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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
184
There
were
special
as
well
as
general
considerations
entering
into
the
question
of
the
acknowledged
deficiency
in
the
revenue.
It
is
clear
that
Mr.
Hill--who
did
not
foresee
that
so
much
money
would
be
sacrificed,
and
who
was
sanguine
of
recovering
it
at
no
distant
date--likewise
could
have
had
but
an
indefinite
idea
of
the
vast
amount
of
extra
machinery
which
would
be
called
into
operation
by
the
full
development
of
his
plans;
the
extent
of
the
measures
that
must
follow
if
the
country
was
to
be
equally
privileged
with
cheap
correspondence;
and
the
concessions
that
would
have
to
be
granted
when
the
wedge
was
driven
in
by
this,
his
principal
measure.
As
one
only
of
the
causes
leading
to
the
extra
heavy
expenses
of
the
Post-Office
department,
we
may
mention
the
changes
in
the
system
of
mail-conveyance
consequent
on
the
introduction
of
railways.
Dating
from
1838,
railways
had
been
gradually
absorbing
all
the
stage-coach
traffic.
Mr.
Hill,
when
making
his
original
proposals,
calculated
that
the
number
of
chargeable
letters
might
be
increased
twenty-four
fold
without
overloading
the
mails,
and
without
any
material
addition
to
the
sums
paid
to
contractors.
So
great
and
important--we
would
almost
say
vital--was
the
question
of
speed
to
the
Post-Office,
that
railways
were
almost
immediately
brought
into
requisition,
although
the
cost
of
the
carriage
of
the
mails
was,
at
the
outset,
doubled,
tripled,
and
even
quadrupled!
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