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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
186
"That
the
opinion
adopted
by
Her
Majesty's
Government,
that
the
further
progress
in
Post-Office
improvements
may
be
left
to
the
Post-Office
itself,
is
contrary
to
all
past
experience,
and
is
contradicted
by
measures
recently
adopted
by
that
establishment.
"That,
notwithstanding
the
extreme
depression
of
trade
which
existed
when
the
penny
rate
was
established,
and
has
prevailed
ever
since;
and
notwithstanding
the
very
imperfect
manner
in
which
your
Petitioner's
plans
have
been
carried
into
effect,
the
want
of
due
economy
in
the
Post-Office,
the
well-known
dislike
entertained
by
many
of
those
persons
to
whom
its
execution
has
been
entrusted,
and
the
influence
such
dislike
must
necessarily
have
upon
its
success,
yet
the
results
of
the
third
year
of
partial
trial,
as
shown
by
a
recent
return
made
to
the
House
of
Lords,
is
a
gross
revenue
of
two-thirds,
and
a
net
revenue
of
one-third,
the
former
amount.
"That
your
Petitioner
desires
to
submit
the
truth
of
the
foregoing
allegations
to
the
severest
scrutiny,
and
therefore
humbly
prays
your
honourable
House
will
be
pleased
to
institute
an
inquiry
into
the
state
of
the
Post-Office,
with
the
view
of
adopting
such
measures
as
may
seem
best
for
fully
carrying
into
effect
your
Petitioner's
plans
of
Post-Office
improvement,
and
thus
realizing
the
undoubted
intentions
of
the
Legislature."
The
prayer
of
the
petition
was
granted,
and
its
proceedings
are
duly
chronicled.[113]
The
object
of
this
committee
was
"to
inquire
into
the
measures
which
have
been
adopted
for
the
general
introduction
of
a
penny
rate
of
postage,
and
for
facilitating
the
conveyance
of
letters;
the
results
of
such
measures,
as
far
as
relates
to
the
revenue
and
expenditure
of
the
Post-Office
and
the
general
convenience
of
the
country;
and
to
report
their
observations
thereon
to
the
House."
Before
proceeding
to
give
any
account
of
the
further
measures
brought
under
discussion
in
connexion
with
this
committee,
we
must
give,
in
a
few
sentences,
a
résumé
of
the
principal
improvements
which
had
actually
been
carried
out
during
the
interval
of
the
sittings
of
the
two
committees.
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