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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
68
8.
The
Postmaster-General
and
the
deputy
postmasters
must
qualify
themselves,
if
they
have
not
already
done
so,
by
receiving
the
sacrament
according
to
the
usage
of
the
Church
of
England;
taking,
making,
and
subscribing
the
test,
and
the
oaths
of
allegiance,
supremacy,
and
adjuration.
It
is
also
decided
that
the
Post-Office
officials
must
not
meddle
with
elections
for
members
of
Parliament.
The
officers
of
the
Post-Office
must
also
qualify
themselves
for
the
duties
of
their
office
by
observing
and
following
such
orders,
rules,
directions,
and
instructions,
concerning
the
settlements
of
the
posts
and
stages,
and
the
management
of
post-horses,
and
the
horsing
of
all
persons
riding
by
royal
warrant,
as
Her
Majesty
shall
see
fit
from
time
to
time
to
make
and
ordain.
A
short
proviso
follows
concerning
the
time-honoured
privileges
of
the
two
English
Universities,
and
guaranteeing
the
same;
and
then
we
come
to
an
arrangement
for
the
attainment
of
which
object,
it
would
appear
(almost
exclusively),
the
Post-Office
was
remodelled
in
the
manner
we
have
shown.
9.
"Towards
the
establishment
of
a
good,
sure,
and
lasting
fund,
in
order
to
raise
a
present
supply
of
money
for
carrying
on
the
war,
be
it
enacted
that
from
the
present
time,
and
during
the
whole
term
of
32
years,
the
full,
clear,
and
entire
weekly
sum
of
700l.
out
of
the
duties
and
revenues
of
the
Post-Office
shall
be
paid
by
the
Postmaster-General
into
the
receipts
of
the
Exchequer
on
the
Tuesday
of
every
week."
Whatever
else
was
arranged
permanently,
the
increased
rates
of
postage
were
only
meant
to
be
temporary;
for
at
the
end
of
thirty-two
years,
it
was
provided
that
the
old
rates
shall
be
resorted
to.
The
clause
was
simply
inserted
as
a
war
measure,
for
the
purpose
of
raising
revenue,
but
we
shall
see
that,
so
far
from
returning
to
the
old
postages,
fresh
burdens
were
imposed
at
the
end
of
that
period
and
from
time
to
time.[37]
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