Her Majesty's Mails / An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office

CONTENTS.

PART I. HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
CHAPTER I.	PAGE
INTRODUCTORY	1
CHAPTER II.
THE RISE OF THE GENERAL POST-OFFICE	15
CHAPTER III.
ON OLD ROADS AND SLOW COACHES	37
CHAPTER IV.
THE SETTLEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE	47
CHAPTER V.
PALMER AND THE MAIL-COACH ERA	73
CHAPTER VI.
THE TRANSITION PERIOD AT THE POST-OFFICE	94
CHAPTER VII.
SIR ROWLAND HILL AND PENNY POSTAGE	108
CHAPTER VIII.
EARLY RESULTS OF THE PENNY-POSTAGE SCHEME	132
CHAPTER IX.
THE POST-OFFICE AND LETTER-OPENING	150
CHAPTER X.
THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE	165
PART II. DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE POST-OFFICE.
PREFATORY	186
CHAPTER I.
THE ORGANIZATION OF THE POST-OFFICE	187
CHAPTER II.
ON THE CIRCULATION OF LETTERS	199
CHAPTER III.
THE MAIL-PACKET SERVICE	245
CHAPTER IV.
ON POSTAGE-STAMPS	255
CHAPTER V.
POST-OFFICE SAVINGS' BANKS	268
CHAPTER VI.
BEING MISCELLANEOUS AND SUGGESTIVE	279
CHAPTER VII.
CONCERNING SOME OF THE POPULAR MISCONCEPTIONS AND MISREPRESENTATIONS TO WHICH THE POST-OFFICE IS LIABLE	291
APPENDIX (A).
CHIEF OFFICERS OF THE POST-OFFICE	308
APPENDIX (B).
ABSTRACT OF THE PRINCIPAL REGULATIONS	309
APPENDIX (C).
INFORMATION RELATIVE TO THE APPOINTMENTS IN THE POST-OFFICE SERVICE	330
APPENDIX (D).
APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICE IN LONDON	333
PRINCIPAL APPOINTMENTS IN THE CHIEF OFFICES OF DUBLIN AND EDINBURGH	336
APPOINTMENTS, WITH SALARIES, OF THE FIVE PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL ESTABLISHMENTS IN ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND	337
INFORMATION RESPECTING OTHER PRINCIPAL PROVINCIAL POST-OFFICES	340
APPENDIX (E).
SALE OF POSTAGE-STAMPS	341
APPENDIX (F).
CONVEYANCE OF MAILS BY RAILWAY	342
APPENDIX (G).
MANUFACTURE OF POSTAGE-LABELS AND ENVELOPES	344
APPENDIX (H).
RESULTS OF POSTAL REFORM	345

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