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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
85
3.
The
roads
are
to
be
re-surveyed,
under
the
arrangements
laid
down
in
Queen
Anne's
Act,
for
the
purpose
of
settling
the
rates
of
postage
afresh.
4.
Letters
to
be
charged
according
to
the
post-stages
travelled,
or
shorter
distances
to
be
paid
for;
thus:--
s.
d.
For
the
conveyance
of
every
single
letter
not
exceeding
15
miles
0
1
"
"
double
letter
0
2
"
"
ounce
0
4
"
"
single
letter,
30
miles
and
under
40
miles
0
2
"
"
double
letter
0
4
"
"
ounce
0
8
"
"
single
letter,
40
miles
and
under
80
miles
0
3
"
"
double
letter
0
6
"
"
ounce
1
0
And
so
on.
These
rates
were
again
altered
in
the
twenty-fourth
year
of
the
reign
of
George
III.
for
the
raising
of
revenue
to
defray
his
Majesty's
expenses,
the
alteration,
which
took
effect
on
the
introduction
of
mail-coaches,
consisting
of
the
addition
of
one
penny
to
every
existing
charge.[45]
5.
Permission
is
given
to
settle
penny
post-offices
in
other
towns
in
England,
on
the
same
basis
as
the
London
penny-post
establishment.
The
permission
thus
granted
was
soon
applied,
and
long
before
the
establishment
of
uniform
penny-postage,
there
were
at
least
a
thousand
penny-posts
in
existence
in
different
towns.
The
principle
which
guided
the
Department
in
establishing
penny-posts
was
to
select
small
towns
and
populous
neighbourhoods
not
situated
in
the
direct
line
of
general
post
conveyances,
which
were
desirous
of
obtaining
extra
facilities,
and
granting
such
posts
provided
that
they
did
not
afford
the
means
for
evading
the
general
post.
The
only
requisite
was,
that
the
authorities
should
have
a
reasonable
hope
that
the
proposed
post
would
yield
sufficient
to
pay
for
its
maintenance--a
thing
considered
settled
if
the
receipts
on
its
first
establishment
would
pay
two-thirds
of
the
entire
charges.
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