Note 661 — VIII CONCLUSION
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"Before the rise of the economic schools that opposed industrial action on the part of the State, the method of public postal service was firmly established, and was seen to give, on the whole, sufficiently satisfactory results. It, therefore, escaped the hostile criticism that economists freely bestowed on the less efficient public departments."—C. F. Bastable, Public Finance, London, 1903, p. 208.