 419,731| 359,450 | 115,858 | 22,610| 917,649| 1.063 Parcels |2,066,642| 1,555,302 | 152,428 |175,112|3,949,484| 7.091 --------------------+---------+-----------+----------+-------+---------+------ VIII CONCLUSION In relation to the rate of postage, the traffic of the Post Office falls into two main groups: on the one hand light letters and packets approximating to that type, and on the other the heavier packets and parcels. This division corresponds with an important difference in the practical working of the Post Office service, the task of providing for the transmission of ordinary letters, hundreds of which can be conveyed by foot-messenger without difficulty, being one entirely different from that of providing for the transmission of larger packets, a few scores of which would render necessary the use of a vehicle. * * * * *