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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
248
The
branches
of
minor
importance
and
the
miscellaneous
officers
of
the
London
Establishment,
consist
of
a
Medical
Department,
comprising
one
medical
officer,
one
assistant
medical
officer,
and
one
messenger.
There
are,
besides,
distinct
medical
officers
attached
to
each
of
the
London
districts.
The
amount
required
for
this
service
for
1863-4,
including
medicine
(given
gratuitously
to
all
officers
who
are
not
in
receipt
of
150l.
salary),
is
1,715l.
A
House-keeper's
Department,
including
a
housekeeper
and
sixteen
female
servants,
requiring
a
yearly
payment
of
763l.
Six
engineers,
ten
constables,
and
six
firemen
are
also
constantly
employed
and
paid
by
the
Post-Office.
When
we
add
to
this
gigantic
organization
no
less
than
516
letter-receivers
in
London,
who
receive
from
4l.
to
90l.
a-year
for
partial
service,
the
reader
will
have
a
tolerably
correct
idea
of
the
establishment
required
to
compass
the
amount
of
London
postal
business
in
the
twenty-fourth
year
of
penny
postage.[147]
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