The Post Office of India and Its Story

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

APPENDICES

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I THE POST OFFICE OF INDIA

CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE POST OFFICE

CHAPTER III EARLY POSTAL REGULATIONS

CHAPTER IV LATER POSTAL REGULATIONS

CHAPTER V PARCEL POST

CHAPTER VI THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE

CHAPTER VII MONEY ORDERS

CHAPTER VIII SAVINGS BANK

CHAPTER IX THE PEOPLE AND THE POST OFFICE

CHAPTER X THE INDIAN POSTMAN

CHAPTER XI POST OFFICE BUILDINGS

CHAPTER XII THE POST OFFICE IN INDIAN STATES

CHAPTER XIII THE OVERLAND ROUTE

CHAPTER XIV THE SEA POST OFFICE

CHAPTER XV THE POST OFFICE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF

CHAPTER XVI THE POST OFFICE DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY

CHAPTER XVII THE INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICE

CHAPTER XVIII THE INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICE DURING THE GREAT WAR

CHAPTER XIX INDIAN POSTAGE STAMPS

APPENDIX A PERSONNEL OF THE POST OFFICE

APPENDIX B EXTRACTS FROM EARLY REGULATIONS REGARDING THE MAIL SERVICE

APPENDIX C METHODS OF TRAVEL IN EARLY DAYS

APPENDIX D STATEMENT SHOWING THE WORK OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK FROM 1882 TO 1918

APPENDIX E STATEMENT OF INLAND MONEY ORDERS ISSUED IN INDIA SINCE 1880

APPENDIX F HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CALCUTTA GENERAL POST OFFICE

APPENDIX G

APPENDIX H THE WORK OF THE FIELD POST OFFICE BETWEEN 1867 AND 1912

APPENDIX J THE POST OFFICE INSURANCE FUND

INDEX

Transcriber's Notes

THE POST OFFICE OF INDIA



THE POST OFFICE OF INDIA AND ITS STORY

BY GEOFFREY CLARKE

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXXI


The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, England. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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