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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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Mr.
Hill
also
contemplated
the
establishment
of
rural
posts
in
every
village.
In
1840,
the
number
of
village
post-offices
was
about
3,000.
At
that
time
nothing
but
"guarantee
posts"--by
means
of
which
parties
in
the
country
might
obtain
additional
accommodation
on
their
consenting
to
bear
the
whole
additional
expense--were
granted
to
new
localities.
Mr.
Hill
urged
upon
the
Post-Office
authorities
the
abandonment
of
this
plan,
and
the
gradual
establishment
of
ordinary
post-offices.
He
calculated
that
an
annual
outlay
of
70,000l.
would
suffice
to
give
600
additional
daily
posts
to
neglected
districts,
and
he
pledged
his
word
that
the
outlay
would
be
remunerative.
There
are
now
more
than
8,000
additional
rural
post-offices,
the
erection
of
which
has
done
all
for
the
public
and
the
Post-Office
revenue
that
Mr.
Hill
anticipated.
The
extension
of
free
deliveries,
also
strongly
urged
by
Mr.
Hill,
has
progressed
fairly
from
that
time
to
this.
Round
each
provincial
town
there
used
to
be
drawn
a
cordon,
letters,
&c.
for
places
beyond
which
had
either
to
be
brought
by
private
messenger,
or
were
charged
an
extra
sum
on
delivery
as
a
gratuity
to
the
postmaster.
From
year
to
year
new
places
have
been
included
in
these
free
deliveries;
soon
the
most
remote
and
inaccessible
parts
of
our
country--the
nooks
and
crannies
of
our
land--will
enjoy
nearly
equal
privileges
with
our
large
towns,
more
rural
messengers
being
appointed
as
this
work
approaches
completion.
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