Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-OfficeLewins, William
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Her Majesty's Mails: An Historical and Descriptive Account of the British Post-Office
Lewins, William
Postal service -- Great Britain
(1) The plan of a cheap registration of letters. (2) That _all_
inland letters should be prepaid (care being taken that postmasters
should be supplied with a sufficient stock of postage-stamps), and
double postage charged for all unpaid letters. (3) Reduction in the
staff of officers till the number of letters increased to five or
sixfold; that the London officers should be fully and not only
partially employed; and that female employment might be encouraged
in the provinces. (4) Simplification in the mode of assorting
letters. (5) The adoption of measures to induce the public to
facilitate the operations of the Post-Office--by giving complete and
legible addresses to letters, by making slits in house-doors, and
other means. (6) The establishment of a greater number of rural
post-offices, till, eventually, there should be one set up in every
village. (7) All restrictions as to the weight of parcels to be
removed, and a book-packet rate to be established, with arrangements
for conveying prints, maps, &c. &c. That railway stations should
have post-offices connected with them, and that letter-sorting
should be done on board the packets, were among his miscellaneous
suggestions.
With especial reference to the London Office, Mr. Hill recommended (1)
the union of the two corps of general and district letter-carriers; (2)
the establishment of district offices; (3) an hourly delivery of letters
instead of one every two hours, the first delivery to be finished by
nine o'clock.
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