190, 245

_Aktentaxe_, 225, 240

Allen, Ralph, 18

Armour, R., 138

Australia, parcel post in, 197

Bastiat, Fr['e]d['e]ric, 86

Bath Road, 21

_Binnenporto_, 102

Blackwood, Sir Arthur, 234, 279

Blind, rate on printed matter for, 244, 320

Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 167

Book Post, 32, 184, 220, 320

Books, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage

_Boten-Anstalten_, 97, 209, 349, 350

_Botenmeister_, 97, 98

_Botenpost_, 98

Bourne, Jonathan, Senator, 196

Buildings, Post Office, cost of, 293, 309

Burlamachi, Philip, 10

Bye letters, 17

Canadian Magazine Post, 346

Cape Breton, posts in, 51

Carriers, common, and conveyance of letters, 1, 250, 380, 381

_Cartes de visite_, 224

Catalogues, 170, 172, 225

Chesterfield, Lady, 112

Clanricarde, Lord, 53, 345

"Class" newspapers, 124, 125

Classification of mail matter, _see_ Mail matter;
of postal revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

Clerks of the Road, 114, 118, 403-11

Closed post, 222, 320 note

_Colis encombrants_, 280

Colonial letters, rates for, 345, 346

Commercial papers, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage

Commissioners of Inquiry into Fees and Emoluments, 1788, 115 note;
into Revenue Departments, 1829, 25, 114 note;
of Post Office Inquiry, 1837, 248 note;
1838, 29

Commissioners on Post Office in British North America, Report of, 1840,
47, 48

Committee, Select, on Postage, 1838, 30;
on Newspaper Stamps, 1851, 122, 127

Commonwealth, The, 14

Confederation of British North American Colonies, 1867, 55, 141, 254

Conference, international postal, 1863, 265

Congress, Constitutional (United States), 70;
Continental (United States), 66, 149

Congress, international postal, 1874, 266;
1876, 270;
1878, 277;
1880, 278;
1886, 280;
1897, 272, 281;
1906, 274, 281

Convention, General Postal Union, 1874, 270;
Parcel Post (international), 1880, 279

Conveyance of mails, cost of, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308,
321, 326

Conway Bridge, additional rate for, 339

Cost of handling (United Kingdom), 35, 311;
for buildings, 293, 309;
for conveyance of mails, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308,
321, 326;
for staff, 289, 301, 306;
for second-class mail (United States), 156, 158;
letters (France), 85;
newspapers (German