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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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It
is
possible
that
this
useful
measure
may
be
delayed.
However
it
is,
the
Post-Office
machinery
is
ready
for
this
incidental
application,
and
it
is
surely
thrifty
to
make
the
most
of
available
resources,
though
they
may
have
been
originally
provided
for
very
different
purposes.
PART
II.
DESCRIPTIVE
ACCOUNT
OF
THE
POST-OFFICE.
"It
has
often
struck
me
that
some
pains
should
be
taken
to
make
the
main
features
of
the
Post-Office
system
intelligible
to
the
people."--Speech
of
Mr.
Rowland
Hill
at
Liverpool,
1847.
PREFATORY.
It
is
scarcely
possible
to
over-estimate
the
importance
of
the
postal
regulations
of
this
country.
Every
section
of
society,
and,
to
some
extent,
every
individual,
participates
in
the
benefits--commercial,
social,
and
moral--bestowed
by
our
cheap
Post-Office.
It
is
not
our
purpose
here
to
urge
the
value
and
utility
of
the
Post-Office
institution--which
most
of
our
readers
gratefully
admit--but
rather
to
furnish
some
general
information
relative
to
the
organization
and
ordinary
working
of
the
Department,
sensible
that
an
intelligible
account
of
the
principal
features
in
the
system
will
increase
the
interest
already
felt
in
the
Post-Office,
as
a
mighty
engine
spreading
the
influences
of
commerce,
education,
and
religion
throughout
the
world.
The
Postmaster-General
for
1854,
in
starting
an
annual
report
of
the
Post-Office,
stated
that
"many
misapprehensions
and
complaints
arise
from
an
imperfect
knowledge
of
matters
which
might,
without
any
inconvenience,
be
placed
before
the
public;"
and
also,
"that
the
publicity
thus
given
will
be
an
advantage
to
the
Department
itself,
and
will
have
a
good
effect
upon
the
working
of
many
of
its
branches."
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