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London, England, 1839-09-12 00:00:00

CUSTOM-HOUSE.

AMOUNT OF CUSTOM DUTIES COLLECTED AT GLASGOW
Years. Revenue. Years. Revenue.
1812 ... £3,124 2 41 1835 ... £270,667 8 9
1815 ... 8,300 4 3 1836 314,701 10 8
1820 ... 11,000 6 9 1837 ... 379,702 2 10
1825 ... 41,154 16 7 1838 ... 394,144 11 8
1830 ... 59,013 17 3 1839 ... 403,904 17 9
The bonding system in Glasgow commenced in
1817, but was not in full operation till 1829. The
bonding of tobacco took place in 1833, and tea in
1834 ; but they also required some time before the du-
ties were greatly increased.—Custom House Records.
There is every reason to believe, from authority, that
the duties in 1840 will be fully 450,000/. This, and the
increase of the River and Post-office revenue, may be
taken as a sure index of the increasing prosperity of the
trade of Glasgow.—Dr. Cleland.

POST-0:

}TICE.
REVENUE FROM 1781 TILL 1839.
Years. Revenue. Years. Revenue.
1781... £4,341 4 9 1830... £34,978 9 01
1810... 27,598 6 0 1835... 35,954 4 6
1815... 34,784 16 0 1836... 42,370 0 114
1820... 31,533 2 3 1837... 43,029 6 8i
1825... 34,190 1 7 1838... :44,393 0 41
There is every reason to believe, that the revenue of
the current year will amount to about 50,0001., unless
interrupted by the penny postage.

In 1698, King William 111. gave a grant of the
whole revenue of the Post Office in Scotland, with 300/.
per annum, to Sir R. Sinclair, of Stevenson, for keeping
up the post. Alter a fair trial, Sir Robert Sinclair
abandoned the grant as disadvantageous. In 1707, at
the union with England, the revenue of the Post
Office in Scotland was under 2,0001. The nett produce
of the Post Office of the United Kingdom, for the
year ending sth April, 1839, was 1,674,325/.—Trea-
sury Minute.—ln 1709, application was made to Par-
liament for a Riding Post between Edinburgh and
Glasgow. On the 7th July, 1788, the first mail-coach
from London came to the Saracen's Head Inn, Glas-
gow ; and such was the interest excited on that occa-
sion, that a crowd of horsemen went out as far is
Clyde Iron Works to welcome her approach. Mr.
Bain, who, since 1790, has been one of the contractors,
states, that for many years after he was a party to
carrying the mail, there was such a scarcity of
passengers that the concern was a losing one. At
that period the Mail was sixty-three hours on the road.
There are now a morning and day Mail from London
to Glasgow, and the journey is usually performed in
lest than thirty hours. When a Railroad is completed
from London to Glasgow, there is reason to believe
that the Mail will be carried in less than twenty hours.
Before the introduction of mail-coaches, the course
of post from London to Glasgow was five days, the
Glasgow letters being then brought round by Edin-
burgh and detained there twelve flours till the usual
Edinburgh despatch from Glasgow was made up in
the evening. There where then only five London
mails brought to Glasgow in the week, no mail at
that time being received in Edinburgh, or des-
patched from it on Sunday. When the mail-coach
conveyance had been brought on to C irlisle, it oc-
curred that the sixth mail for Glasgow, which the
Sunday regulation of the Edinburgh Office prevented
being passed through that medium, might be conveyed
by the mail-coach to Carlisle, and forwarded from thencel
to Glasgow. This was accordingly done, and this mail
was found to reach Glasgow in four days, while the other
five mai:s brought by Edinburgh did not arrive till the
fifth day. This anomalous arrangement for thendthe
convey-
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SAVINGS' BANNS.
The foregoing tables exhibit the rapid increase of
trade. The followjng statement is most gratifying, as it
shows the savings of the working classes deposited in the
two Glasgow Banks, without reference to the sums de-
posited in the suburban Banks :
Number of depositors in the two Banks
19th Aug. 1839
Amount of deposits in the two Banks
on 19th Aug. 1839
—Bank Ledgers.

170,779