The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER XXIII.
PROGRESS OF REFORM FROM THE MIDDLE OF 1851 TO THE END OF 1854.
Railway Legislation, 227--Acceleration of Northern Mails, 231--Limited Mails, 232--A Transformation Scene, 233--Silence under Misrepresentation. Premiums for Punctuality, 235--Mail-bag Apparatus, 236--Rectification of Accounts, 237--Packet Service (Lord Canning's Commission), 238--Colonial Postage, 241--The _Times_, 243--Foreign Book Post. Chevalier Bunsen and Lord Hardwicke, 244--Salaries and Promotion, 245--Report of Commissioners for Revising Salaries, 246--Patronage, 248--Competitive Examinations, 249--Telegraphs, 251--Postal Reform abroad, 252.
APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXIII.
Money Orders. Article in "Household Words," 253--Hong-Kong Post Office, 257--Prepayment. Early Deliveries, 258--Pillar Letter-boxes. Number of Letters, 259--Increased Honesty, 260--Titus Oates. Funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 261.