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_. Stamps. 2_d_. Stamps. 5th January, 1841, 74,856,960 7,587,960 5th
January, 1842, 110,878,344 3,391,800 5th January, 1843, 121,648,080
2,866,080 ------ ------ First three years, 307,383,384 13,845,840
321,229,224 stamps, nominal value, L1,396,146 Expense of manufacture and
distribution, 42,763 ------ ------ Net proceeds, L1,353,382 Average
yearly, 451,127 The present cost of Label Stamps is reported, July 16,
1846, thus: Paper for a million labels, L5 11_s_. Printing and gumming,
25 -- Salaries, proportion of, 46 10_s_. Contingencies, poundage, &c. 46
10_s_. ---------- ------ Cost per million, L79 -- The entire cost of the
Stamped Envelopes is thus stated: Year Ending. Cost. Sold for. Profit.
5th January, 1841, L4,268 L4,292 5th January, 1842, 5,530 5,470 5th
January, 1843, 5,290 5,415 5th January, 1844, 6,190 6,540 5th January,
1845, 6,948 7,261 Total, five years, L28,229 L28,978 L749 The original
cost of the machinery, L435, is divided and a