ENGLISH POSTAL SERVICE
MAGNITUDE OF BUSINESS. Whatever may be said for or against State control of public services it is gratifying to learn of the commercial success of the Rost Office, (he biggest business under one control in England. For the yea r which "ended last March there was a net profit of £9,187,-150, and the biggest contribution toward earning this was the carrying of (5,637,000,000 postal packets and parcels. This was 77.000. more than the,year before. These letters and parcels represented about 40,000,000 mail bags, yet of that huge total only 24 bags were lost in transit. During the year more than 101,000,000 postal orders were sold and nearly 15.000. money orders. In spite of the industrial depression the profit on the year’s working of the Post Office was only £184,000 less than the year before.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 21668, 11 June 1932, Page 19
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137ENGLISH POSTAL SERVICE Otago Daily Times, Issue 21668, 11 June 1932, Page 19
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