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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
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What,
however,
are
the
facts?
The
rate
of
wages
of
the
lowest
class
of
letter-carriers
in
London
ranges
from
18s.
to
25s.
a
week.
Each
man
(who
must
necessarily
begin
under
21
years
of
age)
commences
at
the
former
sum,
and
steadily
advances
at
the
rate
of
a
shilling
more
each
year,
till
he
attains
the
maximum
of
25s.
This
is
for
the
lowest
class,
be
it
remembered:
but
besides
the
chances
of
rising
into
a
higher
class
of
carrier,
he
has
the
prospect,
realized
by
many
in
the
course
of
two
or
three
years,
of
being
promoted
to
the
higher
grade
of
sorter.
If,
as
some
have
been,
he
be
appointed
to
the
corps
of
travelling
sorters,
he
will
nearly
double
his
income
at
a
bound.
But
not
to
dwell
on
chances
of
promotion,
the
letter-carrier,
in
addition
to
his
wages,
is
allowed
to
receive
Christmas-boxes;
and
many
thus
receive,
as
the
public
must
know
well,
most
substantial
additions
to
their
income.
He
is
supplied
with
two
suits
of
clothes,
one
for
summer,
and
the
other
for
winter
wear.
If
ill,
he
has
medical
attendance
and
medicine
gratis.
When
unfitted
for
work,
he
may
retire
upon
a
pension
for
which
he
has
not
now
to
pay
a
farthing;
and
during
service,
if
he
insure
his
life
for
the
benefit
of
his
family,
the
Post-Office
will
assist
him
to
pay
his
premiums,
by
allowing
him
20
per
cent.
on
all
his
payments.
Every
year
he
is
allowed
a
fortnight's
holiday,
without
any
deduction
from
his
pay;
many
spare
hours
each
day
he
may
devote
to
other
pursuits,
for
if,
when
at
work
at
the
office,
his
hours
of
duty
exceed
eight
hours
daily,
he
is
at
full
liberty
to
ask
for
investigation
and
redress.
In
short,
a
London
letter-carrier
is
in
as
good
a
position,
relatively,
as
many
skilled
artisans,
without,
as
regards
his
pay,
being
subject
to
any
of
the
contingencies
of
weather,
trade,
and
misfortune,
which
make
the
wages
of
other
workmen
occasionally
so
precarious,
and
without
having
had
to
go
through
any
expensive
apprenticeship
or
preparation
for
his
calling,
as
in
the
case
of
most
of
the
numerous
handicrafts
of
life.[204]
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