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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Almost
from
the
commencement,
the
managers
drew
yearly
proceeds,
which
varied
but
slightly
from
year
to
year,
averaging
about
200l.
each.
While,
on
the
one
hand,
this
office
was
seen
to
be
a
most
useful
institution,
good
in
principle,
and
likely,
if
properly
managed,
to
contribute
largely
to
the
general
revenue
of
the
Post-Office;
on
the
other
hand,
it
was
clearly
stationary,
if
not
retrograde
in
its
movements.
In
1834,
the
attention
of
practical
men
was
more
immediately
called
to
the
question
by
a
return
which
was
asked
for
by
the
House
of
Commons,
for
a
detailed
account
of
the
poundage,
&c.
on
money-orders
of
each
provincial
post-office,
and
the
purpose
or
purposes
to
which
the
monies
were
applied.
The
Postmaster-General
replied,
that
the
Money-order
Office
was
a
private
establishment,
worked
by
private
capital,
under
his
sanction;
but
he
could
give
no
returns,
because
the
accounts
were
not
under
his
control.
In
1838,
a
new
Postmaster-General,
Lord
Lichfield,
sought
and
obtained
the
consent
of
the
Treasury
to
convert
the
Office
into
a
branch
under
his
immediate
direction.
In
that
year
the
chief
Money-order
Office
commenced
business
in
two
small
rooms
at
the
north
end
of
St.
Martin's-le-Grand,
with
a
staff
of
three
clerks.
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