ling, cost of, _see_ Cost of handling;
method of, 284

Hartington, Marquess of, 130

Heaton, Sir J. Henniker, 346

Heriot, John, 40

Hickes, James, 113

Hill, Matthew Davenport, 29

Hill, Sir Rowland, 23-30, 47, 72, 74, 84, 127, 220, 312, 323

Horse-posts, _see_ Posts

Howe, John, 43, 139

_Illustrated London News_, 129

Inland letter office, 10, 12

International Parcel Post, _see_ Parcel post

Jaccottey, P., 171

Joyce, H., 17

King's messengers, 1, 4, 6, 377

_Landbestellgeld_, 110

_Landkutschen_, 97

_Landporto_, 102

Laurier, Sir Wilfred, 147

L'Estrange, Roger, 112, 113

Letter rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Letters, definition of "single," "double," "treble," 336;
bye, 17;
cross-post, 17;
drop, 254;
fee, 51;
way, 18, 50;
average weight of, 33, 291, 308

Licences, issue of, by Post Office, 357

Licensing Act, 1662, 112, 117

Lichfield, Lord, 29

Local newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial)

Local penny posts, 250

Local rates, _see_ Rates of postage

_London Gazette_, 113, 114

London Penny Post, 183, 247, 342

London Threepenny Post, 252

London Twopenny Post, 252

Loss on certain branches of Post Office business, _see_ Deficit

Maberley, Colonel, 29, 184

Magazine Post to Canada, 346

Magazines, transmission by post, 150, 152, 154, 155, 159, 346

Mail-coach, introduction of, 21

Mail matter, classification of, 75, 152, 191, 244

Mail order business, 196

_Ma[^i]tres de poste_, 37, 39

Manley, John, 13, 383

_Maryland Journal_, 65

Master of the Posts, 2, 12

Menai Bridge, additional rate for, 339

Merchant Adventurers, 8

Merchant Companies, 8

_Mercurius Publicus_, 112

Military post routes, 40, 42, 43

Millerand, A., 92, 93

Monopoly, postal, 7, 9,13, 60, 80, 255, 259, 325, 330, 340, 358, 380-4

Monsell, W., 133

Muddiman, Henry, 112, 113

Mulock, Sir William, 57, 146, 147

Murray, Robert, 247

Neale, Thomas, 60, 62, 391-8

Net revenue, _see_ Revenue, net

New England colonies, 59

Newsbooks, 111, 112

Newsletters, 111

Newspaper rate, _see_ Rates of postage

Newspaper Stamps, Select Committee on, 1851, 122, 127

Newspaper supplements, 171, 172, 181

Newspapers, average weight of, 132, 142, 308;
cost of transmission, 175, 176;
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