The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 1 (of 2)
CHAPTER I.
CONCEPTION OF MY PLAN. CHIEFLY 1836.
The Post Office as it used to be, 237—Coleridge and Miss Martineau, 239—Franks, 240—A Travelling Post Office, 241—Effects of Reduction in Taxation, 243—Post Office Revenue, 244—Systematic Study of Postal Accounts, 246—Cost of Primary Distribution, 248—Cost of Conveying a Letter from London to Edinburgh, 249;—Uniform Rate, 250—Secondary Distribution, 251—Contraband Conveyance, 253—Effects of Cheapness on Consumption, 255—Mr. Wallace, 257—Commission of Inquiry of 1835-8, 259.