1878.
TOMBS, R. C. The King's Post. Bristol, 1905.
The Bristol Royal Mail. Bristol (undated).
WEBB, SIDNEY and BEATRICE. The Story of the King's Highway. London,
1913.
WILLIAMS, J. B. A History of English Journalism. London, 1908.
WILSON, JOHN. History of the Birmingham Post Office. _Birmingham Weekly
Mercury_, October, 1899.
The Practical Method of the Penny Post. London, 1681.
The Administration of the Post Office from the Introduction of
Mr. Rowland Hill's Plan of Penny Postage up to the Present Time. London,
1844.
The Post Office of Fifty Years Ago. London, 1890.
Celebration of the Jubilee of Uniform Inland Penny Postage. London,
1891.
Records of the Life of S. A. Blackwood. London, 1896.
PERIODICALS.
Notes and Queries, 1st series, vol. iii; 10th series, No. 141.
Quarterly Review, 1839.
Edinburgh Review, 1840.
Chambers's Journal, vol. vii.
The Postmen's Gazette. London.
The Postal Clerks' Herald. Wolverhampton.
The Telegraph Chronicle. London.
The Postal and Telegraph Record. Manchester.
Telephone Journal. London.
St. Martin's-le-Grand Magazine. London.
PARLIAMENTARY AND OFFICIAL PAPERS.
Tenth Report of the Commissioners appointed by Act of Parliament to
inquire into the Fees, Gratuities, Perquisites, and Emoluments, which
are or have been lately received in the several Public Offices therein
mentioned. 1788.
Report of the Committee on Mr. Palmer's Agreement. 1797.
Twentieth and Twenty-first Reports of the Commissioners of Inquiry into
the Collection and Management of the Revenue arising in Ireland and
Great Britain. 1830.
The Ten Reports of the Commissioners for Inquiry into the Mode of
Conducting the Business of the Post Office Department. 1834-38.
The Three Reports from the Select Committee on Postage. 1838. Report
from Committee on the Conveyance of Mails by Railway. 1838.
Report from Select Committee on Postage. 1843.
Report from Secret Committee of House of Commons on the Post Office.
1844.
Report from Secret Committee of House of Lords on the Post Office. 1844.
Report from the Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps. 18th July, 1851.
Report of the Select Committee on Contract Packets, 1853.
Report of the Royal Commission on Railways, 7th May, 1867.
Report from Select Committee on Railway Amalgamations, etc. 1873.
Report of the Select Committee on Estimates of the Revenue Departments.
1888.
Post Office Wages. Report of Tweedmouth Committee, 1896.
Post Office Wages. Report of Bradford Committee, 1904.
Report of Select Committee on Post Office Servants (Hobhouse Committee),
1907.
The Post Office: An Historical Summary. London, 1911.
Report of Select Committee on Post Office Servants (Holt Committee),
1914.
Statement showing the Proposed Increases in Postal, Telegraph, and
Telephone Charges, 1915 (Cd. 8,067).
First Report of the Committee on Retrenchment in the Public Expenditure,
1915 (Cd. 8,068).
Reports of the Postmaster-General on the Post Office. Annually (from
1854-5).
Official Records of the British Post Office.
COBBETT, WILLIAM. The Parliamentary History of England, from the
Earliest Years to 1803.
SCOBELL, HENRY. A Collection of Acts and Ordinances. London, 1658.
Calendars of State Papers.
Royal Commission on Historical Manuscripts.--Reports.
Hansard's Parliamentary Debates.
CANADA
Report of the Special Committee of the House of Assembly on the Post
Office Department of the Province of Lower Canada. February 11, 1832.
Lower Canada. Report of the Special Committee of the House of Assembly
on the Present Condition of the Post Office Department. March 8, 1836.
Report of the Special Committee of the Legislative Council of Lower
Canada on the Bill intitled "An Act to establish a Post Office in this
Province, etc." March 15, 1836.
Report of a Select Committee of the Legislative Council of the Province
of Upper Canada upon the Post Office. February 17, 1837.
Report on Affairs in British North America, by the Earl of Durham. 1840.
Report of the Commissioners appointed to Inquire into the Affairs of the
Post Office in British North America. December 31, 1841.
Report of a Committee of the Executive Council of Canada on the Post
Office. June 10, 1848.
Correspondence on the Subject of the Establishment of a General Post
Office System in the British Provinces of North America. Montreal,
February 27, 1849. (Appendix B.B.B., 8th volume of Journals of the
Legislative Assembly of Canada.)
Report of the Railway Service Commissioners. Quebec, March 29, 1865.
Canada Official Postal Guide.
Debates and Proceedings in Dominion Parliament, reported in Ottawa
_Times_.
Hansard. Official Reports of the Debates of the House of Commons and of
the Senate of the Dominion of Canada.
KINGSFORD, WILLIAM. The History of Canada. London, 1890.
HENDY, J. G. Early Posts in Canada. _Empire Review_, London, 1903-4,
vols. iv. and vi.
UNITED STATES
BANCROFT, GEORGE. History of the United States of America. New York,
1883-5.
BURROWS, CHARLES WILLIAM. One-Cent Letter Postage, Second-Class Mail
Rates, and Parcels Post. Cleveland, Ohio, 1911.
FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN. Autobiography. London, 1908.
LEAVITT, JOSHUA (Corresponding Secretary, Cheap Postage Association).
Cheap Postage. Boston, Mass., 1848.
LEECH, D. D. T., and NICHOLSON, W. L. The Post Office Department of the
United States of America; its History, Organization, and Working.
Washington, D.C., 1879.
NEWCOMB, H. T. The Postal Deficit. Washington, D.C., 1900.
NICHOLSON, W. L. _Vide_ Leech, D. D. T.
NORVELL, S. Parcel Post. Address at Atlantic City, N.J., November 16,
1911.
PHELPS, E. M. Selected Articles on the Parcels Post. Minneapolis, 1911.
SEITZ, DON C. (Chairman, American Newspaper Publishers' Association).
Statement before Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter. New York, 1911.
SLACK, STANLEY I. (Curator of the Postal Museum). A Brief History of the
Postal Service. Omaha (undated).
WILLIAMS, NATHAN B. The American Post Office. A Discussion of its
History, Development, and Present-Day Relation to Express Companies.
Washington, D.C., 1910.
WOOLLEY, MARY E. The Early History of the Colonial Post Office.
Providence, R.I., 1894.
History of the Railway Mail Service. Columbia Correspondence College.
Washington, D.C., 1903.
International Parcels Post. Some Serious Errors Corrected, 1912.
Document H.E. 6171.I.6, Library of Congress.
Report to Members of the American Weekly Publishers' Association of
Proceedings before the Postal Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter.
New York, 1906.
The Private Profit Railway _versus_ The Public Service Post Office.
Postal Progress League (1908).
An Argument on Second-Class Postal Rates from the Business Side Alone.
Submitted to the Postal Commission on behalf of the Periodical
Publishers' Association of America. New York, 1911.
An Answer to the Statement of the Post Office Department showing the
estimates by which the cost of transporting and handling the several
classes of Mail was obtained. The Periodical Publishers' Association of
America. New York, 1911.
The Answer of the Magazines and their Demand. New York, 1911.
Progress of the Contest for a Free, Untrammelled, Independent Public
Press in the United States. Address delivered before the Periodical
Publishers' Association of America (April 17, 1912).
Mail-Carrying Railways Underpaid. A Statement by the Committee on
Railway Mail Pay. New York, 1912.
CONGRESSIONAL AND OFFICIAL PAPERS.
Report of Committee on Rates of Pay for Carrying the Mails on Railroad
Routes (1884).
Orders and Decisions relative to Railroad Mail Matter (1897).
A Brief Comparison of the Postal Facilities of Great Britain and the
United States (1899).
Report of the Postal Committee of the National Board of Trade (1900).
Railway Mail Pay. Report of Joint Commission to Investigate the Postal
Service (1901).
Record of Weight (July 1-December 31, 1906) of Second-Class Mail Matter
(1907).
Report of Postal Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter (1907).
Report of Special Weighings of the Mails of 1907 (1908).
Preliminary Report of Joint Commission on Business Method of Post Office
Department and Postal Service (1908).
Data relative to Proposed Extension of Parcel Post (1908).
Cost of Transporting and Handling the Several Classes of Mail Matter
(1909).
Hearings before the Committee on the Post-Office and Post-Roads of the
House of Representatives on Second-Class Mail (1910).
1911.
Instructions to Publishers in the Preparation of Second-Class Matter for
Mailing and Dispatch (May 1).
Information issued by the Second Assistant Postmaster-General relative
to the Transportation of Mails by Railroad.
Letter from Postmaster-General submitting a Report giving Results of the
Inquiry as to the Operation Receipts and Expenditures of Railroad
Companies Transporting the Mails, and recommending Legislation on the
Subject (August 15).
Hearings of the Commission on Second-Class Mail Matter:--
Statements on behalf of the Post Office Department (August 1).
Supplemental Statement on behalf of the Post Office Department
(September 14).
Supplemental Statement on behalf of the Post Office Department (October
20 and 21).
Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines.
Memorandum on behalf of the Post Office Department in Reply to
"Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain Magazines"
(October 28).
Supplemental Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain
Magazines.
Memorandum on behalf of the Post Office Department in Reply to
"Supplemental Memorandum filed on behalf of the Publishers of Certain
Magazines" (November 27).
1912.
Hearings before the Sub-Committee on Parcel Post of the Senate Committee
on Post Offices and Post Roads.
Parcel Post in Foreign Countries (prepared under the direction of Hon.
Jonathan Bourne, Jun., Chairman of the Senate Committee on Post Offices
and Post Roads).
Hearings before the Committee on Expenditure in the Post Office
Department--Rural Delivery Service.
Parcel Post. Speech of Hon. David J. Lewis, of Maryland, in the House of
Representatives (February 2).
Message of President transmitting Annual Report of the
Postmaster-General and Report of the Commission on Second-Class Mail
Matter (February 22).
Postal Express as a Solution of the Parcel Post and High Cost of Living
Problems, by Hon. David J. Lewis, Member of Congress (March 5).
The Parcel Post and Postal Express Situation in Congress. Letter to the
People of the United States by Hon. Obadiah Gardner, United States
Senator from the State of Maine (April 4).
Postal Express: Report from the Committee on Interstate and Foreign
Commerce (April 25).
Alphabetical Scheme of New York for use of Publishers in the
Distribution of Second-Class Mail (May).
Hearings before Senate Committee on Post Offices and Post Roads _re_
Transportation of Periodical Second-Class Mail Matter by Freight (June
5-11).
Report on Post Office Appropriation Bill from Senate Committee on Post
Offices and Post Roads (July 23).
Parcel Post Bill. Speech by Hon. David J. Lewis in House of
Representatives (August 19).
Post Office Appropriations Act (containing authority for establishment
of Inland Parcel Post).
The Postal Laws and Regulations pertaining to the Second Class of Mail
Matter (October.)
The Lewis Publishing Company _v_. The Post Office Department. Brief for
the Post Office Department (November 19).
1913.
Parcel Post Regulations.
Interstate Commerce Commission: In the Matter of Express Rates,
Practices, Accounts, and Revenues. Opinion No. 1967.
Reports of the Postmaster-General on the Post Office. Annually.
Abstract of Laws passed between 1792 and 1910, fixing the Rates of
Postage on Newspapers and other Periodical Publications when sent in the
Domestic Mails.
Abstract of Laws passed between 1792 and 1910 fixing Rates of Postage on
Domestic Mail Matter.
Journals of Congress. Philadelphia, 1781-2.
Journals of the Continental Congress. Philadelphia, 1774-89 (pub.
Washington, D.C., 1904).
Gales and Seaton's Register of Debates in Congress. Washington, D.C.,
1825.
The Debates and Proceedings in the Congress of the United States. Gales
and Seaton, Washington, D.C., 1849.
Abridgement of Debates of Congress, from 1789 to 1856. New York, 1861.
Congressional Globe. Washington, D.C.
Congressional Record. Washington, D.C.
The Postal Laws and Regulations of the United States of America.
Washington, D.C., 1912.
FRANCE
BELLOC, A. Les Postes francaises. Paris, 1886.
BERNEDE, CHARLES. Des Postes en g['e]n['e]rale, et particuli[e']rement
en France. Nantes, 1826.
BONNET, EDGAR. Importance des Postes et T['e]l['e]graphes au point de vue
social et ['e]conomique. Paris, 1891.
CAZES, L['E]ON. Le Monopole postale. Paris, 1900.
DELMAS, ALBERT. Les Agents des Postes et le Parlement R['e]publicain.
Paris, 1902.
GALLOIS, E. La Poste et les Moyens de Communication des Peuples [a']
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GOUIN, M. (Administrateur des Postes). Essai historique sur
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JACCOTTEY, PAUL (Professeur Adjoint [a'] l'Ecole Professionnelle
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PAULHAN, L. La Poste aux Lettres.
ROTHSCHILD, A. DE. Histoire de la Poste aux Lettres. Paris, 1879.
Les Services postaux francais. Paris, 1905.
R['e]pertoire du Droit administratif. Paris, 1905.
OFFICIAL PAPERS.
Rapport au Pr['e]sident de la R['e]publique sur les Conditions du
Fonctionnement de l'Administration des Postes et des T['e]l['e]graphes,
par A. Millerand, le Ministre du Commerce, de l'Industrie, des Postes,
et des T['e]l['e]graphes. May 12, 1900.
Proceedings in National Assembly. Reported in _Moniteur Universel_.
Proceedings in Parliament. Reported in _Journal Officiel_.
Chambre des D['e]put['e]s. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission du
Budget charg['e]e d'examiner le projet de loi portant fixation du Budget
g['e]n['e]ral, Postes, T['e]l['e]graphes, et T['e]l['e]phones.
(Annually.)
S['e]nat. Rapport fait au nom de la Commission du Budget charg['e]e
d'examiner le projet de loi portant fixation du Budget g['e]n['e]ral,
Postes, T['e]l['e]graphes, et T['e]l['e]phones. (Annually.)
GERMANY
CROLE, B. E. Geschichte der deutschen Post von ihren Anf[:a]ngen bis zur
Gegenwart. Eisenach, 1889.
DAMBACH, OTTO. Das Gesetz [:u]ber das Postwesen des deutschen Reiches vom
28. Oktober 1871. Berlin, 1890.
DIECKMANN, CARL. Postgeschichte deutscher Staaten seit einem halben
Jahrtausend. Leipsic, 1896.
FAULHABER, B. Geschichte des Postwesens in Frankfurt am Main. Frankfurt
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GROSSE, OSKAR. Die Beseitigung des Thurn und Taxis'schen Postwesens in
Deutschland durch Heinrich Stephan. Minden in Westf., 1898.
GRUNOW, F. W. Zur Reform des Paketportos in Deutschland und
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HAASS, FRIEDRICH. Die Post und der Charakter ihrer Eink[:u]nfte, mit einem
Anhang [:u]ber die Packetpost. Stuttgart, 1890.
HOLZAMER, J. Zur Geschichte der Briefportoreform in den Culturstaaten.
T[:u]bingen, 1879.
HULL, C. H. "Die deutsche Reichs-Packetpost." Sammlung
national[:o]konomischer und statistischer Abhandlungen des
staatswissenschaftlichen Seminars zu Halle (Saale) von Prof. Dr. Conrad.
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JUNG, J. Entwickelung des deutschen Post und Telegraphenwesen in den
letzten 25 Jahren. Leipsic, 1893.
KOEHLER, B. Die Reichs-Post und Telegraphentarife in ihren Rechtlichen
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MEYER, A. Die deutsche Post im Weltpostverein und im Wechselverkehr.
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MUELLER, C. F. Die F[:u]rstlich Thurn und Taxis'schen Posten und Posttaxen.
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Posten und Posttaxen. Freiburg im Breisgau, 1864.
NICKAU, P. J. Wettbewerb in der Kleingewerbef[:o]rderung innerhalb des
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OHMANN, F. Die Anf[:a]nge des Postwesens und die Taxis. Leipzig, 1909.
PERROT, F. Die Anwendung des Penny-Porto-Systems auf den Eisenbahntarif
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PORTAS, K. Deutsche Postzeitungsgeb[:u]hrentarif. K[:o]nigsberg, 1914.
RUEBSAM, JOSEPH. Francis von Taxis, the Founder of the Modern Post, and
Johann Baptista von Taxis, his Nephew, 1491-1541. _L'Union Postale_,
Berne, 1892.
SCHMID, K. A. H. Zur Geschichte der Briefporto-Reform in Deutschland.
Jena, 1864.
SCHMIDT, ARTUR. Die Tarife der deutschen Reichs-Post- und
Telegraphenverwaltung. _Finanz-Archiv_, Berlin, 1905-6.
VON STEPHAN, HEINRICH. Geschichte der preussischen Post. Berlin, 1859.
ULLRICH, P. Die Finanzen der Reichs-Post- und
Telegraphenverwaltung. Stettin, 1913.
Die Brieftaxe in Deutschland. Freiburg im Breisgau, 1862.
Die Uebernahme der Privat-Bef[:o]rderungsbetriebe durch die
Reichs-Postverwaltung. _Deutsche Verkehrs-Zeitung_, Berlin, March 1901.
Handw[:o]rterbuch der Staatswissenschaften. Jena, 1901 and 1910.
Allgemeine Dienstanweisung f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Berlin, 1901.
Archiv f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Beihefte zum Amtsblatt des
Reichs-Postamts. Fortnightly. Berlin.
Bl[:a]tter f[:u]r Post und Telegraphie. Zeitschrift der h[:o]heren Post-
und Telegraphen-Beamten. Berlin.
Stenographische Berichte [:u]ber die Verhandlungen des Reichstags. Berlin.
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GENERAL
ACWORTH, W. M. Elements of Railway Economics. Oxford, 1905.
ADAMS, H. C. Science of Finance. New York, 1909.
ALEXANDER, E. PORTER. Railway Practice. New York, 1887.
BAINES, F. E. Posts, Telegraphs, and Telephones, and their Relation to
Trade. London, 1896.
BASTABLE, C. F. Public Finance. London, 1903.
BENNETT, A. R. The Telephone Systems of the Continent of Europe. London,
1895.
BURRITT, ELIHU. Ocean Penny Postage. London, 1849.
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COLSON, C. Railway Rates and Traffic. London, 1914.
DARWIN, LEONARD. Municipal Trade. London, 1903.
ELY, R. T. Taxation in American States and Cities. New York, 1888.
FARRER, LORD. The State in its Relation to Trade. London, 1902.
FISCHER, P. D. Post und Telegraphie im Weltverkehr. Berlin, 1879.
GIFFEN, SIR R. Essays in Finance. London, 1890.
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HADLEY, A. T. Railroad Transportation. Its History and its Laws. New
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HAMILTON, I. G. J. An Outline of Postal History and Practice, with a
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JEVONS, W. S. A State Parcel Post. _Contemporary Review_, January 1879.
Methods of Social Reform. London, 1883.
JONES, R. The Nature and First Principle of Taxation. London, 1914.
JUERGENSOHN, ARVED. Weltportoreform. Berlin, 1910.
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LEROY-BEAULIEU, P. Trait['e] de la Science des Finances. Paris, 1899.
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MERRITT, A. N. Scope of Government Functions. Journal of Political
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MEYER, H. R. Public Ownership and the Telephone in Great Britain. New
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RIPLEY, W. Z. Railway Problems. Boston, U.S.A., 1907.
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SELIGMAN, E. R. A. Essays in Taxation. New York, 1913.
SPENCER, HERBERT. The Man versus the State. London, 1884.
STEIN, L. VON. Lehrbuch der Finanzwissenschaft. Leipsic, 1885.
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WAGNER, ADOLPH. Finanzwissenschaft. Leipsic, 1890.
WILHELM, JULIUS. Frachtporto. Vienna, 1900.
Memoranda, chiefly relating to the Classification and Incidence of
Imperial and Local Taxes. Bluebook C. 9528, 1899.
RUFFY, M. E. L'Union postale universelle. Sa fondation et son
d['e]veloppement. Lausanne, 1900.
Official Documents of the International Postal Congresses. Published by
the International Bureau, Berne.
Statistique g['e]n['e]rale des postes. (Annually.) Berne.
L'Union postale. (Monthly.) Berne.
NOTE.--_The foregoing list includes particulars of the chief works
consulted, but is not in any sense a complete bibliography._
INDEX
Act of Union, 15
Acts, Post Office, _see_ Post Office Acts
Advertisement duty, 117, 119, 128
Agriculture, encouragement of, 190, 245
_Aktentaxe_, 225, 240
Allen, Ralph, 18
Armour, R., 138
Australia, parcel post in, 197
Bastiat, Fr['e]d['e]ric, 86
Bath Road, 21
_Binnenporto_, 102
Blackwood, Sir Arthur, 234, 279
Blind, rate on printed matter for, 244, 320
Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 167
Book Post, 32, 184, 220, 320
Books, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage
_Boten-Anstalten_, 97, 209, 349, 350
_Botenmeister_, 97, 98
_Botenpost_, 98
Bourne, Jonathan, Senator, 196
Buildings, Post Office, cost of, 293, 309
Burlamachi, Philip, 10
Bye letters, 17
Canadian Magazine Post, 346
Cape Breton, posts in, 51
Carriers, common, and conveyance of letters, 1, 250, 380, 381
_Cartes de visite_, 224
Catalogues, 170, 172, 225
Chesterfield, Lady, 112
Clanricarde, Lord, 53, 345
"Class" newspapers, 124, 125
Classification of mail matter, _see_ Mail matter;
of postal revenue, _see_ Revenue, net
Clerks of the Road, 114, 118, 403-11
Closed post, 222, 320 note
_Colis encombrants_, 280
Colonial letters, rates for, 345, 346
Commercial papers, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage
Commissioners of Inquiry into Fees and Emoluments, 1788, 115 note;
into Revenue Departments, 1829, 25, 114 note;
of Post Office Inquiry, 1837, 248 note;
1838, 29
Commissioners on Post Office in British North America, Report of, 1840,
47, 48
Committee, Select, on Postage, 1838, 30;
on Newspaper Stamps, 1851, 122, 127
Commonwealth, The, 14
Confederation of British North American Colonies, 1867, 55, 141, 254
Conference, international postal, 1863, 265
Congress, Constitutional (United States), 70;
Continental (United States), 66, 149
Congress, international postal, 1874, 266;
1876, 270;
1878, 277;
1880, 278;
1886, 280;
1897, 272, 281;
1906, 274, 281
Convention, General Postal Union, 1874, 270;
Parcel Post (international), 1880, 279
Conveyance of mails, cost of, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308,
321, 326
Conway Bridge, additional rate for, 339
Cost of handling (United Kingdom), 35, 311;
for buildings, 293, 309;
for conveyance of mails, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308,
321, 326;
for staff, 289, 301, 306;
for second-class mail (United States), 156, 158;
letters (France), 85;
newspapers (Germany), 175;
parcels (Germany), 219, (United States) 198;
postcards, 243
Council of State, 11, 12
Country newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial)
Couriers, post, _see_ Post-couriers
Crimean War, 125
Cromwell, Thomas, 3
Cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388
Cumbersome parcels, additional charge for, 206, 215, 280;
definition of, 206 note, 280 note
Cunard, Samuel, 347
Cunard Steamship Company, 348
_Cursores_, 1, 2, 377
Daily post, establishment of, in England, 19
Declaratory Act, 1778, 44, 45
Deficit, on newspapers, 133, 169, 176, 294;
on parcels, 190, 219, 294;
on second-class mail, 147, 155, 158, 162
Delivery fees, 107, 110, 180, 206, 249, 258
Deputy Postmasters, _see_ Postmasters
Deputy Postmaster-General (North America), 37, 48, 52, 64, 136, 140, 148
Dockwra, William, 183, 247
Double letter, definition of, 336
_Dragonerpost_, 98
Drop letter, 254