The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER XXII.
LORD CANNING (1853-4).
Lord Canning, Postmaster-General, 213--Treaty with France, 214--Large Savings, 215--Letter to Lord Canning, 215--Promotion or Resignation, 217--Lord Canning's Answer, 218--Dangerous State of Health, 219--Commission for Revising Salaries, 221--Dinner at Lord Canning's. Mr. Gladstone, 222--Mortality among Colonels, 223--Sole Secretary, 224.