The principal object of this little work is the dissemination of
information in regard to the Canadian Postal Service. It is published
with the kind permission of the Postmaster General, and it is hoped will
be useful to the public as well as conducive to the interests of the
Post Office.
The short and imperfect sketch of the progress of the post office in
Canada, which has been compiled from authentic sources, will be found
interesting. It extends over a period of one hundred years, and serves
to mark a rapidity of improvement which, in a country purely
agricultural, has seldom been surpassed.
As the regulations of the post office are subject to constant change, it
is proposed to issue new editions of the Canadian Postal Guide, revised
and corrected to the latest date, half-yearly, or yearly, as
circumstances may appear to require.
Toronto, January, 1863.