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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
275
It
may
be
imagined
that
a
proper
control
of
this
vast
machinery,
extending
through
almost
every
county
in
the
kingdom,
with
its
scattered
staff
of
officials,
will
be
difficult;
but
the
efficient
working
of
the
whole
is
nevertheless
as
thoroughly
and
promptly
maintained
as
in
any
other
department
where
personal
supervision
is
more
direct.
Each
divisional
part
has
distinct
officers
allotted
to
it,
the
number
of
clerks
being
regulated
according
to
the
number
of
mails
running
over
the
division
in
the
course
of
a
day,
and
the
number
of
sorters
according
to
the
amount
of
sorting
duties
to
be
performed.
Each
mail
travels
under
the
charge
of
one
clerk,
while
each
division
is
locally
superintended
by
one
senior
clerk.
The
entire
direction,
however,
of
all
the
travelling
officers
is
vested
in
the
Inspector-General
of
Mails,
who
also
presides
over
the
Mail
Office
at
St.
Martin's-le-Grand.
We
may
here
further
state,
that
the
length
of
the
divisions--the
extent
of
one
of
which
forms
a
post-office
journey
or
"trip"--varies
slightly,
averaging
about
170
miles;
the
average
time
taken
to
perform
the
journeys
being
between
five
and
six
hours.
As
a
rule,
the
night-mails
travel
during
the
night-time,
or
between
eight
P.M.
and
six
A.M.;
the
day-mails
generally
speaking
throughout
the
day.
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