National expenditure £1,637,000 £8,555,000 Post offices 209 21,551 Post roads (miles) 5,642 178,670 Revenue of Post-office £15,650 £1,130,000 Mileage of trains 8,091 GOODS TRAFFIC.--Tons booked 6,547 Mileage 248,351 Receipts £1,860 Mileage of mails ---- 46,541,423 Canals (miles) 0 5,000 Railways (miles) 0 5,000 Railways (miles) 0 10,287 Electric telegraph (miles) 0 10,287 Electric telegraph (miles) 0 15,000 Public libraries (volumes) 75,000 2,201,623 School libraries (volumes) 75,000 2,201,623 School libraries (volumes) 0 2,000,000 If they did not know how.