y), 175;
parcels (Germany), 219, (United States) 198;
postcards, 243

Council of State, 11, 12

Country newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial)

Couriers, post, _see_ Post-couriers

Crimean War, 125

Cromwell, Thomas, 3

Cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388

Cumbersome parcels, additional charge for, 206, 215, 280;
definition of, 206 note, 280 note

Cunard, Samuel, 347

Cunard Steamship Company, 348

_Cursores_, 1, 2, 377

Daily post, establishment of, in England, 19

Declaratory Act, 1778, 44, 45

Deficit, on newspapers, 133, 169, 176, 294;
on parcels, 190, 219, 294;
on second-class mail, 147, 155, 158, 162

Delivery fees, 107, 110, 180, 206, 249, 258

Deputy Postmasters, _see_ Postmasters

Deputy Postmaster-General (North America), 37, 48, 52, 64, 136, 140, 148

Dockwra, William, 183, 247

Double letter, definition of, 336

_Dragonerpost_, 98

Drop letter, 254

Duty (paper), 117, 119 note;
(advertisement), 117, 119, 128;
(stamp), 117, 119, 121, 128

East India Company, 344

Elgin, Lord, 53

Evasion of postage, 16, 27, 48, 72, 254

Express companies, competition for second-class mail, 161;
delivery of parcels, 193, 195

Farm (of the posts), 13, 14, 15, 70, 80, 380

Fee letter, _see_ Letters

Finance, 35, 36

Finlay, Hugh, 37, 401

First-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of

Fittings (for sorting), 284;
cost of, 293

Foot-messengers, 184, 221, 331, 378

Foreign letter office, 8, 12, 13

Foreign posts, _see_ Posts

Fourth-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of

Foxcroft, Thomas, 66, 399

Frank, definition of, 27 note

Franking, 27, 49, 52, 114, 115, 116, 118, 138, 148, 403-11

Franklin, Benjamin, 39, 63, 64, 66, 148

Freeling, Sir Francis, 22, 137, 138

Freight trains, use of for second-class mail, 163

_Gazette, London_, 113, 114

_Gazette, Oxford_, 113, 114

General post, 248

General post delivery (London), 248

Germain, Lord George, 67

German-Austrian Postal Union, 1850, 213, 226, 236, 264

_Gesch[:a]ftspapiere_, 240

Gladstone, W. E., 126, 130

Goddard, William, 65

Gratuitous transit (of foreign mails), 268, 273, 275

Halfpenny Packet Post, 222

Hamilton, Andrew, 60, 62, 392-9

Hamilton, John, 64

Hand-stamping machines, 303

Hand