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Estimate of the Revenue which would be derived from the Post Office under the proposed arrangement.

Heads of charge.—See page 14	Present cost of primary distribution, (See page 14, column D.)	Estimated Cost of Primary Distribution, assuming the number of Newspapers and Franked Letters to remain under all ciscumstances as at present, but the number of Chargeable letters,
		1st. To remain as at present, viz. 88,608,000 per ann.	2nd. To increase two-fold.	3rd. To increase three-fold.	4th. To increase four-fold.	5th. To increase five-fold.	6th. To increase six-fold.	7th. To increase seven-fold.
			Such increase would augment the whole number of packets to be distributed, whether Chargeable Letters, Franks, ar Newspapers, in the ratio of
			1 7/10 to 1	2 4/10 to 1	3 1/10 to 1	3 8/10 to 1	4 5/10 to 1	5 2/10 to 1
	£	£	£	£	£	£	£	£
Salaries and allowances	222,510	190,000	209,000	224,000	230,000	246,000	255,000	263,000
Allowances for special services and travelling charges	8,039	8,039	9,000	10,000	11,000	12,000	13,000	14,000
Conveyance of mails, &c.	135,919	135,919	179,000	223,000	267,000	310,000	354,000	398,000
Packet services &c.	4,987	4,987	6,200	7,400	8,700	10,000	11,300	12,600
Tradesmen's bills, &c.	9,974	9,974	12,000	13,000	14,000	15,000	16,000	17,000
Rents, tithes, and taxes	4,085	4,085	4,700	5,200	5,600	6,000	6,400	6,800
Law charges	5,913	5,913	6,000	7,000	8,000	9,000	10,000	11,000
Stationery, printing, & postage	3,539	3,539	4,200	4,800	5,400	6,000	6,600	7,200
Superannuation allowances, &c.	30,248	30,248	30,248	30,248	30,248	30,248	30,248	30,248
Menai and Conway bridges (tolls)	1,303	1,303	1,800	2,200	2,600	3,000	3,400	3,800
Total cost of primary dist.	426,517	393,094	462,148	526,848	582,548	647,248	705,948	763,648
Receipts		369,200	738,400	1,107,600	1,476,800	1,846,000	2,215,200	2,584,400
Net revenue or profit	……	23,894 Loss.	276,752	580,752	894,252	1,198,752	1,509,252	1,820,752