Her Majesty's Mails

FOOTNOTES: [34] These exceptions were again made in the Act 1 Vic. c. 33. s. 2, and still remain the law. [35] This clause was repealed in the reign of George II. [36] The office of Post-Office Surveyor, of which we here see the origin, still exists (though the officers now so designated have very different duties) among the most responsible and lucrative appointments in the Department. [37] "There cannot be devised," says Blackstone, "a more eligible method than this of raising money upon the subject; for therein both the Government and the people find a mutual benefit. The Government requires a large revenue, and the people do their business with greater ease, expedition, and cheapness than they would be able to do if no such tax existed."--Com. vol. i. p. 324.