The post office and its story an interesting account of the activities of a great government department

Mount Pleasant, 61, 67, 85 Mowatt, Sir Francis, K.C.B., 271 Muckle Flugga, 79 Mulock, Hon. William, K.C., 258 Munster, 218 Murray Multiplex, 155 National Insurance, 279, 332 National Telephone Company, 177, 185, 187 National Telewriter Company, 177 Navy Post Office, 338 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 279, 326 Newhaven, 220 New Jersey, 285 Newmarket, 35 Newspaper post, 29, 64, 322 Newport, 92 Newton, 92 New South Wales, 260 New York— Telephone service, 189 Mail service to, 213 New Zealand— Postal service, 258 Pigeon post, 260 Articles refused, 328 Nightingale, Florence, 130 Northcote, Sir Stafford, 130 Norway, A. H., 209, 210 Norwich, 35, 75 Nottingham, 279 Old Age Pensions— In New Zealand, 259 In England, 332 Number, 333 Stories of, 334 On the Track of the Mail Coach, 265 Oporto, 214 Orient Company, 216 Orkney, 80, 217 Osiris, 215 Overland Route, 214 Oversea Mails— Times of voyages, 216 Packet Services (see Post Office Packet Service) Paddington, 75 Pages from a Private Diary, 299 Palmer, John, 22, 99, 102 Parcel Post— Offices, 55, 67 Beginnings, 83 Rates, 84 Foreign, 84, 328 Sorting, 86, 88 Receptacles, 89 Packing, 93 Switzerland, 232 France, 236 Parcel Post coaches, 99, 101 Paris— Telephone, 191 Postal Congress, 228 Postal service, 235 Paris Messenger, 240 Parsons, Alfred, R.A., 274 Payment on demand, 142 Pearson's Weekly, 133 Peel, Sir Robert, 291 Peninsular and Oriental Company, 214 Penny Post— Demand for, 32 Introduction, 37 Results, 40 Dockwra's, 290 Penzance, 73 Permanent officials, 270, 349 Persia, 85, 328 Philadelphia Exhibition, 182 Phonogram, 163 Pigeon Post— French, 235 New Zealand, 260