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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
379
But,
in
the
States,
complaints
made
against
official
departments
are
held
to
be
of
little
moment."
We
are
further
told
that
the
"letters
are
subject
to
great
delays
by
irregularities
on
railways.
They
have
no
travelling
post-offices
in
the
States,
as
with
us.
And,
worst
of
all,
there
is
no
official
delivery
of
letters."
"The
United
States'
Post-Office,"
says
Mr.
Trollope,
"does
not
assume
to
itself
the
duty
of
taking
letters
to
the
houses
of
those
for
whom
they
are
intended,
but
holds
itself
as
having
completed
the
work
for
which
the
original
postage
has
been
paid
when
it
has
brought
them
to
the
window
of
the
post-office
of
the
town
to
which
they
are
addressed."
The
recognised
official
mode
of
delivery
is
from
the
office
window,
many
inhabitants
paying
for
private
boxes
at
the
post-office.
If
delivered,
a
further
sum
must
be
paid
the
bearer.
Surely
English
people
have
reason
to
be
content
with
their
privileges,
and
in
a
certain
degree
to
"rest
and
be
thankful."
[200]
Report
of
the
Committee
of
the
House
of
Commons
on
Packet
and
Telegraph
Contracts,
p.
27.
[201]
Ibid.
p.
34.
[202]
A
halfpenny
post
is
in
full
operation
at
the
city
of
Quebec.
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