Part 33

Orders and Decisions relative to Railroad Mail Matter (1897).

A Brief Comparison of the Postal Facilities of Great Britain and the United States (1899).

Report of the Postal Committee of the National Board of Trade (1900).

Railway Mail Pay. Report of Joint Commission to Investigate the Postal Service (1901).

Record of Weight (July 1-December 31, 1906) of Second-Class Mail Matter (1907).

Report of Postal Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter (1907).

Report of Special Weighings of the Mails of 1907 (1908).

Preliminary Report of Joint Commission on Business Method of Post Office Department and Postal Service (1908).

Data relative to Proposed Extension of Parcel Post (1908).

Cost of Transporting and Handling the Several Classes of Mail Matter (1909).

Hearings before the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads of the House of Representatives on Second-Class Mail (1910).

1911.

Instructions to Publishers in the Preparation of Second-Class Matter for Mailing and Dispatch (May 1).

Information issued by the Second Assistant Postmaster-General relative to the Transportation of Mails by Railroad.

Letter from Postmaster-General submitting a Report giving Results of the Inquiry as to the Operation Receipts and Expenditures of Railroad Companies Transporting the Mails, and recommending Legislation on the Subject (August 15).

Hearings of the Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter:--

Statements on behalf of the Post Office Department (August 1).

Supplemental Statement on behalf of the Post Office Department (September 14).

Supplemental Statement on behalf of the Post Office Department (October 20 and 21).

Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines.

Memorandum on behalf of the Post Office Department in Reply to "Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines" (October 28).

Supplemental Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines.

Memorandum on behalf of the Post Office Department in Reply to "Supplemental Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines" (November 27).

1912.

Hearings before the Sub-Committee on Parcel Post of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads.

Parcel Post in Foreign Countries (prepared under the direction of Hon. Jonathan Bourne, Jun., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads).

Hearings before the Committee on Expenditure in the Post Office Department--Rural Delivery Service.

Parcel Post. Speech of Hon. David J. Lewis, of Maryland, in the House of Representatives (February 2).

Message of President transmitting Annual Report of the Postmaster-General and Report of the Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter (February 22).

Postal Express as a Solution of the Parcel Post and High Cost of Living Problems, by Hon. David J. Lewis, Member of Congress (March 5).

The Parcel Post and Postal Express Situation in Congress. Letter to the People of the United States by Hon. Obadiah Gardner, United States Senator from the State of Maine (April 4).

Postal Express: Report from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce (April 25).

Alphabetical Scheme of New York for use of Publishers in the Distribution of Second-Class Mail (May).

Hearings before Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads _re_ Transportation of Periodical Second-Class Mail Matter by Freight (June 5-11).

Report on Post Office Appropriation Bill from Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads (July 23).

Parcel Post Bill. Speech by Hon. David J. Lewis in House of Representatives (August 19).

Post Office Appropriations Act (containing authority for establishment of Inland Parcel Post).

The Postal Laws and Regulations pertaining to the Second Class of Mail Matter (October.)

The Lewis Publishing Company _v_. The Post Office Department. Brief for the Post Office Department (November 19).

1913.

Parcel Post Regulations.

Interstate Commerce Commission: In the Matter of Express Rates, Practices, Accounts, and Revenues. Opinion No. 1967.

Reports of the Postmaster-General on the Post Office. Annually.

Abstract of Laws passed between 1792 and 1910, fixing the Rates of Postage on Newspapers and other Periodical Publications when sent in the Domestic Mails.

Abstract of Laws passed between 1792 and 1910 fixing Rates of Postage on Domestic Mail Matter.

Journals of Congress. Philadelphia, 1781-2.

Journals of the Continental Congress. Philadelphia, 1774-89 (pub. Washington, D.C., 1904).

Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates in Congress. Washington, D.C., 1825.

The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States. Gales and Seaton, Washington, D.C., 1849.

Abridgement of Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856. New York, 1861.

Congressional Globe. Washington, D.C.

Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.

The Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America. Washington, D.C., 1912.

FRANCE

BELLOC, A. Les Postes francaises. Paris, 1886.

BERNEDE, CHARLES. Des Postes en g['e]n['e]rale, et particuli[e']rement en France. Nantes, 1826.

BONNET, EDGAR. Importance des Postes et T['e]l['e]graphes au point de vue social et ['e]conomique. Paris, 1891.

CAZES, L['E]ON. Le Monopole postale. Paris, 1900.

DELMAS, ALBERT. Les Agents des Postes et le Parlement R['e]publicain. Paris, 1902.

GALLOIS, E. La Poste et les Moyens de Communication des Peuples [a'] travers les Si[e']cles. Paris, 1894.

GOUIN, M. (Administrateur des Postes). Essai historique sur l'['e]tablissement des Postes en France. Paris, 1823.

JACCOTTEY, PAUL (Professeur Adjoint [a'] l'Ecole Professionnelle sup['e]rieure des Postes et des T['e]l['e]graphes). Trait['e] de L['e]gislation et d'Exploitation postales. Paris, 1891.

MAURY, LUCIEN. Les Postes romaines. Paris, 1890.

MERCIER, REN['E]. La Franchise postale. Librairie nouvelle de Droit et de Jurisprudence. Paris, 1904.

PAULHAN, L. La Poste aux Lettres.

ROTHSCHILD, A. DE. Histoire de la Poste aux Lettres. Paris, 1879.

Les Services postaux francais. Paris, 1905.

R['e]pertoire du Droit administratif. Paris, 1905.

OFFICIAL PAPERS.

Rapport au Pr['e]sident de la R['e]publique sur les Conditions du Fonctionnement de l'Administration des Postes et des T['e]l['e]graphes, par A. Millerand, le Ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie, des Postes, et des T['e]l['e]graphes. May 12, 1900.

Proceedings in National Assembly. Reported in _Moniteur Universel_.

Proceedings in Parliament. Reported in _Journal Officiel_.

Chambre des D['e]put['e]s. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission du Budget charg['e]e d'examiner le projet de loi portant fixation du Budget g['e]n['e]ral, Postes, T['e]l['e]graphes, et T['e]l['e]phones. (Annually.)

S['e]nat. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission du Budget charg['e]e d'examiner le projet de loi portant fixation du Budget g['e]n['e]ral, Postes, T['e]l['e]graphes, et T['e]l['e]phones. (Annually.)

GERMANY

CROLE, B. E. Geschichte der deutschen Post von ihren Anf[:a]ngen bis zur Gegenwart. Eisenach, 1889.

DAMBACH, OTTO. Das Gesetz [:u]ber das Postwesen des deutschen Reiches vom 28. Oktober 1871. Berlin, 1890.

DIECKMANN, CARL. Postgeschichte deutscher Staaten seit einem halben Jahrtausend. Leipsic, 1896.

FAULHABER, B. Geschichte des Postwesens in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt a. M., 1883.

GROSSE, OSKAR. Die Beseitigung des Thurn und Taxis'schen Postwesens in Deutschland durch Heinrich Stephan. Minden in Westf., 1898.

GRUNOW, F. W. Zur Reform des Paketportos in Deutschland und OEsterreich-Ungarn. Leipsic, 1898.

HAASS, FRIEDRICH. Die Post und der Charakter ihrer Eink[:u]nfte, mit einem Anhang [:u]ber die Packetpost. Stuttgart, 1890.

HOLZAMER, J. Zur Geschichte der Briefportoreform in den Culturstaaten. T[:u]bingen, 1879.

HULL, C. H. "Die deutsche Reichs-Packetpost." Sammlung national[:o]konomischer und statistischer Abhandlungen des staatswissenschaftlichen Seminars zu Halle (Saale) von Prof. Dr. Conrad. Jena, 1892.

JUNG, J. Entwickelung des deutschen Post und Telegraphenwesen in den letzten 25 Jahren. Leipsic, 1893.

KOEHLER, B. Die Reichs-Post und Telegraphentarife in ihren Rechtlichen Formen. Berlin, 1907.

MEYER, A. Die deutsche Post im Weltpostverein und im Wechselverkehr. Berlin, 1902.

MUELLER, C. F. Die F[:u]rstlich Thurn und Taxis'schen Posten und Posttaxen. Jena, 1845.

Posten und Posttaxen. Freiburg im Breisgau, 1864.

NICKAU, P. J. Wettbewerb in der Kleingewerbef[:o]rderung innerhalb des Reichspostgebiets. W[:u]rzburg, 1909.

OHMANN, F. Die Anf[:a]nge des Postwesens und die Taxis. Leipzig, 1909.

PERROT, F. Die Anwendung des Penny-Porto-Systems auf den Eisenbahntarif und das Packet-Porto. Rostock, 1872.

PORTAS, K. Deutsche Postzeitungsgeb[:u]hrentarif. K[:o]nigsberg, 1914.

RUEBSAM, JOSEPH. Francis von Taxis, the Founder of the Modern Post, and Johann Baptista von Taxis, his Nephew, 1491-1541. _L'Union Postale_, Berne, 1892.

SCHMID, K. A. H. Zur Geschichte der Briefporto-Reform in Deutschland. Jena, 1864.

SCHMIDT, ARTUR. Die Tarife der deutschen Reichs-Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung. _Finanz-Archiv_, Berlin, 1905-6.

VON STEPHAN, HEINRICH. Geschichte der preussischen Post. Berlin, 1859.

ULLRICH, P. Die Finanzen der Reichs-Post- und Telegraphenverwaltung. Stettin, 1913.

Die Brieftaxe in Deutschland. Freiburg im Breisgau, 1862.

Die Uebernahme der Privat-Bef[:o]rderungsbetriebe durch die Reichs-Postverwaltung. _Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung_, Berlin, March 1901.

Handw[:o]rterbuch der Staatswissenschaften. Jena, 1901 and 1910.

Allgemeine Dienstanweisung f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Berlin, 1901.

Archiv f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Beihefte zum Amtsblatt des Reichs-Postamts. Fortnightly. Berlin.

Bl[:a]tter f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Zeitschrift der h[:o]heren Post- und Telegraphen-Beamten. Berlin.

Stenographische Berichte [:u]ber die Verhandlungen des Reichstags. Berlin. (Cited _Reichstag, Official Reports_.)

GENERAL

ACWORTH, W. M. Elements of Railway Economics. Oxford, 1905.

ADAMS, H. C. Science of Finance. New York, 1909.

ALEXANDER, E. PORTER. Railway Practice. New York, 1887.

BAINES, F. E. Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones, and their Relation to Trade. London, 1896.

BASTABLE, C. F. Public Finance. London, 1903.

BENNETT, A. R. The Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe. London, 1895.

BURRITT, ELIHU. Ocean Penny Postage. London, 1849.

COHN, G. The Science of Finance. Translated by T. B. Veblen. Chicago, 1895.

COLSON, C. Railway Rates and Traffic. London, 1914.

DARWIN, LEONARD. Municipal Trade. London, 1903.

ELY, R. T. Taxation in American States and Cities. New York, 1888.

FARRER, LORD. The State in its Relation to Trade. London, 1902.

FISCHER, P. D. Post und Telegraphie im Weltverkehr. Berlin, 1879.

GIFFEN, SIR R. Essays in Finance. London, 1890.

GRIERSON, J. Railway Rates, English and Foreign. London, 1886.

HAASS, DR. FRIEDRICH. Weltpostverein und Einheits-Porto (Welt-Penny Porto). Heidenheim (Brenz), 1914.

HADLEY, A. T. Railroad Transportation. Its History and its Laws. New York, 1886.

HAMILTON, I. G. J. An Outline of Postal History and Practice, with a History of the Post Office in India. Calcutta, 1910.

JEVONS, W. S. A State Parcel Post. _Contemporary Review_, January 1879.

Methods of Social Reform. London, 1883.

JONES, R. The Nature and First Principle of Taxation. London, 1914.

JUERGENSOHN, ARVED. Weltportoreform. Berlin, 1910.

KNOOP, D. Outlines of Railway Economics. London, 1913.

LEE, JOHN. Economics of Telegraphs and Telephones. London, 1913.

LEROY-BEAULIEU, P. Trait['e] de la Science des Finances. Paris, 1899.

MCCULLOCH, J. R. Taxation and the Funding System. London, 1863.

MERRITT, A. N. Scope of Government Functions. Journal of Political Economy, Chicago, July 1908.

MEYER, H. R. Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain. New York, 1907.

NORTHCOTE, STAFFORD. Twenty Years of Financial Policy. London, 1862.

PARNELL, SIR H. On Financial Reform. London, 1832.

PLEHN, C. C. Introduction to Public Finance. New York, 1909.

RIPLEY, W. Z. Railway Problems. Boston, U.S.A., 1907.

SAY, L. Dictionnaire des Finances. Paris, 1889.

SELIGMAN, E. R. A. Essays in Taxation. New York, 1913.

SPENCER, HERBERT. The Man versus the State. London, 1884.

STEIN, L. VON. Lehrbuch der Finanzwissenschaft. Leipsic, 1885.

TERRA, OTTO DE. Im Zeichen des Verkehrs. Berlin, 1899.

WAGNER, ADOLPH. Finanzwissenschaft. Leipsic, 1890.

WILHELM, JULIUS. Frachtporto. Vienna, 1900.

Memoranda, chiefly relating to the Classification and Incidence of Imperial and Local Taxes. Bluebook C. 9528, 1899.

RUFFY, M. E. L'Union postale universelle. Sa fondation et son d['e]veloppement. Lausanne, 1900.

Official Documents of the International Postal Congresses. Published by the International Bureau, Berne.

Statistique g['e]n['e]rale des postes. (Annually.) Berne.

L'Union postale. (Monthly.) Berne.

NOTE.--_The foregoing list includes particulars of the chief works consulted, but is not in any sense a complete bibliography._

INDEX

Act of Union, 15

Acts, Post Office, _see_ Post Office Acts

Advertisement duty, 117, 119, 128

Agriculture, encouragement of, 190, 245

_Aktentaxe_, 225, 240

Allen, Ralph, 18

Armour, R., 138

Australia, parcel post in, 197

Bastiat, Fr['e]d['e]ric, 86

Bath Road, 21

_Binnenporto_, 102

Blackwood, Sir Arthur, 234, 279

Blind, rate on printed matter for, 244, 320

Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 167

Book Post, 32, 184, 220, 320

Books, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage

_Boten-Anstalten_, 97, 209, 349, 350

_Botenmeister_, 97, 98

_Botenpost_, 98

Bourne, Jonathan, Senator, 196

Buildings, Post Office, cost of, 293, 309

Burlamachi, Philip, 10

Bye letters, 17

Canadian Magazine Post, 346

Cape Breton, posts in, 51

Carriers, common, and conveyance of letters, 1, 250, 380, 381

_Cartes de visite_, 224

Catalogues, 170, 172, 225

Chesterfield, Lady, 112

Clanricarde, Lord, 53, 345

"Class" newspapers, 124, 125

Classification of mail matter, _see_ Mail matter; of postal revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

Clerks of the Road, 114, 118, 403-11

Closed post, 222, 320 note

_Colis encombrants_, 280

Colonial letters, rates for, 345, 346

Commercial papers, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage

Commissioners of Inquiry into Fees and Emoluments, 1788, 115 note; into Revenue Departments, 1829, 25, 114 note; of Post Office Inquiry, 1837, 248 note; 1838, 29

Commissioners on Post Office in British North America, Report of, 1840, 47, 48

Committee, Select, on Postage, 1838, 30; on Newspaper Stamps, 1851, 122, 127

Commonwealth, The, 14

Confederation of British North American Colonies, 1867, 55, 141, 254

Conference, international postal, 1863, 265

Congress, Constitutional (United States), 70; Continental (United States), 66, 149

Congress, international postal, 1874, 266; 1876, 270; 1878, 277; 1880, 278; 1886, 280; 1897, 272, 281; 1906, 274, 281

Convention, General Postal Union, 1874, 270; Parcel Post (international), 1880, 279

Conveyance of mails, cost of, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308, 321, 326

Conway Bridge, additional rate for, 339

Cost of handling (United Kingdom), 35, 311; for buildings, 293, 309; for conveyance of mails, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308, 321, 326; for staff, 289, 301, 306; for second-class mail (United States), 156, 158; letters (France), 85; newspapers (Germany), 175; parcels (Germany), 219, (United States) 198; postcards, 243

Council of State, 11, 12

Country newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial)

Couriers, post, _see_ Post-couriers

Crimean War, 125

Cromwell, Thomas, 3

Cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388

Cumbersome parcels, additional charge for, 206, 215, 280; definition of, 206 note, 280 note

Cunard, Samuel, 347

Cunard Steamship Company, 348

_Cursores_, 1, 2, 377

Daily post, establishment of, in England, 19

Declaratory Act, 1778, 44, 45

Deficit, on newspapers, 133, 169, 176, 294; on parcels, 190, 219, 294; on second-class mail, 147, 155, 158, 162

Delivery fees, 107, 110, 180, 206, 249, 258

Deputy Postmasters, _see_ Postmasters

Deputy Postmaster-General (North America), 37, 48, 52, 64, 136, 140, 148

Dockwra, William, 183, 247

Double letter, definition of, 336

_Dragonerpost_, 98

Drop letter, 254

Duty (paper), 117, 119 note; (advertisement), 117, 119, 128; (stamp), 117, 119, 121, 128

East India Company, 344

Elgin, Lord, 53

Evasion of postage, 16, 27, 48, 72, 254

Express companies, competition for second-class mail, 161; delivery of parcels, 193, 195

Farm (of the posts), 13, 14, 15, 70, 80, 380

Fee letter, _see_ Letters

Finance, 35, 36

Finlay, Hugh, 37, 401

First-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of

Fittings (for sorting), 284; cost of, 293

Foot-messengers, 184, 221, 331, 378

Foreign letter office, 8, 12, 13

Foreign posts, _see_ Posts

Fourth-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of

Foxcroft, Thomas, 66, 399

Frank, definition of, 27 note

Franking, 27, 49, 52, 114, 115, 116, 118, 138, 148, 403-11

Franklin, Benjamin, 39, 63, 64, 66, 148

Freeling, Sir Francis, 22, 137, 138

Freight trains, use of for second-class mail, 163

_Gazette, London_, 113, 114

_Gazette, Oxford_, 113, 114

General post, 248

General post delivery (London), 248

Germain, Lord George, 67

German-Austrian Postal Union, 1850, 213, 226, 236, 264

_Gesch[:a]ftspapiere_, 240

Gladstone, W. E., 126, 130

Goddard, William, 65

Gratuitous transit (of foreign mails), 268, 273, 275

Halfpenny Packet Post, 222

Hamilton, Andrew, 60, 62, 392-9

Hamilton, John, 64

Hand-stamping machines, 303

Handling, cost of, _see_ Cost of handling; method of, 284

Hartington, Marquess of, 130

Heaton, Sir J. Henniker, 346

Heriot, John, 40

Hickes, James, 113

Hill, Matthew Davenport, 29

Hill, Sir Rowland, 23-30, 47, 72, 74, 84, 127, 220, 312, 323

Horse-posts, _see_ Posts

Howe, John, 43, 139

_Illustrated London News_, 129

Inland letter office, 10, 12

International Parcel Post, _see_ Parcel post

Jaccottey, P., 171

Joyce, H., 17

King's messengers, 1, 4, 6, 377

_Landbestellgeld_, 110

_Landkutschen_, 97

_Landporto_, 102

Laurier, Sir Wilfred, 147

L'Estrange, Roger, 112, 113

Letter rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Letters, definition of "single," "double," "treble," 336; bye, 17; cross-post, 17; drop, 254; fee, 51; way, 18, 50; average weight of, 33, 291, 308

Licences, issue of, by Post Office, 357

Licensing Act, 1662, 112, 117

Lichfield, Lord, 29

Local newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial)

Local penny posts, 250

Local rates, _see_ Rates of postage

_London Gazette_, 113, 114

London Penny Post, 183, 247, 342

London Threepenny Post, 252

London Twopenny Post, 252

Loss on certain branches of Post Office business, _see_ Deficit

Maberley, Colonel, 29, 184

Magazine Post to Canada, 346

Magazines, transmission by post, 150, 152, 154, 155, 159, 346

Mail-coach, introduction of, 21

Mail matter, classification of, 75, 152, 191, 244

Mail order business, 196

_Ma[^i]tres de poste_, 37, 39

Manley, John, 13, 383

_Maryland Journal_, 65

Master of the Posts, 2, 12

Menai Bridge, additional rate for, 339

Merchant Adventurers, 8

Merchant Companies, 8

_Mercurius Publicus_, 112

Military post routes, 40, 42, 43

Millerand, A., 92, 93

Monopoly, postal, 7, 9,13, 60, 80, 255, 259, 325, 330, 340, 358, 380-4

Monsell, W., 133

Muddiman, Henry, 112, 113

Mulock, Sir William, 57, 146, 147

Murray, Robert, 247

Neale, Thomas, 60, 62, 391-8

Net revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

New England colonies, 59

Newsbooks, 111, 112

Newsletters, 111

Newspaper rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Newspaper Stamps, Select Committee on, 1851, 122, 127

Newspaper supplements, 171, 172, 181

Newspapers, average weight of, 132, 142, 308; cost of transmission, 175, 176; franking of, 148; free transmission of, 51, 56, 57, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144; "class," 124, 125; political, 167, 168; provincial (protected), 142, 146, 150, 151, 166, 169, 177; transient, 137, 152

Nicholas, Sir Edward, 113

North German Union, 108, 213, 214, 228, 257

_Nuncii_, 1, 2, 377

Old Age Pensions, payment of, 357

Open post, 222, 320 note

Oxenbridge, Clement, 13

_Oxford Gazette_, 113, 114

Pacific mails, 75

Packet post, _see_ Post for the packet

Packet postage, 339

Page, W. J., 49, 52

Palmer, John, 20

Paper duty, 117, 119

_Papiers d'affaires_, 93, 239

Parcel Post, international, 185, 204, 206, 277; local, 207, 208; loss on, 190, 219, 295, 334

Parcel Post Act, 1882, 188, 288

Parcel rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Parcels, cost of transportation, 188, 218, 219, 311, 321, 325, 331; average weight of, 33, 190, 216, 325

Paris, University of, 78, 79

_Parliamentary Intelligencer_, 112

Parnell, Sir Henry, 24

Pattern Post, _see_ Rates of postage (samples)

Penalty frank, 192

Penny Post (London), 183, 247, 342

Penny posts (local), 250

Penny postage, uniform, introduction of, 23

Penrose Overstreet Commission, 156, 157

Periodicals, transmission by post, 150, 152, 154, 155, 159

Pitt, William, 21, 344

Political newspapers, 167, 168

_Poor Man's Guardian_, 120

Popish Plot, 14

Post Office Acts-- 1657, 13; 1660, 14, 337, 341; 1711, 15, 229, 248, 337, 343; 1730, 249, 251; 1763, 17; 1764, 115; 1765, 20, 250, 338; 1784, 21, 338; 1794, 251; 1795, 230; 1796, 338; 1797, 22; 1799, 344; 1801, 22, 230, 251, 338; 1802, 116; 1805, 22, 230, 252, 338; 1812, 22, 230, 339; 1814, 344; 1815, 345; 1836, 122; 1837, 339, 347; 1838, 288; 1839, 231; 1840, 231; 1853, 128; 1855, 128; 1870, 131, 221; 1882, 188; 1893, 288; 1908, 131

Post Office revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

Postage, origin of term, 2, 6; prepayment of, 27, 238, 251; rates of, _see_ Rates of postage

Postage, uniform, _see_ Uniform postage

Postage stamps, introduction of, 27

Postal monopoly, _see_ Monopoly

Postal traffic, growth of, in United Kingdom, 32

Postal Union Convention, 1874, 270

_Post-boten_, 97

Post-boys, 16, 20, 22

Postcards, 241; average weight of, 308

Post-couriers, 9, 39, 41, 49, 51, 52, 79, 81, 99, 374, 376

Post for the packet, 5, 8, 378

Post-horses, 2, 4, 5, 6, 20, 374-7, 381, 385

Postmasters, 5, 7, 9, 18, 49, 51, 66, 71, 114, 192, 254, 342, 387, 390, 397, 404, 406, 410

Post-riders, 4, 5, 20, 22, 67

Post-roads, 14, 17

Post-stages, 2, 20, 38, 79, 99, 374-7

Posts, 2; cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388; extraordinary, 3, 6; foreign, 8, 340; horse, 2, 22, 37, 61, 65, 79, 99, 350; military, 40, 43, 98; ministerial, 67; municipal, 6; ordinary, 3; parliamentary, 67; regular, 2, 6; temporary, 3, 6; thorough, 4, 5; Thurn and Taxis, 108, 350; travelling, 3-6, 79; university, 6, 78

Povey, Charles, 250

Power stamping machines, 303

Prepayment of postage, 27, 238, 251

Press, restrictions upon, 112, 117, 119, 122, 126, 166, 167, 180

Prideaux, Edmund, 11

Prince Edward Island, posts in, 52

Profit, Post Office, _see_ Revenue, net

Prospectuses, transmission by post, 170, 172, 225

Provincial newspapers, _see_ Newspapers

Provost, Sir George, 42

De Quester, Matthew, 7, 340

Railway Clearing Committee, 189

Railway companies, remuneration of, for conveyance of mails, 186, 288

Railway rates, basis of, 321, 322, 323

Randolph, Thomas, 3

Rates of Postage--

ENGLAND.

_Letters_, 1635, 9; 1649, 11; 1657, 13, 336; 1660, 14, 337; 1711, 15, 337; 1765, 20, 338; 1784, 21, 338; 1797, 1801, 1805, 22, 338; 1812, 22, 339; 1840, 23, 339; 1865, 31, 339; 1871, 31, 340; 1885, 1897, 32, 340; 1915, 36, 340

_Newspapers_, 1836, 122; 1853, 1855, 128; 1870, 181; 1915, 135

_Book Post_, 1847, 220; 1853, 1866, 1870, 221; 1897, 222; 1915, 223

_Parcels_,1883, 187; 1915, 190