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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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It
is
of
primary
importance
that
the
reader
should
remember
that
Mr.
Hill,
in
his
pamphlet
and
elsewhere,
expressed
a
decided
opinion
that
the
maintenance
of
the
Post-Office
revenue
depended
upon
the
carrying
out
of
all
his
plans.[110]
In
a
speech
which
he
delivered
at
Wolverhampton,
September
7th,
1839,
he
said:
"The
mere
reduction
in
the
rates
of
postage
will,
of
course,
greatly
increase
the
number
of
letters;
but
much
will
still
depend
on
the
extent
to
which
the
facilities
for
despatching
letters
are
improved
by
a
careful
employment
of
the
many
economical
and
speedy
modes
of
conveyance
which
now
exist,
and
by
a
solicitous
attention
to
all
the
minute
ramifications
of
distribution.
If,
on
the
one
hand,
due
attention
is
paid
to
the
increasing
demands
of
the
public
for
the
more
frequent
and
more
speedy
despatch
of
letters,
and,
on
the
other
hand,
pains
are
taken
to
keep
down
the
cost
of
management,
though
some
temporary
loss
of
revenue
will
arise,
I
see
no
reason
to
fear
that
the
loss
will
be
either
great
or
permanent."
Mr.
Hill's
proposals,
it
will
be
remembered,
were
embraced
under
four
principal
heads.
The
first,
a
uniform
and
low
rate
of
postage,
was
fully
carried
out;
but
it
was
the
only
part
of
the
measure
which
was
realized
at
this
time.
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