INDEX

Abuses in the Post Office, 42-46, 127, 128. Allen, Ralph, 36, 37, 37 note. American colonies, Post Office in, 32, 33, 59. American Express Company, 70. Annuities, 74. See also Savings Bank Department. Arlington, Lord, 27. Arundel, Earl of, 11. Assurance facilities, 74. See also Savings Bank Department. Bennett, Sir John, 27. Billingsley, 11, 19. Bishop, Henry, 24, 25. Book Post, 68, 173. See also Halfpenny Post and Rates, Book Post. Bower, Sir George, 80. Bradford Committee, 84, 85. British and Inland Magnetic Telegraph Company, 202, 206, 208. Burlamachi, Philip, 17, 18. Buxton, Sydney, 85, 87, 88. Bye-letters, 35 note. Bye-posts, 36, 39, 144; receipts from, 185, 186. Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 134. Carteret, Lord, 42. Cash on delivery, 70, 71. Chamberlain, A., 83. Chesterfield, Countess of, 25. Clerks of the road, 38, 50. Coaches. See Mail Coaches and Post Coaches. Coke, Sir John, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 111, 112. Competition in carrying letters, 191-197. Competitive examinations, 87. Compulsory prepayment. See Prepayment of rates. Cotton and Frankland, 31, 115. Cromwell, orders to the postmasters, 23. Cross-posts, 140, 144. See also Bye-posts. Cross-post letters, 35 note, 36. See also Post-roads, Cross-posts. Cunard Steamship Company, 132, 133, 134. Customs duties, 125. Dead Letter Office, 50. Delivery of letters, 9, 38, 39; rural, 65, 66; express or special, 67, 68. Departmental committee, 82. De Nouveau, 114. De Quester, 10, 12, 135. De Taxis, 112, 114. Dockwra, William, 28, 30. Double letter, 13 note. Dublin Penny Post, 30 note, 54, 150. Edinburgh Penny Post, 54. Edison Telephone Company, 219. Electric and International Telegraph Company, 202, 205, 206, 208. Embossed stamps. See Stamps. Employees, postal, appointment brought under civil service examination, 78, 79; report of Bradford committee, 84, 85; of departmental committee, 82; of Hobhouse committee, 86-88; civil rights, 82; postal unions, 85; wages, 80, 83; Tweedmouth settlement, 81, 82; strike, 81; grievances, 80, 82, 83; increase in wages, 81, 82. Evasion of rates, 197-201. See also Monopoly, attempts to break. Express delivery. See Delivery of letters. Farmers of the Post Office, 21, 22, 36, 37. Fawcett, Henry, 74, 75, 80, 81. Fees, 9, 15, 45, 49. Fifth-clause Posts, 65. Finances of Post Office, 180-188. Foreign connections: Belgium, 111; France, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120; Germany, 111; Holland, 111, 114; Italy, 111, 115; United States and the colonies, 120 note; stages settled on the continent, 112. See also Rates and Sailing Packets. Foreigners' Post, 6, 7. Franking, 159-172; by members of Parliament, 25; of newspapers, 48. Franking department, 57. Frankland. See Cotton and Frankland. Freeling, Sir Francis, 52. Frizell, 11, 18, 24. Grimston, 205. Halfpenny Post, 68, 69, 197. Hall, John, 1. Hamilton, Andrew, 3. Hanbury, 82. Hicks, James, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 112. Hill, Sir Rowland, 59-61, 187. Hobhouse committee, 86-88. Inman Steamship Company, 132, 133. Insurance facilities, 74. See also Savings Bank Department. Ireland, Post Office in, 31, 57. See also Post-roads, Rates, and Sailing Packets, Ireland. Letters, number of, 63. London and Globe Telephone Company, 220. London District Post, 71. London District Telegraph Company, 202. London Penny Post, 28-30, 34, 35 note, 51, 52; receipts from, 185. See Twopenny post. Mail coaches, 40, 41, 55, 104, 105. Manley, John, 22, 23. Marconi Company, 213, 214. Mason, Sir John, 7, 8. Merchant Adventurers' Post, 6, 11. Messengers, 3, 5, 67. Money Order Office, 50, 71. Money orders, 176-180; number of, 71-73. See also Rates, money orders. Monopoly, attempts to break, 191-197; in carriage of letters and packets, 189-191, 195, 196. See also Telegraphs, monopoly. Mowatt, Sir F., 81. National Telephone Company, 222-224, 229, 231, 233. Neale, Thomas, 33. Newspaper Office, 49. Newspapers, chargeable and free, 68; franking of, 48; impressed stamps on, 68; number of, 68. See also Rates, newspapers. New Telephone Company, 223. Norfolk, Duke of, 882. O'Neale, Daniel, 25. Opening and detaining letters, 16, 18, 21, 26, 46-48, 196. Packet list, 48. Packets. See Sailing Packets. Paget, 7. Palmer, John, 40-42, 44. Parcel Post, 70, 174. See also Rates, Parcel Post. Patronage, 78, 79. Pattern and Sample Post, 69. See also Rates, patterns. Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, 132. Penny Post. See London Penny Post. Penny Postage, 59-62, 158-160. Pensions, sailors', 127. Pitt, William, 43. Plague, 26. Political patronage. See Patronage. Postal establishment, in seventeenth century, 27; in eighteenth, 38, 44; in nineteenth, 57. Postcards, 174; number of, 69, 69 note; use of, 69. See also Rates, postcards. Post coaches, 40. Post horses, 5, 8; fee for their use, 89, 90, 92; licences and taxes, 94, 95, 95 note; monopoly in letting, 92, 94; number to be kept, 92, 93; supply of, 89, 90. Postmarks, 29. Postmen's Federation, 95 note. Post offices, number of, 71. Post-roads, 13; cross posts, 103; in sixteenth century, 97, 101; in seventeenth century, 9; maps, 101; re-measured, 103, 104; in north of England, 102, 104; in south, 102; in Ireland, 102, 104; in Scotland, 103. Prepayment of rates; compulsory prepayment inadvisable, 26, 26 note; unpopularity of, 64. Prideaux, Edmund, 18-21, 136. Raikes, 81. Railways, 107, 108; amounts paid for conveyance of mails, 56, 78; authority of Postmaster-General over, 77; principles involved in estimating tollage for conveyance of mails, 77. Randolph, Thomas, 7, 8. Rates, for letters, 13, 23, 62-64; by weight, 157; re-directed, 173; ships' letters, 143, 148, 153. In England, 136, 137, 141, 142, 145-148, 150, 151, 158; Ireland, 136, 137, 141, 142, 146, 151, 152, 158; Scotland, 136-139, 141-143, 145-148, 150, 151, 158; United Kingdom, 159, 172, 174. To Austria, 135, 149, 150; Belgium, 135, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157, 176; Cape of Good Hope, 153, 154; Channel Isles, 148, 150; Denmark, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155, 155 note; East Indies, 153, 154; Egypt, 155 note, 156; France, 155, 137, 143, 149, 149 note, 150, 155, 155 note, 176; Germany, 135, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Gibraltar, 155 note; Greece, 155 note, 156; Holland, 135, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Italy, 115, 135, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 156, 176; Malta, 155 note; Mauritius, 153, 154; Mexico, 155 note, 157; Norway, 155 note, 157; Portugal, 143, 147, 149, 150, 155 note; Russia, 155 note; South America, 155 note, 157; Spain, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157, 176; Sweden, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Switzerland, 155 note, 157; Syria, 156; Turkey, 137, 149, 150, 155 note, 156; North American colonies, 143, 146, 147; United States, 155 note, 175. In North American colonies, 140, 141, 144, 146; West Indies, 140, 140 note, 143, 146. To the colonies, 159, 175; to foreign countries, 159, 176. Book Post, 173; money orders, 71, 72, 176 et seq.; newspapers, 153, 154, 173, 175, 176; Parcel Post, 174; patterns, samples, and writs, 145, 173; postcards, 174, 176. Registered letters, 50, 64, 173, 174. Returned Letter Office, 57. Roads. See Post-roads. Royal Mail Steamship Company, 132. Royal Post, 3, 6. Sailing Packets, abuses in connection with, 127 et seq.; British and foreign vessels, 123; cost of, 128, 134; customs difficulties, 125; number of, 120, 121; ownership transferred to Admiralty, 129, 130; steamships, 121-123, 131; subsidies for, 130, 131-134; use of private ships, 120 note, 123, 124. To Cape of Good Hope, 120; Deal and the Downs, 110; East Indies, 120; France, 111, 115, 116; Gibraltar, 116; Holland, 115-117; Ireland, 109, 110, 121; Malta, 116; Isle of Man, 110; Mauritius, 120; Mexico, 120; Portugal, 115; Scotland, 109-110; South America, 120; West Indies, 118 et seq. St. Martin's-le-Grand, 57. Sample Post. See Pattern and Sample Post. Savings Bank Department, 73, 76; annuity and assurance facilities, 74-77; criticism by "Economist," 75 note. Scotland, Post Office in, 31, 32, 34, 59. See also Post-roads, Rates, and Sailing Packets, Scotland. Scudamore, 203-205, 208. Shipping list, 48, 49. Single letters, 13 note. Smith, Llewellyn, 81. Special delivery. See Delivery. Speed, 14; in sixteenth century, 98; in seventeenth century, 98, 99, 100 note; in nineteenth century, 104, 105, 105 note, 106; by use of railways, 107, 108; delays and attempts to remedy them, 100; delays between England and Ireland, 107; means for securing speed, 106. Stamps, 65, 68. Stanhope, Charles, 8, 17, 24. Stanhope, Lord John, 8, 10, 135. Stanley, Lord, 83-85, 203. Steamships. See Sailing Packets, Steamships. Strangers' Post. See Foreigners' Post. Sunday posts, 55, 79, 80. Tankerville, Earl of, 42-44. Telegraphs, cost to Government of, 205, 206, 208, 209; finances, 216, 218; government ownership proposed, 203-205; international agreement, 211-214; messages sent, 202, 215; monopoly, 207-208; press messages, 209, 217; private companies, 202, 203; railway interests in, 206, 207, 209; rates, 202, 203, 209, 210, 213; relations with Marconi Company, 213, 214; underground lines, 211. Telephones, call offices, 224, 227; exchange areas, 224; finances, 236; government, 220, 221, 225, 228; inter-communication, 224, 229, 232, 234; licences, 220-222, 224; municipal, 226, 228-230, 235; purchase agreement, 232 et seq.; rates, 227, 230, 232, 234, 235; trunk lines, 221, 225; underground wires, 231, 232, 234; way-leave powers, 221, 223, 224, 232, 235. Threepenny Post, 52-54. Thurloe, 23, 24. Travellers' Post, 89; abuses by postmasters, 93; by travellers, 91, 91 note; trials of travellers, 91. Triple letters, 13 note. Tuke, Sir Brian, 4-7. Tweedmouth, Lord, 81. Tweedmouth settlement, 81, 82. Twopenny Post, 52-54, 149. Unions. See Employees, Postal Unions. United Kingdom Telegraph Company, 203, 206, 208. United Telephone Company, 220, 222. Universal Private Telegraph Company, 208. Wages, 4, 6 note; arrears in, 8, 25, 92, 99. See also Employees. Walpole, Spencer, 81. Ward, 87. Warwick, Earl of, 18, 19. White Star Steamship Company, 133. Windebank, 16, 17. Witherings, Thomas, 11, 13-19, 24, 111, 112, 135, 137, 138. York, Duke of, 25, 30.

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