cards, 241;
average weight of, 308

Post-couriers, 9, 39, 41, 49, 51, 52, 79, 81, 99, 374, 376

Post for the packet, 5, 8, 378

Post-horses, 2, 4, 5, 6, 20, 374-7, 381, 385

Postmasters, 5, 7, 9, 18, 49, 51, 66, 71, 114, 192, 254, 342, 387, 390,
397, 404, 406, 410

Post-riders, 4, 5, 20, 22, 67

Post-roads, 14, 17

Post-stages, 2, 20, 38, 79, 99, 374-7

Posts, 2;
cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388;
extraordinary, 3, 6;
foreign, 8, 340;
horse, 2, 22, 37, 61, 65, 79, 99, 350;
military, 40, 43, 98;
ministerial, 67;
municipal, 6;
ordinary, 3;
parliamentary, 67;
regular, 2, 6;
temporary, 3, 6;
thorough, 4, 5;
Thurn and Taxis, 108, 350;
travelling, 3-6, 79;
university, 6, 78

Povey, Charles, 250

Power stamping machines, 303

Prepayment of postage, 27, 238, 251

Press, restrictions upon, 112, 117, 119, 122, 126, 166, 167, 180

Prideaux, Edmund, 11

Prince Edward Island, posts in, 52

Profit, Post Office, _see_ Revenue, net

Prospectuses, transmission by post, 170, 172, 225

Provincial newspapers, _see_ Newspapers

Provost, Sir George, 42

De Quester, Matthew, 7, 340

Railway Clearing Committee, 189

Railway companies, remuneration of, for conveyance of mails, 186, 288

Railway rates, basis of, 321, 322, 323

Randolph, Thomas, 3

Rates of Postage--

ENGLAND.

_Letters_, 1635, 9;
1649, 11;
1657, 13, 336;
1660, 14, 337;
1711, 15, 337;
1765, 20, 338;
1784, 21, 338;
1797, 1801, 1805, 22, 338;
1812, 22, 339;
1840, 23, 339;
1865, 31, 339;
1871, 31, 340;
1885, 1897, 32, 340;
1915, 36, 340

_Newspapers_, 1836, 122;
1853, 1855, 128;
1870, 181;
1915, 135

_Book Post_, 1847, 220;
1853, 1866,
1870, 221;
1897, 222;
1915, 223

_Parcels_,1883, 187;
1915, 190

_Samples_, 1753, 1795, 1805, 1812, 230;
1837, 1863, 231;
1864, 1870, 232;
1887, 1897, 234;
1915, 235

_Commercial Papers_, 1660, 238;
1847, 239

_Local Rates_, 1680, 247;
1730, 249;
1794, 1801, 251;
1805, 252

CANADA.

_Letters_ (First-class Mail), 1765, 38;
1842, 49-52;
1851, 55;
1867, 56;
1889, 1898, 57

_Newspapers_ (Second-class Mail), 1840, 136;
1844, 140;
1867, 141;
1882, 143;
1898, 145;
1903, 147