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Her Majesty's Mails
·
William Lewins
89
We
must
now
pass
over
many
years,
as
not
offering
any
incidents
of
any
moment.
In
the
year
1730
we
find
that
the
Scotch
establishment
yielded
the
sum
of
1,194l.
as
the
whole
gross
revenue.
From
about
the
year
1750,
the
mails
began
to
be
carried
from
stage
to
stage,
as
in
England,
by
relays
of
fresh
horses
and
different
post-boys,
though
not
entirely
to
the
exclusion
of
the
post-runners,
of
whom
we
have
previously
spoken.
In
1723,
the
Edinburgh
Post-Office
occupied
the
first-floor
of
a
house
near
the
cross,
above
an
alley
which
still
bears
the
name
of
the
Post-Office
Close.
It
was
afterwards
removed
to
a
floor
on
the
south
side
of
the
Parliament
Square,
which
was
fitted
up
shop-fashion,
and
where
the
letters
were
given
out
from
behind
an
ordinary
shop
counter,
one
letter-carrier
doing
all
the
out-door
work.
The
Post-Office
was
removed
to
its
present
situation
in
1821.
Towards
the
close
of
1865,
it
is
expected,
the
handsome
building
now
rising
up
near
the
old
office
will
be
finished
and
opened
for
postal
purposes.[49]
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