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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
229
In
the
following
year,
Lord
Colchester
was
succeeded
by
the
late
Earl
of
Elgin
as
Postmaster-General,
with
a
seat
in
Lord
Palmerston's
Cabinet.
When
Lord
Elgin
was
sent
on
the
special
mission
to
the
East
in
1860,
the
Duke
of
Argyll
held
the
joint
offices
of
Lord
Privy
Seal
and
Postmaster-General
until
a
permanent
successor
was
appointed
in
the
person
of
Lord
Stanley
of
Alderley,
who
now
(March,
1864)
holds
the
office.
In
1859,
the
Money-order
Office
in
London,
and
the
money-order
system
generally,
were
remodelled.
By
a
process
meant
to
simplify
the
accounts,
and
other
judicious
alterations,
a
saving
of
4,000l.
a-year
was
effected,
while
the
public
were
benefited
by
some
concessions
that
had
been
much
desired,
such
as
the
granting
of
money-orders
up
to
the
amount
of
10l.
instead
of
5l.
The
money-order
system
was
likewise
extended
to
the
colonies,
the
first
connexion
of
the
kind
having
been
opened
with
Canada
and
our
European
possessions
of
Gibraltar
and
Malta.
It
has
subsequently
been
extended
to
the
principal
British
colonies,
including
the
whole
of
Australia.
Important
improvements
were
also
made
in
the
department
charged
with
the
transmission
of
mails.
Several
accelerations--in
one
case
a
most
important
one--were
made
in
the
speed
of
the
principal
mail-trains;
the
number
of
travelling
post-offices
was
increased;
the
construction
of
the
whole
of
them
was
improved;
and
the
apparatus-machinery,
attached
to
the
carriages
for
the
exchange
of
mail-bags
at
those
stations
where
the
mail-trains
do
not
stop,
was
called
more
and
more
into
requisition.
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