The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
CHAPTER XXVIII.
PROGRESS AFTER 1859.
Post Office Savings Banks--their Costliness, 364--Registration, 367--Pattern Post, 368--Packet Service. Transference from Admiralty. Mr. Frederic Hill's Reforms, 369--Tenders. Surveys of Mail-packets, 370--Readjustment of Transmarine Rates, 371--Punctuality, 372--Large Expenditure prevented, 373--Reward for faithful Services, 374--Free-trade and subsidised Mail-packets, 375.