List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1874

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Transcriber’s Note: A large number of obvious printer’s errors have been corrected, mostly around punctuation and accents, but more or less no attempt has been made to standardise the varying spelling of the names of people and places.

LIST OF POST OFFICES, 1874.

LIST OF POST OFFICES IN CANADA, WITH THE NAMES OF THE POSTMASTERS ON THE 1st JULY, 1874.

Printed by Order of the Postmaster General.

Toronto: PRINTED BY HUNTER, ROSE & CO., 86 & 88 KING STREET WEST. 1874.

TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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1. Memorandum for Postmasters 5

2. Principal Officers of the Post Office Department and Inspectors 6

3. List of Post Offices in Canada with the names of the Postmasters 7

4. List of Post Offices closed, and not subsequently re-opened, between the 1st July, 1873, and the 1st July, 1874 154

5. List of changes in the names of Post Offices, between the 1st July, 1873, and the 1st July, 1874, inclusive 155

6. Post Offices in the Province of Ontario, arranged according to Electoral Districts and Townships 159

7. Post Offices in the Province of Quebec, arranged according to Electoral Districts 189

8. Post Offices and Way Offices in the Province of Nova Scotia, arranged according to Electoral Districts 200

9. Post Offices and Way Offices in the Province of New Brunswick, arranged according to Electoral Districts 205

10. Post Offices in the Province of Manitoba, arranged according to Electoral Districts 209

11. Post Offices in the Province of British Columbia, arranged according to Electoral Districts 210

12. Post Offices in the Province of Prince Edward Island, arranged according to Electoral Districts 211

13. Postal Divisions under the charge of the several Inspectors 213

14. List of the Postmasters in Canada, with the names of the Post Offices 215

15. Tables of Rates of Postage in Canada, and also between Canada and the United Kingdom, British Colonies, and Foreign Countries 254

(_Memorandum._)

POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT, 1st July, 1874.

Should any Postmaster discover an error in the description of his Office, as set forth in this List, he will please notify the same to this Department without delay.

* * * * *

A List of Rates of Postage for Foreign Countries, &c., is appended to this List.

PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT.

HON. DONALD A. MACDONALD, _Postmaster General_.

WILLIAM HENRY GRIFFIN, _Deputy Postmaster General_.

HORATIO ASPREY WICKSTEED, _Accountant_.

WILLIAM WHITE, _Secretary_.

J. CUNNINGHAM STEWART, _Superintendent Savings Bank Branch_.

JOHN ASHWORTH, _Cashier_.

WILLIAM HENRY SMITHSON, _Assistant Accountant_.

MONEY ORDER BRANCH.

PETER LE SUEUR, Chief Superintendent _Ottawa_.

J. H. THORNE, Superintendent for Nova Scotia _Halifax_, N. S.

JAS. HALE, Superintendent for New Brunswick _St. John_, N. B.

ROBT. WALLACE, Inspector, acting as Superintendent for British Columbia _Victoria_, B. C.

INSPECTORS.

STATION.

JOHN DEWE, _Chief Inspector_ _Ottawa_.

ARTHUR WOODGATE in charge of Nova Scotia Division _Halifax_.

JOHN MCMILLAN ” New Brunswick ” _St. John_.

W. G. SHEPPARD ” Quebec ” _Quebec_.

E. F. KING ” Montreal ” _Montreal_.

ROBT. W. BARKER ” Kingston ” _Kingston_.

M. SWEETNAM ” Toronto ” _Toronto_.

G. E. GRIFFIN ” London ” _London_.

ROBERT WALLACE ” British Columbia ” _Victoria_.

T. P. FRENCH ” Ottawa ” _Ottawa_.

LIST OF POST OFFICES IN CANADA,

On THE 1st JULY, 1874.

_The Offices printed in Italics are authorized to Grant and Pay Money Orders._

_The Offices marked * are Savings Bank Offices._

_The letters “W. O.” following the name of a Post Office, signify “Way Office.”_

_The Capital letters on the right of the County column indicate the several Provinces of the Dominion._