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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
187
1.
The
uniform
rate
of
one
penny
for
a
letter
not
above
half
an
ounce,
with
weight
adopted
as
the
standard
for
increase
of
charge.
2.
The
value
of
a
system
of
prepayment
was
established,[114]
the
necessary
facility
being
afforded
by
the
introduction
of
postage-stamps.
Double
postage
was
levied
on
letters
not
prepaid
in
London
only.
3.
Day-mails
were
established
on
the
principal
railway-lines
running
out
of
London,
thus
giving
some
of
the
principal
towns
in
the
provinces
one
additional
delivery,
with
two
mails
from
the
metropolis
in
one
day.
4.
An
additional
delivery
was
established
in
London,
and
two
were
given
to
some
of
the
suburbs.
5.
Colonial
and
foreign
rates
for
letters
were
greatly
lowered,
the
inland
rates--viz.
the
rates
paid
for
those
letters
passing
through
this
country--being
abandoned
altogether
in
some
cases,
as
Mr.
Hill
had
recommended.
6.
The
privilege
of
franking,
private
and
official,
was
abolished,
and
low
charges
made
for
the
transmission
of
parliamentary
papers.
7.
Arrangements
were
made
for
the
registration
of
letters.
8.
The
Money-order
Office
was
rendered
available
to
a
fourfold
extent.
And--
9.
The
number
of
letters
increased
from
75
millions
in
1838-9,
to
219
millions
in
1842-3.[115]
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