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APPENDIX.
the postage paid in advance on the letters delivered is balanced by the postage paid in advance on the letters collected in the district.]
| The number of chargeable general post letters, brought into London by the mails in the course of a week, counting double and treble letters as one each, is at the present time (Nov. 1836) about | 222,000 | |
| Of which the "forward letters," or those passing through London on their way to other post-towns, are about | 36,000 | |
| Consequently the number of chargeable general post letters, delivered within the metropolitan district in a week, is about | 186,000 | |
| The number of letters delivered by the two-penny and three-penny post in a week is, at present, about | 270,000 | |
| Of which the general post letters included above are about | 30,000 | |
| Consequently the number of two-penny and three-penny post letters delivered within the metropolitan district in a week is about | 240,000 | |
| And the whole number of chargeable metropolitan letters in a week is about | 426,000 | |
| Or per annum about | 22,152,000 |
The amount of postage collected in the metropolitan district, in the year 1835, after deducting for returned letters, overcharges, &c., was as follows:
| [1] In the General Post department | £454,000 | |
| [1] In the Two-penny and Three-penny Post department | 113,000 | |
| Total | £567,000 |
Being an average of about 6¼d. per letter.
