1876-77[850] 6,017,072 4,070,006 1,947,066 1877-78 6,047,312 3,990,620 2,056,692 1878-79 6,274,450 3,840,076 2,434,374 1879-80 6,558,445 4,060,758 2,497,687 1880-81[851] 6,733,427 4,135,659 2,597,768 1881-82 7,024,600 4,286,596 2,741,004 1882-83 7,300,960 4,545,398 2,755,562 1883-84 7,764,855 5,154,829 2,610,026 1884-85 7,906,406 5,317,213 2,589,193 1885-86 8,170,604 5,486,724 2,683,880 1886-87 8,471,198 5,880,141 2,591,057 1887-88 8,705,337 5,933,820 2,771,517 1888-89 9,102,776 6,062,902 3,039,874 1889-90 9,474,774 6,266,263 3,208,511 1890-91[852] 9,851,078 6,687,089 3,163,989 1891-92 10,451,998[853] 7,192,487 3,259,511 1892-93 10,600,149 7,507,645 3,092,504 1893-94 10,734,885 7,759,712 2,975,173 1894-95 11,025,460 7,955,344 3,070,116 1895-96 11,759,945 8,086,272 3,673,673 1896-87 12,146,935 8,246,356 3,900,579 1897-98 12,420,376 8,683,317 3,737,059 1898-99 13,049,317 9,190,006 3,859,311 1899-1900 13,394,335 9,683,999 3,710,336 1900-01[854] 13,995,470 10,064,903 3,930,567 1901-02 14,465,870 10,465,101 4,000,769 1902-03 15,005,262 10,819,938 4,185,324 1903-04 15,824,394 11,201,122 4,623,272 1904-05 16,274,978 11,446,279 4,828,699 1905-06 17,064,023 11,849,012 5,215,011 Est'm'd 1906-07[855] 17,361,042 12,289,787 5,071,255 [846] 1st _Rep. P. G._, 1855, p. 68. 20th _Rep. P. G._, 1874, app., p. 46. [847] Expenditure for sailing packets in 1858 was £935,883. [848] Postage ceased to be charged on government departments early in 1868. [849] 10th _Rep. P. G._, 1864, pp. 32-38; 18th _Rep. P. G._, 1872, pp. 26-27. Until 1858 revenue does not include revenue from impressed newspaper stamps nor does expenditure include cost of packet service until 1861. [850] In 1876 the beginning of the financial year of the Post Office was changed from 1st January to 1st April. [851] 27th _Rep. P. G._, 1881, app., p. 52. [852] 37th _Rep. P. G._, 1891, app., p. 64. [853] Including estimated value of services to other departments from 1891-1892 on.