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The Royal Mail: Its Curiosities and Romance
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James Wilson Hyde
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"A
very
short
explanation
to
the
idea
mentioned
by
the
memorialists
that
the
opposition
by
the
Blairgowrie
gentlemen
rose
from
the
supposition
that
they
were
to
be
cut
out
of
their
post
altogether.
I
never
heard
of
this
before,
nor
do
I
know
this
idea
to
have
existed.
The
Blairgowrie
district
did
not
interfere
with
the
Post-office,
nor
the
Office
with
them,
more
than
has
happened
in
writing;
nor,
so
far
as
consists
with
my
knowledge,
have
I
heard
or
understood
that
the
Coupar
district
wished
to
deprive
Blairgowrie
of
an
office.
That
Coupar
wishes
to
have
Blairgowrie
subservient
to
and
passing
through
it
is
clear
enough.
But
they
do
not
advert
that,
as
both
Coupar
and
Blairgowrie
are
within
one
stage
of
Perth;
had
Coupar
gone
through
Blairgowrie
or
Blairgowrie
through
Coupar,
the
law
might
say
that
one
of
them
must
pay
an
additional
rate
from
Perth--that
is,
4d.
instead
of
3d.;
and
which
both
Mr
Edwards
and
I
were
clearly
of
opinion
would
rather
have
injured
than
improved
the
Revenue,
as
has
been
experienced
in
some
similar
cases.
This
legal
distinction
my
Lord
----
does
not
appear
to
have
observed.
It
is,
however,
stated,
that
by
this
plan
of
going
through
Coupar
to
Blairgowrie
a
very
easy
and
direct
communication
would
be
established
betwixt
the
two
places.
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