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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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The
mail
packets
employ
a
force,
including
officers,
of
more
than
8,000
men.
In
addition
to
these,
there
is
a
staff
of
thirty-three
naval
officers--all
officers
of
the
royal
navy,
though
maintained
by
the
Post-Office--employed
upon
such
packets
as
those
for
the
Cape
and
the
west
coast
of
Africa,
and
charged
with
the
care
and
correct
delivery
of
the
mails.
They
are
further
required
to
do
all
they
can
to
guard
against
delay
on
the
voyage,
and
to
report
on
nautical
questions
affecting
in
any
way
the
proper
efficiency
of
the
service.
Other
officers,
besides,
are
fixed
at
different
foreign
stations
to
direct
the
transfers
of
mails
from
packet
to
packet,
or
from
packets
to
other
modes
of
conveyance.
Then,
again,
in
growing
numbers,
another
class
of
officers
travel
in
charge
of
mails,
such
as
the
Indian
and
Australian,
and
on
all
the
North
American
packets,
who,
with
a
number
of
sorters,
are
employed
in
sorting
the
mails
during
the
voyage,
in
order
to
save
time
and
labour
in
the
despatch
and
receipt
of
mails
at
London
and
Liverpool
respectively.
There
are
now
twenty-eight
of
this
new
class
of
working
mail
officers,
who,
of
course,
are
substituted
for
the
old
class
of
naval
agents.
On
the
less
important
mail
packets
no
naval
officer
is
specially
appointed,
but
the
mails
are
taken
in
charge
by
the
commander.
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