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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
255
CHAPTER
II.
ON
THE
CIRCULATION
OF
LETTERS.
In
order
to
give
the
reader
a
proper
idea
of
the
channel
through
which
ordinary
correspondence
flows--the
circulation
of
letters
in
the
Post-Office
system--it
will
be
necessary
to
devote
a
long
chapter
to
the
subject.
We
therefore
propose
to
post
an
imaginary
letter
in
the
metropolis
for
a
village
in
the
far
away
North,
following
it
from
its
place
of
posting
till
we
finally
see
it
deposited
in
the
hands
of
the
person
to
whom
it
is
addressed.
THE
GENERAL
POST-OFFICE.
The
General
Post-Office,
the
great
heart
of
the
English
postal
system,
is
a
fine
and,
now
that
so
many
district
offices
are
opened
in
London,
very
convenient
building.
On
the
ground-floor
the
different
offices
attached
to
the
Circulation
and
Mail
departments
are
located.
Upstairs
we
find
the
Secretary's
department,
that
of
the
Receiver
and
Accountant-General,
and
other
branches
of
the
Circulation
Office.
Approaching
the
large
hall
of
the
General
Post-Office,
through
one
of
the
three-columned
porticoes,
we
post
our
letter,
and
as
it
is
now
nearly
six
o'clock
P.M.
we
stand
aside,
for
a
few
minutes
only,
to
witness
one
of
the
most
stirring
scenes
in
the
metropolis.
Throughout
the
day,
one
side
of
the
hall
presents
a
busy
enough
scene,
and
its
boxes,
open
for
the
receipt
of
correspondence
for
all
parts
of
the
world,
are
constantly
beset
with
people.
Not
only
do
these
huge
slits
still
gape
for
letters,
but
the
large
windows,
closed
through
the
day,
are
thrown
wide
open
as
a
quarter
to
six
chimes
from
the
neighbouring
clocks.
It
is
then
that
an
impetuous
crowd
enters
the
hall,
and
letters
and
newspapers
begin
to
fall
in
quite
a
literary
hail-storm.
The
newspaper
window,
ever
yawning
for
more,
is
presently
surrounded
and
besieged
by
an
array
of
boys
of
all
ages
and
costumes,
together
with
children
of
a
larger
growth,
who
are
all
alike
pushing,
heaving,
and
surging
in
one
great
mass.
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