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قراءة كتاب Canadian Postal Guide
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In August, 1857, the exemption of postage on newspapers was confined to newspapers transmitted from the office of publication to regular subscribers—all other newspapers being made liable to charge. On the 1st February, 1858, Mr. Spence retired from office, and was succeeded as Postmaster General by the Hon. Sidney Smith. In May, 1857, the Canadian Ocean Steamers, under contract with Mr. Hugh Allan, commenced a weekly service between Quebec and Liverpool in summer, and Portland and Liverpool in winter. These steamers, and the Grand Trunk Railway, between Portland and Quebec on the east, and Detroit on the west, which was completed a few month afterwards, have made Canada one of the great postal as well as commercial highways between Europe and the Western States. Closed mails are now carried under treaties with the several governments with regularity and despatch.
In July, 1859, postage was re-imposed on newspapers sent from the office of publication to regular subscribers. Postage rates were computed in dollars and cents; and letters addressed to any place in Canada, if posted unpaid, were subjected to an additional rate of two cents per half ounce. A large augmentation continued to take place in every department of the post office; the mails carried by the Ocean Steamers, especially, rapidly increased. The four mails of January, 1862, carried 30,000 letters from Canada, and brought 31,000 letters to the Province—a number far beyond the previous average of a mid-winter month. In May, 1862, Mr. Smith resigned his office, and was succeeded by the Hon. M. H. Foley, who now presides over the department.
The following statement will convey some idea of the rapid growth of the postal system in this Province, since the transfer to the control of the Colonial Government, in 1851:—
KEY:
A: No. of Post Offices.
B: Number of miles of Post Route.
C: Number of miles of annual Mail Travel.
D: No. of letters carried by post per annum.
E: Number of Registered Letters.
F: Gross Revenue.
G: Expenditure, exclusive of Railway Mail payments.
| Year. | A | B | C | D | E | F | G |
| 1851 | 601 | 7595 | 2,487,000 | 2,132,000 | |||
| 1852 | 840 | 8618 | 2,930,000 | 3,700,000 | ... | $230,629 | $276,191 |
| 1853 | 1016 | 9122 | 3,430,000 | 4,250,000 | ... | 278,587; | 298,723 |
| 1854 | 1166 | 10,027 | 4,000,000 | 5,100,000 | ... | 320,000 | 361,447 |
| 1855 | 1293 | 11,192 | 4,550,000 | 6,000,000 | ... | 368,166 | 449,726 |
| 1856 | 1375 | 11,839 | 4,800,000 | 7,000,000; | 350,000 | 374,295 | 486,880 |
| 1857 | 1506 | 13,253 | 5,383,000 | 8,500,000 | 450,000 | 462,163 | 522,570 |
| 1858 | 1566 | 13,000 | 5,520,000 | 9,000,000 | 450,000 | 541,153 | 546,374 |
| 1859 | 1638 | 13,871 | 5,604,000 | 8,500,000 | 400,000 | 578,426 | 529,290 |
| 1860 | 1698 | 14,202 | 5,712,000 | 9,000,000 | 480,000 | 658,451 | 534,681 |
| 1861 | 1775 | 14,608 | 5,855,000 | 9,400,000 | 400,000 | 698,888 | 560,132 |
Of the 9,400,000 letters passing by post in 1861, the seven cities supplied 4,250,000; as follows:—
| Quebec | 1,000,000 |
| Montreal | 1,400,000 |
| Kingston | 210,000 |
| Ottawa | 160,000 |
| Toronto | 900,000 |
| Hamilton | 350,000 |
| London | 230,000 |
Of the gross receipts collected in 1861, $628,000 was derived from letter postage, and $70,000 from postage on newspapers.