INDEX

Abolition of District Post, 20 Abolition of Sea Post Office, 135 Abolition of unpaid postcards, 7 Abor Expedition, 1894, 220 Abor Expeditionary Force, 1911-12, 231 Abyssinian Expedition, 210 Accounts, Postal, 36 Act, Post Office. See Post Office Act Address, Forms of, 89, 98 Aden, Military operations in neighbourhood of, 175 Aden, Transhipment of mails at, 130, 133 Admiralty Agents, 127, 129, 130 Afghanistan Expedition, 168, 211 Anche, The, 112, 116 Anchel, The, 112 Aviation, 125 Bagdad Railway, 148, 149 Baku, Field service in, 174 Bank, Savings, 81 Base office, 166, 169, 175 Base Postal Depot, 175 Bazar Valley Field Force, 230 Beadon, Mr., 21 "Bearing" correspondence, 7, 25, 34, 158, 160 Bhangy post, 26, 29, 33, 48 Black Hole of Calcutta, 108, 200 Black Mountain Expedition, 217 Black Mountain or Hazara Field Force, 215 Bombay G.P.O. building, 108 Bombay Regulation XI of 1830, 26 Branch office, 4 Brindisi as European port for Indian mails, 124, 182 British India Steam Navigation Company, 138, 142 British Mission Escort in South Persia, 175 British postal orders, 42 Buildings, Post Office, 106 Bullock train, 154, 168, 196 Buner Field Force, 223 Bungalows, Dak or Travellers', 17, 196 Burlton, Mr. S. P., 14 Burma, Chin Expedition, 215 Bushire Force, 174 Calcutta, Black Hole of, 108, 200 Calcutta G.P.O. building, 108, 200 Camel dak, 209 Cape route to India, The, 118, 123 Cash certificates, Five-year, 87 Cash on Delivery system, 40, 46, 50, 51 Caste, 101 Centres, Delivery, 102 Chin Expedition, Burma, 215 Chin Hills Expedition, 218 Chin Lushai Expedition, 216 China Expeditionary Force, 226 Chitral Relief Force, 221 "Clubbing," 24 Combined post and telegraph offices, Introduction of, 41 Commission of 1850, 1, 21, 178 Compiler of Post Office Accounts, 36, 72 Compulsory prepayment of postage in all cases, Rejection of, 25 Constantinople, Field service in, 174 Construction and maintenance of postal vans, 63 Consultations of 24th March, 1766, Minutes of, 12 Consultations of 17th January, 1774, Extract from, 191 Continuous delivery system, 103 Control of the Department, 2, 30, 31 Conventions with Indian States, 114 Copper tickets, or tokens for postal purposes, 14, 178, 194 Cost of carrying mails on railways, 62 Counterfeit stamps, 39, 42 Courtney, Mr., 21 Crises in the Savings Bank, 84 Custom-House, Turkish, at Bagdad and Basra, 140, 146 Customs regulations, 36 Cyprus, 211 Dak bungalows, 17, 196 Dak system, 195 Dead Letter Office, 26 Delivery centres, 102 Delivery of mails, 102 Delivery system, Continuous, 103 Department, Control of the, 2, 30, 31 Department, never regarded as revenue-producing, 9, 22 Department, Organization of the, 3, 30, 31 Depot, Base Postal, 175 Deputy Postmaster, 155, 193 Desert post, The, 122, 137, 139 Direction, Organization of the, 2 Director-General of the Post Office, First, 36 Distance, Uniformity of postage irrespective of, 24, 32, 39, 49 District dawk stamps, Scinde, 31, 178 District Post, 16, 17 District Post, Abolition of, 20 District Savings Banks, 81 Dromedary post, 137, 139 Early Postal Regulations, 26 East Africa, Field service in, 174 East Persian Cordon, 174 Egypt during the Great War, Field service in, 171, 173 Egypt Expeditionary Force, 212 Encouragement of prepayment of postage, 34 England, Parcel post with, 39, 50 English mail, 30, 121, 127, 142 Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, 138, 142, 144 European port for reception and despatch of Indian mails, 124, 182 Experimental post offices, 20, 96 Ferry charges upon Railway steamers, 63, 65 Field Post Office, The, 165 Field post offices, 166 Field Service Manual, 166 Field service, Military rank on, 166 Field service uniform, 166 Fines incurred under Post Office Acts, 29 Fining, 37 First appointment of a Postmaster-General, 14 First Director-General of the Post Office, 36 Five-year cash certificates, 87 Forbes, Mr., 21 Force in East Persia, 174 Foreign money orders, 73 Foreign parcel post, 51 France, Field service in, 171 Franking, 35 Free postage, Abolition of privilege of, 35 Free postage, Grant of privilege of, to certain persons, 27 Gallipoli, Field service in, 173 Great War, 170, 171 Great War, Effect of, upon savings bank balances, 87 Guarantee Fund, Post Office, 236 Haulage charges, 60, 67 Hazara Field Force, Black Mountain or, 215 Head Office, 3 Horse transit and bullock train, 153, 168, 196, 206 Identification of payees of money orders, 79, 99 Imperial Penny Postage Scheme, 40 Imported and locally produced printed matter, Differentiation between, 32, 38 Indian Convention States, 114, 185 Indian Mutiny, The Post Office during the, 151, 167, 196, 204 Indian States, The Post Office in, 112 Insurance fee, 41 Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia, 141 Introduction of first regular postal system by Lord Clive, 12 Introduction of postage stamps, 31, 32, 178, 179 Introduction of postcards, 7 Introduction of railways, 30 Iraq, 148, 173 Isazai Field Force, 219 Kalahandi Expedition, 212 Kurram Field Force, 219 Kut, 173 Land revenue money orders, 75 Later Postal Regulations, 38 Letter-writers, Professional, 94 Life Insurance policies, Surrender values of, 236 Life Insurance, Postal, 42, 232 Loan, War, 87 Lord Clive, Regular postal system introduced by, 12 Lushai Expedition, 216 Mail runner, 4 Malakand Field Force, 222 Malta Expeditionary Force, 211 Malwa Field Force, 156 Manipur Expedition, 218 Manual, Post Office, 2, 36 Manual (War), Postal, 166 Marine Postal Service, Suez and Bombay, 130 Marseilles as European port for Indian mails, 124, 182 Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, The Post Office in, 137 Mesopotamia, Field service in, 171 Methods of travel in early days, 195 Military pensioners, Payment of, 42 Military rank on field service, 166 Minors' accounts, 86 Minutes of Consultations of 24th March, 1766, 12 Miranzai Expedition, 218 Mishmi Expedition, 226 Mohmand Field Force, 1897, 223 Mohmand Field Force, 1908, 231 Money order work transferred to Post Office, 41, 71 Money orders, 71 Money orders, Foreign, 73 Money orders, Inland, Statement of issues since 1880, 198 Money orders, Land revenue, 75 Money orders, Rent, 76 Money orders, Telegraphic, 74, 77 Monopoly, Postal, 26, 31 Mosul, Turkish post to Constantinople via, 139 Mounted post, First employment of, 11 Mutiny, The Post Office during the Indian, 151, 167, 196, 204 Naval Agents, 127, 129, 130 Newspapers, Registered, 43 Newspapers, Sale of, by field post offices, 223, 224 Non-postal work, 9 Octroi Tax, 53 Official articles, Special postage rates for, 40 Official marks of the Post Office, Acceptance of, as evidence, 43 Organization of the Department, 3, 30, 31 Organization of the Direction, 2 Origin of the Post Office, 10 Overland Route, The, 119, 137 Overprinted postage stamps, 115, 148, 182, 184, 228 Overprinted Turkish postage stamps, 148 Overprints, Indian Convention States, 115, 185 Overseer, 99, 166 Palestine, Field service in, 173 Parcel post, 48 Parcel post, Foreign, 51 Parcel post rates, Statement of, 55 Parcel post with England, 39, 50 Parcels and packets liable to be detained, 43 Paton, Mr. G., 157, 204 Payment of money orders at houses of payees, 77, 99 Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, Charter of incorporation of, 123, 127 Penjdeh Affair, 84 Penny Postage Scheme, Imperial, 40 Persian Expedition, 167 Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the, 141 Persian Gulf, The Post Office in Mesopotamia and the, 137 Personnel of the Post Office, 189 Phulkian States, Conventions with, 114 Pishin Field Force, 214 Polymetrical tables, 33 Post, Bhangy, 26, 29, 33, 48 Post, District, 16, 17 Post, District, Abolition of, 20 Post Office Act— of 1837, 17, 26 of 1838, 29 of 1839, 29 of 1854, 2, 31 of 1866, 38 of 1882, 42 of 1895, 42 of 1896, 42 of 1898, 42 of 1912, 46 Post Office, Branch, 4, 94 Post Office buildings, 106 Post Office, Experimental, 20, 96 Post Office, Field, 166 Post Office, Head, 3 Post Office Manual, 2, 36 Post Office, Origin of, 10 Post Office, Sub, 3 Post Office, Travelling, 58 Post free, Grant to certain persons of privilege of sending and receiving correspondence, 27 Postage rates, 28, 38, 55 Postage stamps, Introduction of, 31, 32, 178, 179 Postal Life Insurance, 42 Postal Manual (War), 166 Postcards, Abolition of unpaid, 7 Postcards, Introduction of, 7 Postcards, Unpaid, 7 Postman, 97 Postman, Village or rural, 4, 94, 100 Postmaster, Deputy, 155, 193 Postmaster, Probationary, 190 Postmaster-General, First appointment of, 14, 193 Prepayment of postage, Encouragement of, 34 Prepayment of postage in all cases, Compulsory, Rejection of, 25 Presidency Postmaster, 16, 30, 31 Private posts, 17 Probationary Postmaster, 190 Probationary Superintendent, 189 Professional letter-writers, 94 Public Proceedings of 7th July, 1766, Extract from, 13 Quinine, Sale of, 4, 96 Railway Conference Association, 49, 67 Railway Mail Service, 58 Railways, Introduction of, 30 Rates of postage, 28, 38, 55 Receipt stamp, Abolition of special, 183 Redirected letters, Abolition of charge on, 39 Registered newspapers, 43 Registration, 35 Registration fee to be prepaid in postage stamps, 39 Regular postal system introduced by Lord Clive, 12 Regulations, Early Postal, 26 Regulations, Later Postal, 38 Rent money orders, 76 Rented buildings for post offices, 106, 110 Returned Letter Office at Basra, 172 Revenue-producing, Department never regarded as, 9, 22 Riddell, Mr. H. B., 36, 154, 163 Runner, Mail, 4 Rural postman, 4, 94, 100 Russian Scare, 84 Salonika, Field service in, 173 Savings bank, 81 Savings bank balances, Effect of Great War upon, 87 Savings bank, statement showing work from 1882 to 1918, 197 Savings bank work transferred to Post Office, 41, 82 Scinde District Dawk stamps, 31, 178 Sea Customs Act, 43 Sea Post Office, 127 Sea Post Office, Abolition of, 135 Seamen's letters, Soldiers' and, 40, 181 Service stamps, 35, 40, 184 Ship postage, 26, 34, 37 Sikkim Expedition, 214 "Snowball" system, Sale of goods on the, 53 Soldiers' and seamens' letters, 40, 181 Somaliland Field Force, 229 Sorting, Concentration of, 69 Sorting offices, Introduction of, 37, 58 South Persia, British Mission Escort in, 175 Southampton route, 123, 124 Special postage rates for official articles, 40 Stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of telegraph, 183 Stamps, Overprinted or surcharged postage, 115, 148, 182, 184, 228 Stamps, Service, 35, 40, 184 Standard vans, 61 Suakim Expedition, 1896, 222 Suakim Field Post Office, 1885, 213 Sub-office, 3 Suez Canal, Opening of, 124 Suez Canal route, Future of, 125 Superintendent, 189 Superintendent, Probationary, 189 Suppression of foreign post offices in Ottoman dominions, Turkish demand for, 139, 147 Surcharged postage stamps, 182, 184 Surrender values of Life Insurance policies, 236 Swat Valley Column, 225 Taylor, Captain, 17 Telegraph stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of, 183 Telegraphic money orders, 74, 77 Thuillier, General Sir Henry, 179, 181 Tibet Mission, 229 Tirah Expedition, 224 Tochi Field Force, 224 Tochi Valley Field Force, 225 Transhipment of mails at Aden, 130, 133 Travel in early days, Methods of, 195 Travellers' bungalows, 17, 196 Travelling post office, 58 Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and, 141 Turkish Customs House at Bagdad and Basra, 140, 146 Turkish post to Constantinople via Mosul, 139 Turkish postage stamps overprinted, 148 Unification of Indian State Posts with the Imperial Post Office, 115 Uniform, Field service, 166 Uniform, Postmen's, 104 Uniformity of postage irrespective of distance, 24, 32, 39, 49 Unpaid correspondence, 7, 25, 34, 158, 160 Upper Burma Expedition, 213 Value-payable system, 40, 46, 50, 51 Vans, Construction and maintenance of postal, 63, 66 Vans, Standard, 61 Village postman, 4, 94, 100 Waghorn, Lieutenant Thomas, 122 Wano Expedition, 220 War Loan, 87 Watermarks, 180, 182 Waziristan Field Force, 220 Wuntho Expedition, 219 Zhob Expedition, 217