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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
270
In
place
of
the
old
mail-coaches
waiting
in
the
yard
of
the
office
until
the
work
is
completed
inside,
we
have
now
the
well-known
mail-vans.
As
they
are
rapidly
supplied
with
bags,
they
chase
each
other
to
the
various
railway
stations,
from
which,
to
all
points
of
the
compass,
the
night-mails
now
depart.
Half
an
hour
afterwards,
we
find
ourselves
in
one
of
these
trains
watching
operations
not
dissimilar
to
those
we
have
just
left,
but
much
more
wonderful,
considering
how
they
are
accomplished.
THE
TRAVELLING
POST-OFFICE.
The
travelling
post-office
deserves
special
attention,
not
less
on
account
of
the
interesting
nature
of
the
work
performed,
than
because
it
serves
many
important
ends
in
the
system
of
which
it
forms
a
part.
It
is
to
the
railway
post-offices
that
the
Department
is
indebted
for
much
of
the
simplification
of
its
accounts.
At
different
points
in
a
mail-coach
journey,
long
stoppages
used
to
be
made
in
order
that
the
"bye"
and
"forward"
letters
might
get
sorted;
on
the
introduction
of
railways,
it
was
seen
that
the
number
of
bags
must
either
be
enormously
increased,
and
other
complications
arise,
or
the
railways
could
not
to
any
extent
be
rendered
available
for
post-office
purposes.
Just
at
this
juncture,
it
was
suggested
that
the
work
might
be
done
during
the
journey,
and
the
obstacles
were
soon
surmounted.
Further,
by
means
of
the
travelling
offices,
the
Post-Office
is
enabled
to
offer
more
time
for
the
posting
of
letters,
and
not
only
so,
but
to
give
the
public
the
benefit
of
earlier
deliveries.
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