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business are so different, might be made to serve<lb/> | business are so different, might be made to serve<lb/> | ||
for both purposes.</p> | for both purposes.</p> | ||
<p>[ ] [ <hi rend="underline">Nor shall it be open to individuals</hi>] Question<lb/> | |||
-Whay not? Answer.- Because the advantage would<lb/> | |||
be as nothing, <del>all</del> the disadvantages numerous and<lb/> | |||
considerable. The Local Post Offices are as it<lb/> | |||
were the Ret<gap/> Shops, from whence the article is<lb/> | |||
shall out to individuals: the Head Office in Westminster<lb/> | |||
is proposed as to serve as the great Wholesale<lb/> | |||
shop or <del>Warehouse</del><add>Manufactory</add>, from whence the Dealers<lb/> | |||
and they only shall be supplied. <add>Were it to be</add> If opened to<lb/> | |||
individuals the number of places at which individuals<lb/> | |||
might be accommodated would thus be<lb/> | |||
only increased by one: nor would accommodation<lb/> | |||
thus afforded be any thing better than<lb/> | |||
what might equally afforded by the addition<lb/> | |||
of another Penny Post Office. The quantity<lb/> | |||
of business that might come to be done, and<lb/> | |||
thence the <add>quantity of the</add> demand for <hi rend="underline"><unclear>hands</unclear></hi> as well as <hi rend="underline">space</hi><lb/> | |||
would be altogether uncertain and unsusceptible<lb/> | |||
of calculation: and the embarassment and <del>disturbance</del><lb/> | |||
that might arise out the promiscuous<lb/> | |||
resort of crowds of individuals of the inferior<lb/> | |||
classes <add>all</add> standing in <del>each another</del><add>one another</add> way, and all<lb/> | |||
clamorous for preferance might productive of<lb/> | |||
perpetual disturbance. — The Exchequer Bill <add>Office,</add></p><pb/> | |||
[2] [Head Office .... at or near the Exchequer Of
Bill Office.] This is mentioned here rather for illustration
than as a decided proposal. It
would remain for enquiry whether the same OfficeBuilding
with or without the same Clerks, as the terms of
business are so different, might be made to serve
for both purposes.
[ ] [ Nor shall it be open to individuals] Question
-Whay not? Answer.- Because the advantage would
be as nothing, all the disadvantages numerous and
considerable. The Local Post Offices are as it
were the Ret Shops, from whence the article is
shall out to individuals: the Head Office in Westminster
is proposed as to serve as the great Wholesale
shop or WarehouseManufactory, from whence the Dealers
and they only shall be supplied. Were it to be If opened to
individuals the number of places at which individuals
might be accommodated would thus be
only increased by one: nor would accommodation
thus afforded be any thing better than
what might equally afforded by the addition
of another Penny Post Office. The quantity
of business that might come to be done, and
thence the quantity of the demand for hands as well as space
would be altogether uncertain and unsusceptible
of calculation: and the embarassment and disturbance
that might arise out the promiscuous
resort of crowds of individuals of the inferior
classes all standing in each anotherone another way, and all
clamorous for preferance might productive of
perpetual disturbance. — The Exchequer Bill Office,
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