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THIRTY-THIRD REPORT
OF
THE POSTMASTER GENERAL
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LONDON:
PRINTED FOR HER MAJESTY'S STATIONERY OFFICE,
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ON
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CONTENTS.
Inland Service :— Pace
Number of Letters, kc. delivered - - - - - - 1
Registered Letters - - - - - - - -1
Number of Post Offices - - - - - - - 1
New Buildings - 1
Staff 2
Conduct .........2
New Stamps - - - ... . -2
New Mails .........2
Parcel Post ......... 2
Foreign and Colonial Posts - - . - . . -4
Returned Letters .-......-5
Carious Incidents ..-..----5
Post Office Savings Bank - - - • - - - - 5
Government Stock Investments - - - - - - -6
Post Office Annuities and Life Insurance - - • - • - 6
Money Orders - - - - - - - - ' - 7
Postal Orders ......... 7
Telegraphs ........ - - 8
ReTenue and Expenditure ... .... 9
126. 8.0. 10517. Wt. 14038. 9/87. B & 9.
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CONTENTS OF APPENDIX.
Appendix A. : Page
Estimated Number of Letters, &c, delivered in the United Kingdom - 11-13
Ditto Parcels, delivered in the United Kingdom - - 14
Number of Foreign and Colonial Parcels despatched and received - 15
Number of Insured Parcels and Registered Letters . - - - 16
Estimated Number of Letters passing between the United Kingdom and
Foreign Countries - ...... 17-18
Appendix B. :
Number of Letters registered in the United Kingdom in each of the last
ten years - - - - - - - - - 19
Appendix C. :—
Number of Mails daily between London and other Post Towns in England
and WaleB ......... 20
Appendix D. :
Contracts for Home Packet Service ------ 21-23
Appendix E. :—
Staff of Officers ........ 24-28
Appendix F. :—
Number of Letters, Post Cards, Book Packets, and Newspapers received
in the Returned Letter Offices in the years 1885-86 and 1886-87 - 29-30
Appendix 6. :—
Contracts for Foreign and Colonial Packet Service .... 32-33
Appendix H. :—
Number of Telegrams forwarded in each year, beginning with the year
1870-71 - - - - - - - - ' - 34
Number of Telegrams forwarded in each month of the years 1885-86 and
1886-87 ... S5
Appendix I. :—
Value of Telegraph Work performed for other Government Departments
during the last Ten years - - - - - - - 36
Appendix J. :—
Post Office Savings Bank. Extracts from the Controller's Report ■ 37-40
Progress during the last Ten years - - - - - - 41
Investments in Government Stock - - - - - - 42
Life Insurance and Annuity Business in each of the last Ten years - 43
Number and Amount of Contracts entered into from the commencement
in 1865 to 31st December 1885, and contracts in existence on that date - 44
Balance Sheet for 1886 - . » - - - - - 45-46
Appendix K. :—
Money Orders :
Progress of Money Order Business in the last Ten years - - 47
Number and Amount of Inland Money Orders in the last Ten years • 48
Number and Amount of Colonial Money Orders in the last Ten years - 49
Number and Amount of Foreign Money Orders in the last Ten years - 50
Amount of Money Order transactions with the various Colonies in the
last Ten years - - - - - - - - 51
Amount of Money Order transactions with the various Foreign Countries
in the lait Ten years ....... 52-53
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Page
Appendix L. :—
Number and Amount of Postal Orders issued from lBt January 1881 to 31st
March 1887......... 54
Appendix M :—
Weight of Correspondence carried and Value of Postal Service performed
for Public Offices in the year ended 31st March 1887 - - - 55-56
Appendix N. :—
Private Wires :
Increase in Number of Contracts. &c. and increase in Amount of Rentals
in the last Ten years - - - - - -57
Appendix O. :—
Inland Revenue Licenses ; Number and Description of Licenses issued by
the Post Office in the last Ten years ..... 58-59
Appendix P. :—
Expenditure in relation to Postage, Money Orders, and Postal Orders
in the last Ten Years - - - - - - - 60
Appendix Q. :—
Gross and Net Revenue from Postage, Money Orders, and Postal Orders in
the last Ten Years ........ 61
Appendix R. :—
Gross and Net Revenue from the Telegraph Service in the last Ten years - 62
Appendix S. :—
Expenditure in relation to Telegraphs - - - - - 63
Appendix T. :—
Cumulative Account, showing the fluctuations in Telegraph Stores, lus. - 64 65
THIBTY-THIBD ANNUAL BEPOBT.
TO THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORDS COMMIS
SIONERS OF HER MAJESTY'S TREASURY.
My Lords,
I have the honour to submit to your Lordships the
Thirty-third Annual Report on the Post Office, being the Report
for the year ended the 31st of March, 1887.
In this document considerable information will be found as to
the results, during the first complete year, of the New Telegraph
Rates, decided upon by Parliament in 1883 and introduced in
1885, and also as to the condition of the Parcel Post, in regard to
which extensive changes were made on the 1st of May, 1886.
Two important subjects have occupied special attention, viz. :—
the Purchase of New Sites for the erection of additional Buildings,
and the preparation for various New Ocean Mail Contracts,
consequent upon the termination of existing Contracts in 1888.
The following table shows the estimated number of letters, &c.
delivered in the United Kingdom during the twelve months ended
the 31st of March :—
— Numberestimated.
Increaseper cent.
Averagenumber to each
Person.
letters 1,459,900,000180,100,000308,900,000151,200,000
4.05.17.82.4
40SPostCards - - - -
Boot Packets and CircularsA'erapapers - - - -
104
Total - - - -
Grand Total - - -
2,160,100,000 4.6 59
32,860,000 24.3 9
2,192.960,000 4.9 60
Of the total number of letters, &c. delivered about 84 per cent,
were delivered in England and Wales, (28 per cent, being
delivered in the London Postal district alone), 9'0 per cent, in
Scotland, and 6'0 per cent, in Ireland.
The number of registered letters was 10,779,555, a decrease of
3d per cent. This continued decrease is owing mainly, no doubt,
to the extended use of Postal Orders for purposes of remittance.
New Post Offices have been opened in 386 places, and about New Offices.
761 letter boxes have been added, making the total number of
receptacles 35,380, of which 17,191 are Post Offices.
Great progress has been made with the purchase of the sites to
be acquired under the provisions of the Acts 48 and 49 Vic. C. 45,
passed in the year 1885, and 49 and 50 Vic, C. 51, passed in 1886.
Including purchases made independently of these Acts, a total area
of nearly two acres has been purchased in London, at a cost
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(including compensation) of 350,000/. and seven sites in the
country at a cost of about 77,000/. The total amount therefore
expended under the head of sites, on Postal, Savings Bank, and
Telegraph account was 427,000/. The expenditure by the Office
of Works on Post Office Buildings was about 109,000/. Thus it
will be seen that not less than 536,000/. has been spent in one
year in order to provide necessary accommodation.
There still remain lands to be acquired, under the provisions
of the Acts quoted, in London, Birmingham, and Newcastle-on-
Tyne ; while further space is wanted in other Provincial Towns,
which probably can be obtained without having recourse to
legislation.
New Crown Post Offices have been completed and opened at
Carnforth, Galway, Guildford, Manchester (2nd portion), Oban,
Richmond (Surrey), Rugby, Stroud, Truro, Warwick, Windsor,
and Wisbech.
Staff. The total number of Officers on the permanent establishment of
the Department is about 54,800 ; the number added during the
year having been 3,356. The number of women included in this
total is 3,767, employed as follows :—
As Clerks in the Central Establishments
in London, Dublin, and Edinburgh - 750
As Telegraphists, Counter-women, Sorters,
&c, throughout the kingdom - - 3,017
Besides the foregoing there are, it is estimated, about 47,000
persons, of whom about 15,800 are females, employed by Post
masters and Receivers, throughout the country to aid in carrying
on the business of the Department. Most of these persons have
private occupations and are employed on postal duty for only
a part of the day.
The list of retired Officers in receipt of pensions shows a total
of 3356, whose pensions amount to 176,164/.
The conduct and health of the staff generally continues good.
New Postage A new series of Postage and Revenue Stamps, adopted by Her
Stamps. Majesty's Government on a report made by a Committee, com
posed of Representatives of the Post Office and Inland Revenue
Departments, was issued on the 1st of January, 188f, and it is
believed that the change effected will afford greater security to
the public.
New Mails. Under new Contracts an acceleration has been effected in the
Down Night Mail Service to Oban during the summer, and to
Stranraer, and also in the Night Mail Services to Keighley and
Skipton ; while the Oban and Lochboisdale Packet Service has
been extended to Lochmaddy. In Ireland, a Night Mail train has
been substituted for the mail car between Omagh and Enniskillen
at an additional cost of 100/. a year, and, under a new Contract
with the Waterford and Limerick Railway Company, an improved
Day Mail Service will be afforded to Cahir, Carrick, Clonmel, and
Tipperary, at a cost of 2,000/. a-year.
The use of Electric Bells in the Railway Travelling Post Offices
for the purpose of indicating when the Mail Bag Exchanging
Apparatus is in working position, has been introduced with great
advantage, and the system will shortly be extended to all the
Travelling Post Offices.
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In the Parcel Post Service, the reduction of the rates, the Parcel Post,
extension of the weights and the scheme of Insurance introduced
on the 1st of May 1880, have had a marked effect on the business.
The total number of parcels posted during the year was 32,860,154,
an increase of upwards of 24 per cent, on the previous year,
apportioned thus:—England and Wales 27,237,000; Scotland
3,430,000; Ireland 2,193,000.
The subjoined Table gives a comparison between the business
conducted in 1884-5, 1885-6, and 1886-7 :—
Postage.Average Postage
per Parcel.
Number 55 percent, onRailwayborneParcelspaid toRailwayCompanies.
Tear. of
Parcels. Gross
Amount.
Post
Office
Share.
Gross.
Post
Office
Share.
£ £ £ d. d.
18M-5
18S5-6
Bail-way borne andRoad borne.
22,910,040
26,417397
508,247
501,915
256,572
208,948
251,675
292,997
5-32
5-38
2-63
2-66
1836-7 32,860,154 710,112 368354 360,858 5-25 2-64
The delivery of parcels in London by hand carts instead of by
vans, has been much extended, and is attended with a consider
able saving of expense without any loss of efficiency. The Parcel
Post is much used for the transmission of fruit and flowers, and
numerous parcels are despatched from the Scilly Islands by market
gardeners, to Covent Garden Market, where they arrive in time
for delivery before 8 o'clock in the morning. Upwards of 14,000
parcels containing primroses reached London on the 18th and
Wthof April.
The Parcel Post has been extended to over 55 Colonies and
Foreign Countries, the recent additions including British Honduras,
Canada, Italy, Luxemburg, Newfoundland, Smyrna, Tasmania,
Zanzibar, and Western Australia ; and I am glad to state that France
has at length consented to enter into a Parcel Post Convention.
The development of the Parcel Post between this Country and
Canada, Victoria, and the Cape Colony, and the prompt delivery
of parcels, has been much facilitated by recent modifica
tions in the Customs Regulations in force in those Colonies.
The total number of Parcels despatched to the Colonies and
Foreign Countries during the year was 242,864, and the number
received was 150,656. The largest number were transmitted
between this Country and Germany, India, and Belgium ; the
numbers being as follows:—Germany, despatched to 82,400, received
from 62,200 ; India, despatched to 46,000, received from 37,700 ;
Belgium, despatched to 14,000, received from 6,900.
A system was commenced on the 1st of May 1886, for the
insurance and compensation in case of loss or damage, of
Registered Letters and of Parcels, for fees of one penny or two-
jtence each, and up to the 31st of March last, 105,677 Registered
letters had been insured, the fees amounting to 650^. 10s. Id., and
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Foreign and
Colonial
New
Contracts.
264,741 Parcels, the fees on which amounted to 1,311/. 5s. Gd. ;
while the amounts paid in compensation were, for Registered
Insured Letters, 13/. 13s. 6d. ; Insured Parcels, 140/. 3s. 3id. The
work in connection with this service being interwoven with the
other Postal work, the extra expense involved cannot be stated.
A new contract has been entered into between the Post
Office and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Com
pany for the Mail Service between the United Kingdom and India
and China, to come into force on the 1st of February 1888. The
Mails will be carried by steamer through the Suez Canal instead
of by railway across Egypt, as heretofore, thus avoiding the com
plications and delays which have always occurred at periods when
quarantine has been imposed either by Egypt or by Italy, and also
saving £12,000 a year on the present cost of the land transit. The
rate of speed at sea will be increased from Suez to Bombay from
11 knots to 12.54 knots an hour, and on the China line from 10.50
knots to 11.20 knots an hour, shortening the time of transit
between London and Bombay by one day on the outward and
thirty-one hours on the homeward journey, and the time between
London and Shanghai by thirty-two hours on the outward and
forty-three hours on the homeward journey. The subsidy to be
paid is 265,000/. per annum, as contrasted with 360,000/. paid for
an inferior service under the old contract, thus with the saving of
the land transit through Egypt the total cost will be reduced by
£107,000 a year. Under the conditions of the Contract power to
purchase or charter the Companies' Vessels, upon terms to be
settled hereafter, is reserved to Her Majesty's Government in case
the public interest should render it desirable.
A contract has also been made with the Quebec Steam Ship
Company for the conveyance of Mails between New York and
Bermuda, once a fortnight in each direction, for the nominal pay
ment of 300/. a year.
A third Daily Mail Service between Dover and Ostend has
been established by the Belgian Post Office, without any addition
to the contribution hitherto paid by this Department towards the
cost of maintaining the two services already existing.
On the 30th November 1886, the Agreement between the Post
Office and the Cunard, Inman, and White Star Companies for the
conveyance of Mails to the United States of America terminated.
In reply to a circular inviting tenders from various British
Shipping Companies, the Cunard and White Star Companies made
an offer to convey mails only twice a week via Queenstown. This
tender, which was so framed as to preclude the public from obtain
ing the advantage of having mails carried to New York by the fast
vessels of any other line, as well as a subsequent offer from the
same Companies, including a third service by slower vessels going
to Boston, was declined ; and thereupon a temporary arrangement
was made with the Inman, Guion, and North German Lloyd
Companies for three services a week, two of them being via
Queenstown. The duration of this arrangement was limited to
three months. At the expiration of that period an Agreement was
made with the Cunard and White Star Companies for two services
a week to New York via Queenstown at a reduced rate of payment;
the Post Office reserving to itself the right, not only to send letters
specially superscribed to go by particular ships of outside lines,
but also to send by the regular vessels of the Inman Line via
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Queenstown, or of the North German Lloyd via Southampton, all
correspondence addressed in general terms " by Inman Line " or
" by German Line." In connexion with the last-named Agree
ment, the Board of Admiralty was enabled to come to arrange
ments with the Mail Contractors for securing, in time of need,
certain of their fast ships as armed cruizers for a moderate annual
payment charged upon the Navy Votes.
The number of letters, post cards, book packets, newspapers, Returned
parcels, &c, received in the Returned Letter Offices was 14,215,900, Letters,
an increase of upwards of 9 per cent. Of this number 447,828
were nnreturnable, 178,683 were registered or contained enclosures
of value, and 27,928 were wholly unaddressed. Of these letters
posted without any address 1,628 contained money and cheques,
&c, amounting to 4,6042. It is remarkable that the number of
book packets received in the Returned Letter Offices was 937,046
ibove the number in the previous year.
A somewhat curious occurrence happened in a Gloucestershire Carious
Post Office, in consequence of leakage from a tin of essence of Incidents,
lemon, sent by Parcel Post. A swarm of bees, attracted by the
syrup, entered the office by a window and settled on the spot
where the essence was spilt, and although prompt efforts were
made to eject them, they continued to frequent the office for a
fortnight.
At another office a packet of live mice was stopped, as contrary
to regulation, and the addressee, on being communicated with,
took a journey of upwards of forty miles to obtain the mice.
The Post Office Savings Bank, which commenced operations on Post Office
the 16th of September 1861, completed a quarter of a century's Savin68 Ba
work in September last. On the 31st of December 1862 (the end
of the first complete year) the total amount, inclusive of interest,
standing to the credit of Depositors was 1,698,2212. On the 31st
of December laBt it was 50,874,3382.—a result which proves the value
attached by the public to this institution. The increase over the
year 1885 was 3,176,5002. In addition to this the balance of
Oovemment Stock held by 35,305 Depositors at the close of the year
*33 2,896,9412., being an increase of 444,6892. over the previous year,
making the total sum due to Depositors 53,771,2792., distributed
over 3,731,421 separate accounts. The deposits were 6,562,395 in
number, amounting to 15,696,8522., as compared with 6,474,484 in
number, amounting to 15,034,6942. in 1885 ; and the withdrawals
numbered 2,390,655, amounting to 13,689,9432., as compared with
2,280,062, amounting to 13,202,7422. in 1885. The sum credited to
Depositors for interest was 1,169,5902., an increase of 77,4782. over
the previous year.
The number of new Post Office Savings Bank Offices opened
during the year was 245, of which 196 were in England and
Wales ; 27 in Scotland ; and 22 in Ireland. The total number
on the 31st of December was 8,351.
The greatest number of deposits made in one day was 50,547,
on the 30th of January, amounting to 116,5532. ; but the largest
amount deposited in one day was 125,5942., which was deposited
by 34,301 persons on the 1st of January.
The greatest number of withdrawals in one day was 21,665,
amounting to 64,4402., on the 21st of December ; but the largest
amount withdrawn in one day was 68,0462., which was withdrawn
by 11,933 persons on the 14th of December.
G
Investments
in Govern
ment Stock.
The daily average number of deposits was 21,445, and the
amount 51,296?. ; and of withdrawals 7,812, amounting to 44,738?.
The average amount of each deposit was 21. 7s. 10d., and of
each withdrawal, 51. 14s. Gd.
The number of new accounts opened during the year was
758,270, as compared with 750,862 in 1885, and the accounts
closed were 562,499, as compared with 548,887.
The 3,731,421 accounts remaining open at the end of the year
were distributed as follow :—
Life
Insurances
and Annuities
Proportion
to
Average
Balance due
to each
Depositor.
— Number.
Population.
£ s. d.
13 12 11England and Wales 3,452,355 lto8
Scotland 131,873 1 to 30 8 0 0
Ireland - - - - 147,193 lto 33 18 7 3
The Government Stock investments were 16,563 in number, and
the Stock purchased was 841,121/. in amount, as compared with
17,133 investments and 859,050/. Stock purchased in 1885, being a
decrease of 570 in number, and 17,929/. in amount of Stock ; while
the sides numbered 8,918, amounting to 389,965/. Stock, as com
pared with7,443 sales, amounting to 326,445/. in 1885 ; an increase
of 1,475 in number, and 63,520/. in amount. The number of
Stock Certificates obtained was 59, representing 7,300/. Stock, as
compared with 68, representing 6,900/. Stock, in 1885.
The average amount of Stock held by each Depositor was
82/. Is. Id. as compared with 80/. 2s. lid. in 1885. The invest
ments in the 2f and 2^ Per Cent. Stocks, which were always very
few in number, are still diminishing, and the delay which occurs
in selling both these descriptions of Stock, owing to the scarcity of
purchasers, often gives rise to complaint.
The Government Life Insurance and Annuity Business shows
slight increase. The Life Insurance Contracts granted were
506 in number, and 34,188/. in amount, as compared with 457
Contracts for 34,768/. in the year 1885. The Immediate
Annuities purchased (exclusive of those purchased by the Board
of Trade for aged Merchant Seamen) were 718 in number, and
17,031/. in amount, as compared with 611 Annuities, amounting to
14,979/. in 1885. The number of Deferred Annuities was 87,
amounting to 1,772/., as against 103 Deferred Annuities, amounting
to 1,694/., granted in 1885. The Board of Trade purchased 105
Annuities for 357/., as compared with 114 for 388/. in the previous
year.
The following table shows the number of contracts in existence
on the 31st of December 1886 :—
Immediate Annuities. Deferred Annuities. Life Insurances.
9.691 857 5.485
Further particulars as to the business of the Post Office Savings Bank will be
found in Appendix "J.," pp. 37 to 16.
—
In the last Annual Report reference was made to a proposal, then Money Order*,
about to be made to your Lordships, to modify the rates of
Commission on Inland Money Orders. This modification was
sanctioned, and came into operation on the 1st of September last.
The former Scale of Commission comprised eleven denominations,
■with charges varying from 2d. for an Order not exceeding 10s., to
k for an Order not exceeding 10?. The present scale has only
fire denominations, which range from 2d. for an order not exceed
ing 1/., to 6d. for an order not exceeding 10/., thus reducing the
maximum charge from Is. to 6d. The result has proved most
satisfactory, as, instead of the usual large annual decrease, both in
the amount and number of inland orders, there was an increase
last year of 287,363?. in amount, as compared with a falling-off of
1,561,354/. in the year 1885-6, and the decrease in the number of
orders was only 595,731, as compared with a decrease of 1,599,834
in the previous year. These figures show that the public
appreciate the increased facilities afforded, and justify the
expectation that the business will soon exhibit a yearly increase
both in the number and amount of Orders.
The total number of Inland Orders was 9,762,562, and the total
amount 22,262,708/., as compared with 10,358,293 Orders,
amounting to 21,975,345/., in the year 1885-6.
The transactions with the Colonies and with Foreign Countries
increase steadily every year, the increase last year in these classes
of orders having been over 90,000 in number, and upwards of
254,000/. in amount.
The Postal Order business also increases steadily. The amount Po8tal Orders,
of money transmitted by the publis in this manner was 12,959,000/.,
or 2,169,000/. more than in the year before. The 5s., the 10s., and
the 20s., Orders continue to be the most popular, and are found
to be in number about half of the total of 31,608,711 Orders.
Taking the Money Order business and the Postal Order business
together, it appears that in the course of the year the public
hwe occasion to transmit within the limits of the United
Kingdom, by these means, small sums amounting in the aggregate
(o over 35,000,000/.
The subjoined table shows briefly the Post Office Receipts as Table of
compared with the Net Expenditure, and also the Expenditure fof
incurred by other Departments for the Post Office, during the seven years,
last seven years :—
Expenditure.
Tear. Heeelpts. Chanted toPost OfficeAccount.
By otherDepartmentson behalX
Total. Balance.
of thePost Office.
1980-1
1*0-4
6.733,4277,027.6007,300.0607,7643557.906.4068.170,6048.471.1HH
£3,887.7924,014.8854,245,7904,879.2855,104,3355.250,0295,6rt2,145
£247,867271,711299,608275,544212,878238,695217,996
£4,135,659436.5904,545^985,1543295,317.2135,486,7245,880,141
£2,597,7682,741,0042,755.5622,610.0262.589,1932,683.8802,591,057
£
ivu-r,
1888-7
The first complete financial year during which the reduced
rates for Inland Telegrams were in operation expired on the Telegraphs.
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31st of March, and it is interesting to note the effect upon the
number of messages and upon the revenue.
Separating the ordinary inland messages sent in that period from
Railway, Press, Official, and Foreign Telegrams, which are not
affected by the reduced rate, and of which there were over 10
millions, it appears that the number of messages despatched was
40,137,175 in 1886-7, compared with a total of 30,087,869 in 1885-6,
and that the revenue produced was 1,354,879Z. as compared with
1,277,606Z. in the previous year, showing a growth of over 10
millions, or 33 per cent, in the number of messages, and over
77,000£. or 6 per cent., in the revenue.
This comparison however is not strictly fair, as the year 1885-6
contained six months at the Is. rate. A more accurate comparison
may be afforded by taking the last six months of 1885-6, and
the corresponding six months of 1886-7, thus—
Last biz monthsNumber ofMessages.
Increaseper Cent.
Amount.Increaseper Cent
£
1886-7 - 19,071,782
16,737,837
-641,709
566,0391385-6 - - -
Increase 2,333,745 14 75,670 13*
The London Local Messages alone show an increase of 50 per
cent., the total number being about 3,800,000.
Your Lordships are aware that, notwithstanding the rapid and
satisfactory growth of the Telegraph business, the expenses of the
service far exceed the receipts, and the deficit, after including
the interest payable for the capital borrowed, amounted to 469,840£.
The following table gives a comparison of figures for seven
years, which brings out in a convenient form the expenditure by.
this Department, and also the.amounts paid by other Departments
on account of the Telegraph Service, and also shows the deficit on
each year :—
EXPENDITURE. Annual
Tear. Receipts. By TelegraphDepartment
Charged to PostOffine.
Total.Interest
Deficit.By Other
Departments.on
Capital.
£ £ £ £ £ £
1880-1 1,633,887 1,242,092 66362 1308,454 326,417 984
1881-2 1,654390 1,365,632 74,866 1,440,408 326,417 112,525
1882-3 1,768,070 1,504,204 79,673 1,583,877 326,417 112,224
1883-1 1,789,223 1,709,644 99,276 1,808,920 326,417 346,114
18T4-S 1,784,414 1,731,040 89,724 1,820,764 326,417 382,767
18(5-6 1,787,264 1,733,104 99,297 1332,401 326,417 371,554
1886-7 1387,224 1,939,768 90,879 2,030347 326,417 469,840
9
New Telegraph Offices have been opened at 232 Post Offices
throughout the United Kingdom, and, including 1,542 Railway
Station Offices, there are now 6,514 public Telegraph Offices.
k new line from London to Nevin, on the Coast of Wales, 263
miles long, and a Cable from thence to Ireland, have been opened :
the tool cost of construction being 40,700?.
Copper wire of the weight of 150 lbs. per mile has been used
rir£ marked success, as by this means a rate of 450 words a
minute has been attained, as compared to a rate of 350 words a
minute on iron wire, the highest previously recorded on any line.
The use of copper wire is likely to be advantageous, as enabling
a greater amount of work to be got out of the plant, and as possibly
avoiding the necessity of costly relay stations.
On the 26th of December, 1886 the most serious and widely
spread snowstorm that has ever been experienced in this country,
as regards damage done to telegraphs, occurred. On the morning
of that day only seven provincial circuits were workable from
the Chief Office in London. All the Branch Offices in London,
served by overhead wires, were cut off from communication.
Fortunately, however, there were 315 Offices in London served
by underground wires, which remained undisturbed. The work
of repairing the damage throughout the country was retarded by
the recurrence of severe weather and occupied a considerable
time; but the inconvenience to the public was very shortly
reduced to a minimum as the multiplication of cross-country
circuits in recent years enabled communication to be established
with various Towns by devious and eccentric routes, and the use
of fast speed apparatus made it possible to obtain from a few wires
the normal work of many.
The gross revenue for the year, including Savings Bank Revenue and
business, was 10,715,9782., arrived at thus :— Expenditure.
Postage on letters, parcels, postcards, £ £
newspapers, &c. .... 8,186,519
Commission on Money Orders - 142,290
Commission on Postal Orders - - 139,389
Falue of Unclaimed Money Orders - 3,000
284,679
Savings Bank .... 357,556
Revenue from Telegraphs - - - 1,887,224
The estimated expenditure, including 10,715,978
expenses incurred by other Depart
ments, -was :—
For Postal Service, including Money
Order and Postal Order busi
ness - - - - 5,253,336
„ Packet Service - - 626,805
„ Savings Bank - - - 290,555
„ Telegraph Service* - - 2,030,647
8,201,343
The net revenue was, therefore - - 2,514,635
oeing a decrease of 194,247Z. on the previous year.
• The annual interest on the capital sum of 10,880,571!. raised by the Government
for the purchase of the Telegraphs. smoxinting to 326,417/., ia not borne on the PostOfflc* Vote*.
1(1
Comparing these figures with those of the previous year we find
the following results :—
Revenue : £
Postage on letters, parcels, &c. - - increase 299,621
Commission on Money Orders and Postal
Orders, and value of Unclaimed Orders - „ 973
Savings Bank - - - - „ 36,546
Telegraphs -----„ 99,973
Expenditure :
Postal Service, including Money Order
and Postal Order business and expenses
incurred by other Departments - - increase 424,813
Packet Service ....decrease 31,396
Savings Bank .... increase 34,154
Telegraph Service - - - - 203,789
I have the honour to be,
My Lords,
Your Lordships' obedient humble servant,
HENRY CECIL RAIKES.
General Post Office,
29th August 1887-
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Post Cards, Book Packets, and Newspapers.
Estimated Number of Post Cards delivered in the United Kingdom in each
of the last Ten Years, and the Increase per Cent, per Annum.
1 6<ir.
England and Wales.
Increase
Scotland.
Increase
Ireland.
Increase:
Unitod Kingdom.
Increase
per per per perNumber. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent.
per per per perAnnum. Annum. Annum. Annum.
1870 78.400,000 6H 0.000.000 4-7 4,000.000 ?o H2.000.000 6-71877-8 80,100,01 K> 0-7 11,100,000 14-8 5.1IXI.IX10 4-8 102.300,000 10-0
1878-9 94,500.000 9-8 11,600.000 48 5,400,000 5t1 111.500,000 9-018711-80 96.000.mi0 3D 12,300.000 5-9 5,500,01X1 3'0 11 4,41X1,000 27188IKS1 los.rioo.ooo 71 13.100,000 91 8.000.000 8-5 122,01X1.000 7'41881-82 114300.000 104 11,700,000 9-3 6,400,000 6-9 135.400,000 1011882-83 121 .200.000 61 15,500.000 61 7,200,000 125 143,1100,000 6418(0-84 128,600.000 6-0 17.400,000 »3 7,000.000 5-4 153,600.000 6-61884-85 13-I.100.IXX1 4 3 18,400.000 5-5 7,1X10.000 31 160,400,000 441883-80 143,700,000 7-2 19,500.000 64 8,100,000 2D 171,300,1X10 6-91880-87 151,300,000 5-3 20,400,000 46 8,400,000 33 180,100,000 51
Estimated Number of Book Packets and Circulars delivered in the United
Kingdom in each of the last Ten Years, and the Increase per Cent,
per Annum.
Year.
England and Wales.
Increase
Scotland.
Increase
Ireland.
Increase
United Kingdom.
Increase
per perNumber.
perNumber.
per
Number. Cunt. Number. Cent. Cent, Cent
per per per perAnnum. Annum. Annum. Annum.
1876 116.400,000 9-8 18.400.000 167 9.000.000 173.800,000 9-41877-8 i:>7,700.000 77 21.300,000 16-2 10,31X1,000 14-5 1811,300,000 8H
1878-9 104,800.000 4-3 2 1.300.01 Kl — 11.000,000 67 197,100.000 411879-80 180.500,000 96 22.KXI.IXX) 38 11.300.000 2-9 213.900.000 8-61880-81 204,000,000 13-0 24.i;0O,OOO 9o 12.100,000 74 240.300.000 12-31881-82 22S1,000,(XX1 123 27.900.01X1 15-0 14,200,0011 16-9 271.IXXI.OOO 12'81882-83 244,700,000 6'H 28,000,000 37 14,600,000 3-1 288,200,000 6-3
dee.1883-81 249.300,000 1-9 31,400.000 7-8 13,900,000 4-9 294,600,000 22,
1881-8". 2011.400,000 81 34.500,000 10-0 15.500,000inc.18-9 330.400,000 8-8
1885-80 288,500.000 71 35.900,000 4-2 17,800.000 7-7 342,200.000 6-81886-87 312,000,000 8'1 38,700,000 77 18,200,000 2'3 368,900,000 7-8
Estimated Numbers of Newspapers delivered in the United Kingdom in
each of the last Ten Years, and the Increase per Cent, per Annum.
England and Wales.
Increase
Scotland.
Increase
Ireland.
Inereasc-
United Kingdom.
Increase
per per per per
Number. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent. Number. Cent.
per per per per
Annum. Annum. Annum. Annum.
1878 95,500,000 2 '2 14.400.000 43 15.200.000 9-3 125,100.000 3-3
1877-78 98.200.000 29 14,000.000 31 15.400,000 1-7 128.500,01X1 37
1878-79 lfl0.400,(XX) 2'2 14.50(1,000 — 16,01 Hi.noo 36 130,900,000 1-8
1879-80 100.300.000 — 11.600.000 •6 15.600.IXX1 — 130,500.000
1880-81 102,800,000 24 15,100.000 3-8 15,900.000 IS 133.WlO.IXX1 2-5
1881-32 108,700,000 5-7 15.500.000 2-4 16.700.000 4-7 140.9flfl.fl00 5-2
1882-83 108.600.000 — 15.800.000 20 10.2OO.IXX) — 140.600,000
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dee.1886-37 117,800,000 30 17.000,000 33 16.400,000 — 151.200,000 2-4
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APPENDIX A.—continued.
Statement of the Number of Foreign and Colonial Parcels
despatched and received during the year ended the 31st MARCH
1887.
Conntry.
Date ofEstablishment
of PostDespatched.
Number of Parcels.
Received. Total.
Aden - 1 July 1885 821 784 1,805
Antigua - 1 Jan. 1886 661 187 848
Ascension - - - 1 July 1886 308 22 230
Austria - - - - 30 June 1886 3,060 3,171 6.231
Barbados - 1 April 1886 2,126 608 2,734
Belgium — 1 Jan. 1886 14,161 6,925 21,086
British Guiana - - - 1 Jan. 1886 2,520 903 3.423
British Honduras 1 March 1887 6 — «
Canada, Dominion of 1 Aug. 1886 . 10,543 3,217 13,760
Cape Colony - 1 Dec 1885 7,918 3,296 11.214
Ceylon - 1 Nov. 1885 4,233 2,553 6,786
Constantinople 1 Jan. 1886 1350 126 1,476
Cyprus - - - - 1 Jan. 1886 870 268 1,138
Dominica ... 1 Jan. 1886 307 71 378
Egypt - 1 July 1885 7,975 3,100 11,075
Germany ... 1 Jan. 1886 82,482 62,261 144,743
Gibraltar ... 1 July 1885 4,678 2,010 0.688
Grenada - 1 Oct 1885 524 137 661
Holland ... 1 April 1886 12,407 8.734 21,111
Hong Kong - 1 Oct 1885 3,869 3,271 7,140
India - 1 July 1885 46,045 37,782 83^27
Jamaica - 1 Oct 1885 3.736 900 4,636
Labuan ... - 1 Dec. 1885 27 10 37
Malta ... - 1 Aug. IKS.". 6.733 3,255 9,988
Montserrat - 1 Jan. 1886 172 51 223
Nevis - - - - 1 Jan. 1886 67 8 75
Newfoundland 1 Sept. 1886 627 127 754
New South Wales 1 June 1886 5,892 1,792 7,684
Norway - 1 April 1SHG 2.557 904 3,461
Penang - - - - 1 Oct, 1885 774 283 1.057
St. Helena - 1 April 1886 444 123 507
St. Kitts- - 1 Jan. 1886 390 51 441
St. Lucia ... 1 Oct 1885 328 90 418
St Vincent 1 Nov. 1885 506 154 660
Singapore ... 1 Oct 1885 2,466 1,070 3,536
Smyrna - - - - 1 April 1887 — — —
South Australia 30 June 1886 1,541 14 1,555
8weden ... 1 May 1886 2,846 070 3,816
Tasmania - - - 1 Jan. 1887 228 39 287
Tobago - - - - 1 Oct. 1885 76 20 96
Tortola - 1 Oct 1886 10 — 10
Trinidad 1 Oct 1885 1,498 448 1,946
Victoria - - - - 1 June 1886 4,971 015 5,886
Western Australia 1 Jan. 1887 181 6 187
Zanzibar 1 Jan. 1887 30 — 30
242.864 150.656 303,520
16
APPENDIX A—continued.
Statement of the Total Number of Insured Registered Letters and
Insured Parcels dealt with in the United Kingdom during each
month from 1st May 1886 to 31st March 1887, together with the
Total Amount of Insurance Fees paid.
I.—INSURED REGISTERED LETTERS.
Month.
No. Insured.
TotalAmount of
Fees.At AtTotal.
Id. fee. 2rf. fee.
£ «. d.
61 11 5
53 12 1
53 18 10
1886. May - - 5,807
4,563
4.526
4,160
4^10
4,829
4,834
5,415
5,182
5,258
6,353
4,485
4,151
4,210
3,864
3,950
4,634
4,448
4,940
5,163
4,787
5,808
10,292
8,714
8,736
8,024
8,260
9,463
9,282
10,355
10,345
10,045
12,161
.July ------ -
„ August ------ 49 10 8
50 18 4
58 14 9
57 4 2
63 14 7
64 12 4
61 16 0
74 17 5
Totals - - - 55,237 50,440 105,677 650 10 7
Yearly rate, according to results duringfirst 11 months of the system - 60,258 55,025 115,283 709 IS 4
II.—INSURED PARCELS.
No. Insured.
TotalAmount of
Fees.Month.
AtId. fee.
At2rf. fee.
Total.
£ 8. d.
87 17 3
89 11 6
93 3 10
92 17 0
104 10 7
118 18 11
129 14 2
182 7 3
133 12 3
127 3 11
151 8 10
1886. May 14,227
14,678
15,120
14,788
16,481
18,843
20,690
32,169
21,695
20,951
25,134
3,430
3,410
3,623
3,748
4.303
4352
5,220
5,799
5,188
4,788
5,606
17,657
18,088
18,743
18.536
20,784
23,695
25.910
37,968
26,881
25,739
30,740
. July
Total - - - 214,776 49,965 264,741 1,311 6 6
Yearly rate, according to results duringfirst 11 months of the system 234,301 54,507 288,808 1,430 9 8
The Insured Registered Letters form 11 per cent, of the total number of letters registeredduring the year, find the Insured l'arcels form t per cent, of the total number of parcels dealtwith during the year.
17
APPENDIX A.—continued.
Return of the estimated Number of Letters, &c, passing
between the United Kingdom and Countries Abroad during
the year ended 31st March, 1887.
I.—Correspondence received from Countries Abroad.
Estimated yearly number of Letters, &c,received in the United Kingdom.
Foreign Countries.Circulars, Centage.
Per
Letters and Book Packets.Total.
Post Cards. Patterns andNewspapers.
Europe—Austro-Hnngary 596,600 309,700 906300 1-2Belgium - - — — 1,415,700 1,170,800 2,586,500 34Bulgaria - - - - 19.800 3,000 22,800
■03
Denmark - - - - 570,900 182,300 753,200 IDFrance and Algeria - 8,181,800 7,971,000 16,152,800 21-3Germany - - - 6,772,200 5,950,000 12,72230 16-7Gibraltar - 28U00 32,300 313.600 •45
102,300 43,400 115,700 '2Holland - 1,378,900 381.400 1.760.300 2-3Italv 1,833,200
483,700548,40045,200
2,381.000528,900
31Malta 75Norway - 361.800 8630 447,800 •6
Portugal and Azores - 430.000 86,000 516,000 •7
Russia 639,000 119,800 758,800 IDSpain ----- 1.013,700 315,000 1,328.700 17Sweden- - 328,000 80.0110 408,000 '55Switzerland - - - - 1,028,300 679,700 1,708,000 2*2Turkey - - - - - 339^0 82,500 421,700
■6
TOTALS - 25,77630 18,086,700 43,862900, 5778
N.B.—Separate Mails are notreceived from Montenegro,
Persia, Routnania, or Servia.
ASIA—India - 2,181,800 763,500 2,945,300 3-95155,200 65,000 220,200 ■3
China and Japan - - - 217,100 89,100 306,200 •4
Straits Settlements - 240,800 9 C00 335,000 •45
TOTALS - 2,791,900 1,011,800 3,806,700 5-10
AFRICA—Egypt - - - -Madeira, Cape Verd. and
540,000 100.300 641,200 •85
Canary Islands - 138,600 6.900 145,500 ••J
Cape of Good Hope - 578,000 423.500 1,002,100 1-3Mauritius, Ac. - 47,100 48,300 95,400 •15
Natal 171,400 151,100 322.500 •45
West Coast of Africa - 136.600 10,700 147,300 •0
Ascension and St. Helena - 13,700 2,400 16,100 •02
Totals - 1,626,900 743,200 2,370,100 317
AMERICA- Canada - - - 2,320,900 1,685,800 4,012,700 5-2United States - - - 8,072,100 5,959,600 14,631.700 19-35
■15Central America - - - 94,500 24,300 118,8001,800 100 1,900
•002
13West Indies, British, - 767,900 220,100 988,000„ Foreign -
Brazil -----186,400 40,800 2273) •3
427.900 117,300 545,200 75Argentine Republic - 192,500 70,700 263,200 ■35
Uruguay - - - - 36,500 6,300 42.800•05
Chili and Bolivia- 120.600 67,400 188,0(10 "25Peru - - - - - 85,000 24,600 10.1,600 ■15
Falkland Islands - 7,400 200 7,600•01
Totals - 12,019,500 8,217,200 21,136,700 27-86
Australasia—Queensland - 320.800 247,200 568.000 77Victoria - 525,900 770,400 1,296,300 175New South Wales 347,700 000.400 948,100 1-25South Australia - 143.800 156,900 300,700 •4
Western Australia 41,300 23,900 65,200 •1
New Zealand - - - 454,400 780.700 1,235,100 16Tasmania - 57,000 70.000 128,500 "2
6,400 6,200 12,000 •02
Totals - 1,897,900 2,656,600 4,554,500 0'09
Grand Totals 45,015,400 30,715,500 75,730,000 -
18
APPENDIX A..—continued.
Return of the estimated Number of Letters, &c, passing
between the United Kingdom and Countries Abroad during
the year ended 31st March, 1887.
II.—Correspondence despatched to Countries Abroad.
Estimated yearly number of Letters, &c.,despatched from the United Kingdom.
Foreign Countries.Circulars,
Book Packets,Patterns andNewspapers.
PerCentagc.
Letters andPost Cards. TotaL
EUROPE—Anstro-nungaryBelgium -Denmark -Franco and Algeria -Germany -Gibraltar - -
flOB.snn
l,950,20u500,600
9393.400
7,991,400340,000148.700
1,521.0001,984.500658,500617,200300.000714,700
1,000,200570.1X10
1,010,300280,700
560,000011,800425,900
1,472,8002,862,000
152-95lfl
15-51215
5,455,600926,500
14,840,0 011,654,0003,002.000
269.300150,000681,700
609,900 ■65
Italy -----Malta -----Norway - - - -Portugal and Azores -
1,470.500518,000405,200331,400420300
299300
2,202,7003.455,0001,170,5001,022,400
•35
2-3351-2511
Spain - - - - -Sweden -
1,119,000322,300603,300349,500
037,4001,135,0002,110,200
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112"2
Switzerland - - - -892.300
1,673,000
■95
17030,200 ■85
TOTALS - 29,801,800 17,723,000 47,617,800 49-55
N.B.—Separato Mails are notdespatched to Bulgaria, Montenegro, Persia, Boumania, orSorvia.
ASIA—India - - - - 2.471.000
142,600368,200100,000
3,879,700278,400732,300425,000
6350,700421,000
6-8•45
115•65
China and Japan - - -Straits Settlements -
1,008,500594,000
Totals - 3,148.800 5,315,400 8,404,200 8-85
AFRICA—Egypt - - - -Madeira, Capo Verd, and
609,000 620300 1,239,200 1-2
Canary Inlands-Cape of Good Hope -Mauritins, 4c. - - -Natal -----West Coast of Africa -Ascension and St. Helena -
138,900040,400
162.1001,425,4.10
301,0002,074,800118,400
■3
40,100173,700150,800
78,300340.300278,300
520,000435.100
36,200
2-2•15•55•45■0314,600 21,600
Totals - 1,783,400 2,941300 4,724,700 4-88
America—Canada -United States -Central America - - -Mexico - - - -West Indies, British -
„ „ Foreign -
2,005.7008,318,000225,60072,500
511,400
288,400185,000235,400
79,000100,10050,0006,700
3,512,5008, 86,000321.9T0144.600747,200379,900296,8003843C097,600
134.60082,10019,000
5,608,20016,504,000
547,500217,100
5-81?1
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Argentine Republic -Uruguay -
1,298.000668,300481,800619,700176,000240,700132,10025,700
■25
1-37*5•65■2■25•15•02
Chili and Bolivia- - -Peru - - - . -Falkland Islands - - -
TOTALS - 12,213,800 14,306,500 26,520300 27-52
AUSTRALASIA -Queensland -Victoria -New South W alesSouth Austra ia - - -Western Aiist aliaNew Zealand -Tasmania - - - -Fiji - - - - _
377,400677,500736,600175,000
749.0001,458,5001,470,000
1,127,0002,136,0002.207,500580,200200.200
2,101,000365,700
31,400
1-152*22
405,2002-3■6■2552,000
584,800154.200
1,570.200 2-25•4•03
61,200
6,500301,50024.900
Totals - 2.674.000 6,141,000 8,815,000 920
GRAND TOTALS 49,714.800 40,427,200 96,142,000 -
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•nopuci oj,1
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a a oi
■nopuoi ox1 1 1 1
•uopuo-i matj1 1 1 1
Towns havingeight■nopuo^ ox
1 1 1 1
•aopuo^ uiojj1 1 1 I
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■nopno^ raojj M 1
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sixMails.
■aopnoi oxS S
m 1
•aopnoT; nuujs s l l
Towns havingfive
•nopaoq; oxs ss
01 1
uopno7 mo-itf S 1
Towns havingfour
•nopaoi ox
3 SCM . 1
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l-t i-H "* 1
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1 3 1
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CI 1
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only.
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Towns havingonly.
•aopaor ox1
•nopnoq raojjs s 1 1
Tear.
31March1886-- 31March1887-- Increase- Decrease---
21
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APPENDIXJ).—continued.
Remarks.
Thepaymentissubjecttoreduction whenthereceipt*frompassenger
trafficinanyoneyearexceed35,0002.
PenaltyforGeneral Non-per formance.
5002. 2502.
PenaltiesforOvertime. 12.14».per
minute.
202.forunduede layordeviation
fromcourse.
-
ContractTime.Outwardjour
ney(including transferon bothsidesof thechannel)
4h.7m.
Inwardjourney(including transfer)4h.2m.
-
Annual Payment.84,0002.
4.500!.(About 4002.sepa ratepay
mentforparcels.)
1,500!.
Additionalpayment
of4002.
5002. 6002.
Terminable.
Onorafterthe
30thSept.1895
on12months'
notice.
After1stOct.1884
on6months'
notice.
After7yearson 6months'notice,orafterii
yearsupon8
months'notice bythePostmasterGeneral.
-
—
- Afteroneyear on3months'
notice.
After3yearson 6months'no
ticeContract.
Com
mencement.
1stOct1883 1stOct1881 1stMar.1886 1stMar.18871stApril1881 1stApril1881
LineofPackets.
HolyheadandKingstown LiverpoolandDouglas
(IsleofMan).
ObanandLochboisdalb-(ExtensiontoLochmaddy ofLOCHBOISdaleservice.)
OBANandTOBERMORY
ObanandFortWilliam-
APPENDIXD.—contmued.
Remarks.
Whenasailingvesselisemployeda deductionof21.atripmaybomade ifthePostmasterGeneralthinks
proper.
PenaltyforGeneral Non-per- formanoe.
-
200/. 200/.
-
-
-
200/
PenaltiesforOvertime.
- -
20/.forunduede layordeviation
fromcourse.
20/.forunduede layordeviation
fromcourse.
ContraotTime
•
- - -
Annual Payment.
4501.(100/.separatepay
mentforparcels.)
(About65?.
separate paymentforparcels.)
2,000/.
(50/.separatepaymentfor
parcels.)1,200/. 2.000?. 150/.
Terminable.
On6months'
notice.
After5yearson6months'notice. After5yearson
12months'no
tice.
Attheendofanycompleteyear on6months'
notice.
Contract.
Com
mencement
*
1stJuly188537thJuly1882
-
1stJan.1885
LineofPackets.PenzanceandScilLY
PortsmouthandRyde-
ScbabsterandStromness Southamptonandcowes StornowayandStrome
Ferry.
(ORKNEY).
24
APPENDIX E.
Staff of Officers.
England andWaletf.
Scotland. Ireland.I
Totals31 Mar.1886.
Description of Officers.Total Total
Females.
Totals31 Mar.1887.
A.
Males.Fe
males.Males.
Females.
Males.Females.
Males.
1 Postmaster-General - 1 - - - - - 1 - 1
B.
8 Secretary, Financial Secretary, Third Secretary, Assistant Secretaries (3).Surveyor - General forScotland, Secretary forIreland.
6 i 1 8 8
C.39 Superior Officers in Metro
politan Offices.
35 1 3 - S - 41 1 43
D16 Surveyors - - - - 10 - 3 - 8 - 16 - 16
E.019 Head Postmasters:
Metropolitan - 11 1
j 791
136 827
Provinces 558 73 123 33 99 29
15,834 Letter Receivers and Sub-Postmasters :
Metropolitan -
Provinces
078
9,096
89
2,231
37
1,222
5
432
74
1,734
57
5841 123*1 3398 18.239
F.3,248 Clerks and Superintending
Officers :
•Metropolitan - 1,532 707 79 23 103 20( 9 7RS 786 iJSTl
Provinces 925 31 117 5 29 -
G.14,880 8upervi8or8,Overseors,Conn-
termen, Sorters, Telegraphists, &c.
•Metropolitan - 5,542 1,436 357 71 462 69
Sorting Clorks and Telegraphists :
M3,257 2,981 16,238
Provinces 5,667 1,058 761 245 468 102
H.16,535 Postmen, Porters, Ac. :
•Metropolitan -
Provinces
4,242
10,332 6
289
1,659 1
202
1,068 -1 17,792 7 17,799
51,480 Carried Forward 38,635 5.G33 4,651 815 4,240 861 47,532 7,309 54,841
* For details see separate page.
2o
APPENDIX E—continued.
Trans'
I England andWales.
Scotland. Ireland.
Total TotalFe
males.
Totals31 Mar.1887.i
i Males.Fe
males.Males.
Females.
Males.Fe
males.
Males.
1
Brought forward - 38,635 5,633 4,651 815 4,246 861 47,532 7,309 54,841
LPersons employer! in unesta-
blished portions, vizL, Assistant* to Postmasters,Ac, Auxiliary Postmen,Boy Sorters, Boy Messengers, Telegraph Jles-sengers. Telegraph Construction Hands, Copvists,Female Servants, Commissionaires, Ac.
Metropolitan -Provinces
6,58719,537
1,09110,307
3032,455
671,277
454 1771,971 j 32,220
14,890 47.110
J.0
!
Postmasters and Clerks inColonies (under directionof Postmaster-General).
— — — -- — — 4 — 4
Postmen, Ac., in Colonies,Ac.
1 Agents in Foreign Countrieslor Collection of Postage.
6 — 6
1ST Totals - - - 64,759 17,031 7,409 2,159 7,584 3,009 79,762 22.199 101,961
c
Superior Officers in Metropolitan Offices. (Details.)
Description of Officers.
London. Edinburgh. Dublin. Totals.
Totals
Males.Fe
males.Males.
Females.
Males.Fo-
males.Males.
Females.
rydGak ....1 1 1 3 _ S
frM^Cferks-Upper Section - 10 - - - - - 10 - 10
Lower Section 10 — — — - — 10 — 10
Kmta,ConSdential EnquiryBranch 1 — — — — — 1 — 1
Hated Offlcers -1 1 - 1 - 4 1 6
Soaio,1 - 1 - 1 - - 3
Denver and Aceountant-General -1 — — — — — 1 — 1
E«8mc«r-in-Chief -1 — — - - - 1 - 1
' Of Packet Services 1 - - - - - 1 - 1
Postal Stores 1 - - - - - 1 1
IStores (Telegraphs) 1 - - - - - 1 - 1
Savings Bank Depart. - 1 - - - - - 1 - 1
~-Money Order Office 1 — - - - - 1 - 1
London Postal Service - 1 — - - — 1 - 1
Central Telegraph Office 1 — - - - - 1 - 1
. Returned Letter Office- 1 - - - — — 1 — 1
Totals 35 1 3 — 3 — 41 1 42
26
APPENDIX E—continued.
F.—Clerks and Superintending Officers in Metropolitan Offices.—
(Details.)
London Departments of Chief Office.
ReceiverandAccountantGeneral's.
SavingsBank.
LondonPostalSer
vice.
ReturnedLetter
Office.
i
ControllerofStores
(Telegraphs).
CentralTelegraph
Office.
Description of Officers.Secretary's.
PostalStores.
Solicitor's.
MoneyOrder. a
iEdinburgh.
8
o
IS
Dublin.& Totals.
'i
a
>
i
Males.
CO
Clerks :—Grade I. -
„ Lt. -Lower Division
7852
162
1
41 213130
-n 253204
109
11
2
17
78717485
7101
5115
64211
Assistant Surveyors -
710
31
1
6 8
1
3 3Assistant Director (Confidential Enquiry Branch).
1
Assistant Receiver andAccountant-General.
1
4
1
Chief Clerk (R. and A.G.O.and S.B.), Examiners,Cashiers, Book-keepers,and Accountants.
3
1
7 4
1
4
ControJJer (Sorting Office,Dublin), Assistant Controllers, Sub-Controllers,and Chief Superintendents
4 19 2
Assistant Engineer, Sub-Marine Superintendent,and Assistant Sub-Marine Superintendent.
3 3
Captain, Chief Officer,Chief and Second Engineer of Cable Ship.
4
14
4 —
Technical Officers, Examiners, Ac.
16 30
17
1
Examiners, Returned Letter Office.
Nautical Assistant to Controller of Packet Services.
1
3
4
Officers in Charge of Indian Mails.
3
Clerks in Charge 43
2
6
Assistants to MedicalOfficers and Dispensing
Assistant.
3
Registrar and Assistant
Registrar.2
14
2
14
136
Travelling Officers (Confidential Enquiry Branch).
Superintendents and Assistant Superintendents.
8 25 23 6' 64 5
Totals 179 3 3 7 51 348 77 551 145 19 50 31 68 1,532 79 103
Females.
Superintendents, AssistantSuperintendents, Supervisors, and AssistantSupervisors.
4 2
273
22 1 1 47 77
630
5
18
4
Clerks 357 16
Totals 179 3 3 7 51 709 77 826 167 20 51 31 115 239 102 123
27
APPENDIX E—continued.
g. supebvisobs, ovebseebs. countebmen, sobtebs, and t/elegbaphist8, &c.,
in Metbopolitan Offices.—(Details.)
—DO
PostalStores.
LONDON'. -DEPARTMENTS OF CHIEF OFFICE.
Surveyor's.
ReceiverandAc
countant-General's.
MoneyOrder.a
LondonPostal
8ervice.
ReturnedLetter
Engineer-in-
Chiefs.
ControllerofStores
(Telegraphs).
CentralTelegraph
Office.
Haa
■i
i
sDUBLIN.
3 a Totals. aa
i
> 3w
Hales.
i
Postal:-
Supervisors andInspectors.
3 2 4 96 3 108 g . 7
Overseers and
Countermen.
- 6 - - - 8 - - 494 - - - - 508 21 13
Paper Keepers andAssistants.
52 - - - - 49 67 - 40 - - - 208 1 2
Tracers - — — — — — 177 — — — — — — — 177 18 21
Boy Clerk, - - 20 48 112 — — — 2 — 182 — -
Sorters, 1st Class - - - — — — — - 704 - - - - 704 42 53
» 2nd Class - - - - - - — - - 1^55 - - - - 1,355 88 166
. 3rd Class - — - — — — — — - 273 — — — — 273 - -
Writing Assistants - 54 - - - - :.i - -
'*|tipbs :—
l*peetors and
« unter Inspeo-2 103 5 1 in — —
Engineering Clerks 89 10 — 119 - -
XeTa Distributors 30 - — - — — - - — - - - 30 - -
Telegraphists - - - - - - - - - 344 - 4 - 1,385 1,733 185 200
Totals - 87 8 - - - 205 97 183 3,320 43 IT 1,386 .V>42 ir.7 462
FEMALES.
^turners - - - — - _ — — — — — — 4!) — - 411 ... -
tonotcrwomen and
Telegraphists.- 719 1,223 71 69
'«nale Sorters - - - - - - - 107 — 57 - - - - — 164 — —
Totals - - 87 8 - - - 112 97 240 3,822 92 198 17 2,105 6,978 128 5111
SO. 1U517. Wt 14038. 9/87. D.iS. C
28
APPENDIX E.—-continued.
H. Messengers, Postmen, Porters, Mechanics, &c, in Metropolitan Offices.—
(Details.)
London -DEPARTMENTS OF CHIEF OFFICE.
If. ReturnedLetter
Office.
ControllerofStores
iTelegraphs).
CentralTelegraph
Office.
Description of Officers. PostalStores. ■a § MoneyOrder. MLondonPostal
Service.
i
Secretary's.Solicitor's, ■~ 33
a3pa
aaaa
Iso>» H
?l
- 7Dublin.
'i
VSia>
}\ Totals. •a
a% - c ISAIT.
s ■-
Mail Guards, MarineMail Guards, Ac.
3 - - - - - - - 4 - - 7 4
Messengers, Lobby Officers, Ac.
19 - 4 2 - 18 - 1 55 2 2 1 6 110 7 23
Postmen—Town :—1st Class — _ - — _ _ — 1,195 _ _ — _ 1,195 219 113
„ 2nd Class - - - - - — - 487 - - - - 487 55 35
Suburban rieadPostmen
75 75
. Div. L - - - - - - - - 482 - - - - 482 - -
„ „ u. - - - - - - - - 577 - - - - 677 - -
„ „ nt - - - - - - - 24G - - - - 246 -
Bagmen - 20 26 - 4
Porters, Ac. - - 104 - - - 5 6 14 269 4 - - 402 5 18
Binder - - - - 1 1
Constables - 10 - - - - - - ■ - - - 10 - —
Mechanics, Linemen, Ac - - - - - - - - 2 402 28 - 492 - —
Inspectors of TelegraphMessengers, Tube Attendants, Ac.
— — — — - — — 68 — — - 64 132 3 5
Totals - S3 Id 4 2 — 23 6 15 1 3,486 6 404 70 4,242■302
29
APPENDIX F.
Returned Letters, Parcels, &c
iCo»iSATTVE Statement showing the number of Letters, Postcards. Books. Newspapers and Parcelsrwirrd and clfsjxjsetl of in the returned Letter offices of London, Manchester, Liverpool,
BisutixauAJ*. Leeds, Bristol, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Nottingham, Edinburgh. < ;lasgow. aiiekdeen,PrsLrs, BELFAST and CORK, respectively: also the number which bearing outside the addresses of theSealers were returned direct from Head Post Offices (not possessing Returned Letter Branches) inthe year ended 31st March 1886, and in the year ended 31st March 1887.
Letters re-issuedto correctedAddresses.
Lettersreturned to the
Senders.
Letters returned
Letters received. unopened toForeign Countries.
1885-86. 1886-87. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1885-80. 1886-87. 1885-86. 1886-87.
L05DON•2,476,701 2,490,196 30,182 28,451 2,130,492 2,149,754 107,278 99,189
Manchester 343,925 372,431 8,823 10,278 200,225 319,257 8341 8,600
LIVERPOOL - 322,574 345,911 2,775 2,138 276,966 290,456 14,660 15,794
ErajfiNGHAit 219,0*' 230,067 4,004 4361 108,767 217,460 3,851 4,992
LEEB3 - 208317 220,362 3,728 3380 107.277 183,175 5,963 6,033
Bristol 331,913 351,801 1,561 4,038 284,054 304369 14,728 13,277
Sktcastle-os-
Ttxe.
153,699 148.290 2,768 3349 126,104 119,109 6,03 "i 5364
KoTTEfGHASC •103370 182346 1344 5,660 03,084 15832 1,984 3,718
2042281 212,284 10,939 11,186 171302 182,022 5,966 6,181
GiAsaow - 173380 190,187 15,009 15,971 143,769 160,035 4,808 5.040
ABSEDEB- - 24372 24,908 1,107 1.067 20,542 20,763 714 679
Deans 217,268 227,734 4303 5,758 139,048 174,214 11,047 12305
BXIFAST - 62,652 63,110 901 646 56,009 552209 2,268 2,16
COSE - 39,820 37307 1,062 823 30,035 30,200 3,789 3,46
Head Post Officesitahorisedtore-
certainiMSers.Ac,directt» senders -
> 856315 975,027 856315 975,027
Totals - 5,736,488 6,081.807 80,572 97,507 5,015,089 5318,938 100,062 187,594
fcrcasoin ISjW-87
crrer 1883-86. j 3453707,935 333,849
* This nnrnber applies to a part only of the year 1885-80, as the Returned Letter Branch. Nottinghamwas not established until the 7th September, 1885.
P.O. 10157. C
30
APPENDIX F—■continued.
Returned Letters, Parcels, &c.—continued.
Letters whichcould neither
iParcels
returned tobe delivered
nor returned tc
Post Cardsreceived.
Booksreceived.
Newspapersreceived.
Parcelsreceived.
Senders orre-issued to
the Senders. Addresses.
1885-86. 1886-87. 188%S0. lSStl-87. 1835-88. 1886-87. 1885-86. 1886-87. 1885-80. 1886-87. 1885-86. 1886-8
1
LONDON - 308,752 212,802 83,137 88,976 2,087,231 2.325,732 305,768 320,604 18,741 29,170 10.947 17,92;
MANCHESTER - 38,536 34,290 27,842 29,257 419,083 504,636 15,655 15,180 2,795 3,159 1,934 13Sf
LIVERPOOL - 28,173 28,523 30,038 32,413 332,058 379,059 10361 18,408 1,454 2387 749 1331
Birmingham 12,476 13,151 21,355 24,426 255396 286,183 7,014 6,897 1,101 1,938 646 LSM
Leeds - 29,3-19 27,274 15,407 15,198 268,736 301,039 7385 8,809 1303 1,808 724 1,122
BRISTOL 31,567 30,117 12,740 12,572 358,8:17 413,120 13,852 13301 2,545 3,788 1,564 2,216
rJEWCASTLE-ON-
TYNE.
18,792 20,284 10,183 17,466 161,986 208,499 5,734 4,922 824 1,291 509 Kir.
NOTTINGHAM - C.4-,8 14,688 1.U30 3,709 121,877 226,985 3,668 5,801 773 1,768 442 1,102
EDINBURGH 15,87-1 12,295 20,007 21,003 247,818 31137 10,756 18,766 2,419 3,392 2,042 2,75!
GLASGOW - 9,904 9,135 33.78". 30,608 168,775 177,085 8,863 8359 1,593 1,791 1350 L48:
ABERDEEN - 2,579 2399 633 712 25,560 21,591 3,608 1,864 178 234 97 141
DUBLIN 31,770 35350 10351 16,644 228,004 242,653 25,808 26,157 2,136 3331 1,453 2,423
BELFAST - 3,411 4,791 2,983 3,280 59,751 68,242 4,997 4,110 448 506 316 311
CORK - 4,034 2316 611 471 28,756 30,022 2,450 2384 254 346 149 17
Head Tost Officesauthorised toreturn certainlotters.Ac,directto senders -
- 41IM10 481,742 1,072,308 1,267,159 50383 55,776 14354 19,384 14,254 1!>3«
TOTALS - 441,76. 417,828 702,1 14 778,517 5,837,076 0,774,122 497,202 507358 50,818 74,153 37J76 54,44
Increase in 18K0-S7over 1KH3-SB.
0,003 70,373 937,046 10.066 23335 17371
APPENDIX G.
Foreign and Colonial Packet Service.
32
APPENDIX G.
Foreign and Colonial
Lino of Packets.
Contracts.
Commencement.
Termination.
Payment.
Australia :Colombo and Melbourne, Suez and)Sydney. Aden and Brisbane, San >Francisco and Sydney - -)
London and Sydney, and intermc- jdia-te Australian Ports - - j
Brazil, River Plate, and Chili :Bi-Monthly Service from South- )amptcn - - - - ->
Fortnightly service from Liverpool -
Cape of Good IIope and Natal
Do. do.
The existing Contracts were made by the ',Colonial Governments with the Steam ShipCompanies - J
, i_i„ ™ j I On 6 months' notice - -1Uul> 1W0 j For Pal.cei Post - -j
at St. Helena and Ascension -
East Indies and China -
East Coast of Africa :
Aden and Zanzibar
EVROPE :Dover and Calais
Dover and Ostend
Constantinople
for calls |
Liverpool,Smyrna
and ,
London to Hamburg -
North America :
Quccnstown to New York
Do.
Do.
do.
do.
Bermuda and New i'ork -
Panama to Valparaiso
■West-Indies :
Fortnightly service
Additional Services :
Non-Contract Service
Liverpool to West Indies and jMexico -
Belize and New Orleans -
Turk's Islands and Jamaica
West Coast of Africa -
1 Sept. 1876-
1 July 1878 -
On 6 months' notice
On ft months' notice
Contracts with Colonial Governments •
1 Feb. 1880 -1 July 1885 -
On 31st January 1888On 0 months' noticeFor Parcel Tost
Service provided nnder arrangement with jForeign Oillco - - - -
20 June 1878 - I On 12 months' notice -
Arrangement with Belgian Government
1 Jan. 1886 j |
1 Jan. 1886 {
1 Dec. 1877 •
1 Dec. 1880
1 Mar. 1887 •
1 Apr. 1886
Uuly 878
1 July 1885
24 Oct. 1881 -
On 0 months' noticeFor Parcel Post
On 0 months' noticeFor Parcel Post
On 30th Nov. 1886
On L'Sth Feb. 1887For Parcel Post
On 12 months' notice -
On 0 months' notice
On 6 months' notice
On 30th June 1890
On CxnonthB' notice
Contract made by the Honduras Government,terminating on 30th September 188'J
Contract made by fheTurk'sIslandsGovern-mcnt ------
- j Indefinite
I
(a) 430
(a) 5,459
(a) 9363
(c) 2,771
360,000
(o) 1,750
«>) 13,394
4,500
(a)
(<0
17
102
(n) 92,233
300
(a) 3,416
90,199
(a) 201
(a) 1,010
(c) 1.600
(f) 160
(a) 9,365
in) The payments in these cases depend upon the amount of correspondence conveyed by the packets.\b) Including 2,910/. for excess of premiums over penalties.U) These sums represent the Imperial share of the cost of the services.
33
APPENDIX G.
Picket Service.
Penalties for
Overtime.
Contributions
towards the Cost
of the Service.
EstimatedReceiptsfor SeaPostage.
EstimatedBritishLosson theSea
Service.
Rate of Postage
per single Letter
excluding
Transit Rates.
130
11,500
3» for every 12}hours late at (Brindisi. In other (cases lUOt J
i India. 68,0007.) Ceylon, 1,4007.1 Straits Settlements, 6,0007.(.Hong Kong, 6,0007. -
111
61,750
Nil.
3,300
2,030
216,600
51. for 15 minutes orupwards.
5(1.
4(7.
SdL
td.
Mediterranean 24(7.India -Ceylon - - J id.China, 4c.
4(7.
24d
SI for every 24 houni
One-eighth part ofordinary paymentfor every 24 hours.
17
103
50,500
60
1,000
Nil.
HE
41,700
5,300
1,500
24<(.
Bermuda - 4A
id.
£(Antigua - 489 1
Barbados - 4,357
British Gniana - 7,480Dominica - 180Grenada - 372Jamaica - 4,163
J Montserrat - 86\ Nevis - - 71
St. Kitfs - 470St. Lucia - 209St. Vincent - - 310Tobago
i Tortola- 151- 18
(.Trinidad - 3,998,
19,900
6,300
50,000
3,030
l((.
( Union Places 24(7. or id.\ Non-Union 6d.
APPENDIX H.
Telegrams.
Table showing the Total Number of Messages forwarded from
Telegraph Offices in England and Wales, Scotland,
and Ireland, in each Year since the transfer of the Tele
graphs to the State.
Tear. England and Wales.
Number of Messages.
Scotland. Ireland. Total.
Provinces. London. Total.
1870-71 - 5,299,882 2,863,821 8,165,703 1,080,189 606,285 9,850,177
1871-72 - 6,594,590 3,612,772 10,207,362 1,388,434 878,000 12,473,796
1872-73 - 8,022,151 4,577,015 12,599,166 1,761,298 1,175,316 15,535,780
1873-74 - 9,233,854 5,254,547 14,488,401 2,009,893 1,323,236 17,821,530
1874-75 - 10,124,661 5,652,033 15,776,694 2,132,787 1,343,639 19,253,120
1875-76 - 10,883,282 6,350,714 17,233,996 2,287,359 1,452,180 20,973,535
1876-77 - 11,232,704 6,561,930 17,794,634 2,402,347 1.529,162 21,726,143
1877-78 - 11,392,098 6,700,504 18,092,602 2,490,776 1,588,489 22,171,867
1878-79 - 11,592,899 8,830,019 20,422,918 2,477,003 1,559,854 24,459,775
1879-80 - 12,392,906 9,854,566 22,247,562 2,704,574 1,595,001 26,547,137
1880-81 - 13,456,555 11,176,459 24,633,014 3,042,291 1,736,677 29,411,982
1881-82 - 14,204,479 12,071,034 26,275,513 3,207,994 1,862,354 31,345,861
1882-83 - 14,554,015 12,374,707 26,928,722 3,244,202 1,919,102 32,092,026
1883-84 - 14,920,413 12,686,433 27,606,846 3,299,428 1,936,846 32,843,120
1884-85 - 15,195,618 12,930,376 28,125,994 3,257,546 1,894,919 33,278,459
1885-86 - 18,029,008 15,081,433 33,110,441 3,812,173 2,223,669 39,146,283
1886 87 - 24,044,077 18,276,108 42,320,185 5,106,774 2,816,680 50,243,639
The figures for each year since 1S77-78 include the number of certain Press
Messages not previously included in these Returns.
Prior to 1883-84 the returns were made to the end of the last complete week
in the year. Since that time they are in each case to the last day of the year
inclusive.
On the 1st October 1S85 the minimum charge for an inland telegram was
reduced from one shilling to sixpence.
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APPENDIX R—continued.
Table showing the Number of Messages forwarded from
Telegraph Offices in the United Kingdom during each
of the Years 1885-8G and 188(5-87 ; and the Increase or
Decrease in each Month of the latter Year over the cor
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Month.
Number of Messages.
Increase. Decrease.
1886-87. 1885-86.
April .... 3,776,172 2,913,710 862,462
May .... 4,019,225 2,911,503 1,107,722
Juno .... 4,386,417 2,970,804 1,415,613
July .... 5,017,130 3,236,956 1,780,174
August .... 4,564,142 2,964,542 1,599,600
September 4,504,682 2,908,027 1,596,655
October - 4,483,522 8,842,672 640,850
November 4,183,007 3,810,087 372,920
December 3,868,422 3,566,243 302,179
January 3,632,853 3,212,306 420,547
February 3,538,520 3,092,389 446,131
March - 4,269,547 3,717,044 552,503
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APPENDIX J.
Post Office Savings Bank.
Extracts from the Controller's Report.
• •••••
Six hundred and forty-six Friendly Societies and 1,380 Trade, Accounts of
Provident, and Charitable Societies received authority last year 0C1C le8-
to invest their funds in the Post Office Savings Bank, as against
544 and 1,337 respectively in 1885. The increase in the case of
Friendly Societies is very striking, the number, indeed, being
higher than in any year since 18G8 ; and it may perhaps be hoped
that the direct Government security afforded by the Post Office Importance
Savings Bank, is becoming better known and attracting increased Government
notice. With reference to this point, the following is an extract Security for
from a letter lately received from an officer of a Society established Funds,
in Ireland :—" At the present state of political agitation in this
"country it is not safe to invest any monies in any funds or Bank
whatever, therefore the Trustees have desired me to apply to
"the Post Office Savings Bank."
The Penny Bank movement shows signs of increasing activity, Penny Banks.
285 such Banks having last year applied for authority to open
accounts in the Post Office Savings Bank, as compared with 200 in
the previous year ; while in the first quarter of this year 134 such
applications have been received, as compared with 81 in the first
quarter of 1886. The encouragement of thrift by means of
Penny Banks has been brought prominently before the public in
numerous magazines and pamphlets, and there is no doubt the
circular re-issued by the Education Department to elementary
schools, and referred to in my last report, is bearing fruit, as, out
of the 419 applications in the last eighteen months, no less than
202 related to School Banks, 52 of them being Board Schools.
A "School Bank Manual," lately published by Miss Agnes
Lambert, gives a full description of the assistance rendered by
this Department, and is likely to be useful to school managers
and others.
• •••••
Applications for information with regard to our system were Applications
received during the year from several foreign countries, viz., from Abroad.'
Hungary, Sweden, Switzerland, the United States of America, and
Chili, in the last three of which there are as yet, I believe, no
Post Office Savings Banks. Among British Colonies, similar
applications were made by the Governments of the Leeward
Islands, Queensland, and Tasmania, and by that of Fiji, where it is
interesting to note that the introduction of Post Office Savings
Banks is in contemplation. The Postmaster General of British
Guiana also sought information as to our system, it having been
decided to establish Postal Savings Banks there side by side with
the existing Government Institution.
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Canada.
Cape of Good
Hope.
We item
Australia.
South
Australia.
Victoria.
In Canada, the number of accounts in the Post Office Savings
Bank on the 30th June, 1886, was 80,870, and the amount due
therein 3,431,8742. (#17,159,372), both the number and amount
showing an increase during the year. The extension of the
business to the Provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick,
which I mentioned last year as being projected, has been
carried out, 19 Offices having been opened in the former
Province and 13 in the latter. Any great accession of business
is not anticipated on account of the Savings Banks already
in operation under the management of the Finance Department.
It is thought that the completion of the Canadian Pacific
Railway will render it possible to extend Post Office Savings
Bank facilities to the Province of British Columbia, but, if
this should be done, the great distance of that Province
from the Chief Office at Ottawa will probably necessitate some
modification of the Regulations. Although relating to another
branch of Post Office work, I cannot refrain from quoting the
following from the last annual report of the Postmaster General
of the Dominion :—"An incident, unique in itself, and interesting
" as illustrating the pioneer services which the Post Office may be
" called upon to render, in advance of actual settlement, may be
" worth recording. On the 1st January, 1885, a Post Office and
" Money Order Office was established at what, for convenience,
"was designated 1 End of Track, Rocky Mountains, Canadian
" Pacific Railway,'1 the Post Office and Postmaster's home being in
" a railway car roughly fitted for the service, and moving westward
" a few miles from day to day with the progress of track-laying.
" On the 7th November following, with the meeting in the Rocky
" Mountains of the two sections of railway, that proceedingwestward
" and that coming eastward, the so-called '■End of Track' ceased to
" be. The labourers and navvies employed in construction dis-
" persing, the objects of the temporary office ceased, and it passed
" out of existence with its name." The second Annual Report
on the Post Office Savings Banks at the Cape of Good Hope
shows distinct progress " in spite of the very general financial
" depression " and of a large amount having been withdrawn
through depositors leaving the colony. At the close of 1885 the
number of depositors was 8,518, and the amount standing to their
credit 177,9302. as compared with 4,775 depositors and 93,2262.,
respectively, at the close of the previous year. In Western
Australia, where the rules are almost identical with our own,
the number of depositors and the balance due to them on the
31st December, 1885, were 2,082 and 26,1472., respectively. The
amount withdrawn during the year slightly exceeded that de
posited, owing, it is said, to the depression in trade. In South
Australia, the sum due to depositors in the Savings Bank on the
30th June, 1886, was 1,653,0802., an increase of 81,7972. for the
twelve months. It is proposed to engraft on the present system—
which is not connected with the Post Office—the plan of saving
small sums by means of postage stamps. In Victoria the amount
standing to the credit of 111,031 depositors in the Commissioner
Savings Banks was 2,322,9582. on the 30th June, 1886, showing
an increase for the twelve months of 15,861 depositors and
247,6682., respectively. One of these Banks—the Melbourne
Savings Bank—has made " excellent progress," the number of
accounts 69,827, boing 11,698 greater, and the amount due,
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1,380,991/., being 155,238/. more on the 30th June, 1886, than
at the corresponding period of the preceding year. In Queensland, Queensland.
the depositors in the Government Savings Bank, on the 31st
December, 1885, numbered 36,175, with a balance to their credit
of 1,340,254/. In consequence of the interest on the surplus
funds on fixed deposit with the Banks having been reduced
during the year from six to four per cent., the income of the
Bank only exceeded the expenditure by 690/., and, as the rate
of interest allowed to depositors is five per cent., while onljr
four per cent, is now obtained from the Bankers, a considerable
deficit is anticipated for 1886. In New Zealand, the accounts in New Zealand.
the Post Office Savings Bank, at the close of 1885, numbered
69,957, with balances amounting to 1,638,035/. The sum deposited
during the year exceeded that withdrawn by more than 76,000/.,
the excess in the previous year being only 32,000/., while in 1883
the amount withdrawn was 117,000/. more than that deposited.
In France, the Post Office Savings Banks have, according to the France,
report of the Minister of Posts and Telegraphs, succeeded beyond
all expectation. It is stated that at the close of 1885 (the fourth
year) there were 692,582 depositors with a balance to their credit
of 154,155,572 francs (6,166,222/.) The purchases of Government
Stock during the year were 2,856 in number, amounting to
3,391,726 francs (135,669/.) Sales of Stock cannot be effected
through the medium of the Post Office Savings Bank. The
facilities granted to depositors for accelerating repayment by the
nse of pneumatic tubes in Paris, and of the telegraph elsewhere,
to which I alluded last year, have been, it appears, greatly
appreciated. For the first time since its commencement in 1818,
the Paris Savings Bank, which corresponds to a Trustee Savings
Bank here, has to record that, of the new depositors during the
year, the majority were females, a result ascribed to the
amendment of the law in 1881 permitting married women to
make deposits without the consent {sans Vassistance) of their
husbands. And, in connection with this subject, it is mentioned
in the Report on the Post Office Savings Banks, that in 57,563 out
of 69,900 accounts opened by married women in 1885, the
husbands authority was not obtained, while, although 120,000
accounts stood in the names of married women, only 3 claims
were made by husbands during the year. I observe that the
French Minister has reproduced in his Report my tabular state
ment as to the principal Post Office Savings Banks in Europe,
published in the Appendix to the last Report of the Postmaster
General. The old French Savings Banks at the end of 1885 had
4,926,391 accounts, with balances amounting to 2,212,983,891
francs (88,519,355/.), being an increase since 1872 of 2,000,000
accounts and rather over 515,000,000 francs (20,600,000/.) a very
remarkable advance if the burdens of taxation, the com
mercial depression of the last decade, and the concurrent
operation, latterly, of the newly-instituted Postal Savings
Banks, be taken into consideration. In Austria, the depositors Austria
in the Post Office Savings Bank increased during the year
188(> from 487,390 to 544,931, and the amount due on Savings
Bank account from 867,938/. to 1,050,440/. Besides this strictly
Savings Bank business, there was a balance of 2,807,500/., to
depositors' credit " on current account " under the system which
allows of withdrawing by means of cheques. In Italy, although Italy.
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the business of the Post Office Savings Banks during 1885, as
compared with that during 1884, showed an increase, there was a
falling off in the rate of progress both as regards the number of
accounts and the amount due to depositors, which, on the 31st
December, 1885, were 1,206,101 and 176,909,187 lire (7,076,367/.)
respectively. This check is attributed to the prevalent trade
depression, a recurrence of the cholera epidemic, and a deficient
harvest, while the apprehension of an Anglo-Russian war is like
wise said to have had an unfavourable effect. A slight improve
ment took place in the number and amount of investments in
Government Stock, which were 4,918 of 4,658,402 lire (186,3362.)
An experiment has been tried of giving special facilities for de
positing and withdrawing in villages where there are no Post
Office Savings Banks, by authorising the resident Post Office
Official to collect the money to be deposited and remit it to the
proper quarter. Withdrawals can also be effected by means of free
Money Orders. The alliance of the lottery system with the Savings
Bank seems somewhat incongruous, but it appears that in Italy
arrangements are in force by which the proceeds of successful
lottery tickets are collected and placed to the credit of depositors.
Belgium. jn Belgium, the close of the fourth quinquennial period of the
General Savings Bank on the 31st December, 1885, necessitated
setting apart a portion (80,000?.) of the Reserve Fund (303,4502.)
for division among depositors whose accounts had been opened at
least a year. The total number of accounts was 444,040, and the
sum standing to their credit 7,134,2692. During the year 2,922
investments were made in Government Stock, the stock purchased
amounting to 291,6602., while 1,366 sales were effected amounting
to 260,4442., leaving 5,259 investment certificates in the hands of
depositors, representing stock of the nominal value of 1,277,9802.
Tne In the Netherlands, there were, on the 31st December, 1885, 1,131
Netherlands, offices for the transaction of Postal Savings Bank business, the
number of depositors being 112,308, and the amount standing to
Japan. their credit 6,368,017 florins (530,6682). In Japan, the number of
Post Office Savings Banks on the 30th June, 1884, was 1,565, the
number of depositors 126,544, and the amount due to them
4,148,091 yen (846,9002.)
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APPENDIX J.—continued.
(II.) Tabu; showinsr the Number and Amount of Contracts entered into from the
Commencement of Business on 17th April, 1S<>5. to the 81st December, 1S86,
and the Number and Amount of Contracts in existence on the 31st December
1886.
CONTRACTS ENTEEED INTO
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From 1 Jan., 1886,to
TOTAL.
31 December, 1885. 31 December, 18S6.
No. Amount. No. Amount. No. Amount.
Contracts for Annuities enteredinto from the commencementof business on 17th April, 1865,to 31st December, 1886, viz. :—
£ «. d. £ «. d. £ ». <i.
Immediate Annuities - 14,713 214,222 16 8 823 17,387 10 0 15.538 231,610 « 8
Deferred Annuities andMonthly Allowances,Money not returnable 388 7,037 5 6 38 763 16 0 426 7,801 1 6
Deferred Annuities andMonthly Allowances,Money returnable - 773 16,(586 7 0 49 1,008 0 0 822 17,691 7 »
Contracts for sums payable atDeath entered into from thecommencement of business onthe 17th April. 1865, to the 31stDecember,1886 - 7,819 610.059 8 7 506 .14,187 14 6 8,325 M4.847 3 1
Contracts for Annuities in existence on the 31st December, 1886,vix.:—
0,691 165,332 19 «
Deferred Annuities andMonthly Allowances,Money not returnable - 379 6,787 9 8
Deferred Annnities andMonthly Allowances,
478 10,169 14 0
Contracts for sums payable atDeath in existence on the 31st
4.r)
APPENDIX J.—continued.
Post Office Savings Bank.
Return of the Balance Sheets of the Post Office Savings Banks on the
31st day of December 1886, showing the balance due to Depositors, the
estimated amount of expenses remaining unpaid, the value of Securities
according to the average price of the day on 31st December 18^<*>, the amount
of cash in hand and Dividends accrued but not received at the end of the
year, and the surplus or deficiency of Funds to meet Liabilities (so far as
relates to the National Debt Office).
Securities standing in the names of theCommissioners for the Reduction of the National Debt
on account of the Post Office Savings Banks Fund.
Value ofSecurities ataverage priceon 31 Dec. 1886.
Dividendsaccrued but notreceived at theend of the year.
Consolidated 3 per cents. ...Beduced 3 per cents. ....New 3 per cents. - - - - -
24 per cents. ------"Turkish Guaranteed 4 per cent. BondsExchequer (March) Bills - - -Exchequer Bonds - - - - -Exchequer (Suez) Bonds -Egyptian Guaranteed 3 per cent. BondsAdvances per 43 Vict c. 4. and 4:') & 46 )
Vict. c. 62. repayable by Irish Land >Commission per 44 A 45 Vict, c 71. - )
Canada Guaranteed 4 per cent Bonds -Advances to Public Works Loan Com- (
misHioners - - - - - -JAnnuities for terms of years in lieu ofStock cancelled, per National DebtAct, 1883, 46 * 4/ Vict. c. 54., andNational Debt Act, 1885, 48 & 49 Vict
c 43.Annuity for a term of years per 45 A 46 )
Vict. c. 72^ expiring 8th Scptomber, >
1892 }Annuities for terms of years per 46 jVict.c.1. s.2. - - - - -}
Annuity for a term of years granted^to repay advances per 32 & 33 Vict. /c. 42., payable by Irish Land Com- >mission per 44 & 45 Vict e. 71., expir- \ing 31st December, 1905 - - -)
Annuity for a term of years in lieu ofSannuities converted per National /Debt Act, 1883, 46 & 47 Vict c. 54. >a. 5., and National Debt Act, 1885,143 and 49 Vict. e. 43. - - - - ;
Bed Sea and India Telegraph Annuity.
expiring 4th August 1908 -Annuity for a term of years per National Debt Act, 1884, 47 Viet. c. %
s. 2, expiring 5th October 1903 -Annuities of an amount sufficient torepay sums advanced under Pensions Commutation Acts, 32 & 33Vict c 32, and 34 * 35 Vict c 36., to31st December 1885 - - -
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National Debt Office, H. Coubt
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