—— Report of the Commissioners of P.O. Inquiry, 98, 196 Nominations, system of, 246 “Nonsense of a Penny post,” 131 “No Rowland Hills wanted,” 185 North British Railway, 233 North-Western Railway, 227, 232 Northcote, Sir Stafford (Lord Iddesley), 235, 245 Northern diligence, the, 78 Norway, 15, 251 Norwich, 77 _Notes and Queries_, 9, 52, 93 Number of letters after reform, 133, 165, 168; in two years' time, 169; in seventh year of reform number delivered in and round London equal to those for the entire United Kingdom under old system, 214, 239; after extension of rural distribution, 255, 256 Obliteration by hand (stamping), 206, 240, 241 Ocean penny postage, 229 O'Connell, Daniel, M.P., 88, 132, 133; M. J., M.P., 120, 127 Offer (R. H.'s) to give plan of postal reform to Government, 111, 149; to give services at Treasury gratuitously, 150 Official account-keeping and “blunders,” 174, 175, 176 Old opponents become friendly, 147, 246, 247, 275 —— postal system, the, 39-69; in France, 155-157 Oldenburg adopts postal reform, 251 “Oldest and ablest officers, the,” 80 “On the Collection of Postage by Means of Stamps,” 135, 200 Opening letters in the P.O., 114, 115 Opposition honest and dishonest, 93, 120-122, 125, 126, 145-147, 202, 212, 275-278 “Origin of Postage Stamps, The,” 50, 188, 193 Oscar, Prince, 14 Osler, Mr Follett, 13 Oswald, Dr and Miss, 38 Ounce limit, the first proposal, 108 Outsiders as reformers, 146, 265, 267 Owen, Robert, 34, 114 Oxford, 299 “Pace that killed, the,” 85 Pacific Ocean's enormous width, 238 Packet Service, the, 174, 175; Commission sits on, contract mail-packets, etc., management transferred to P.O., evils of Admiralty control, West Indian packet service, Union Steamship Co., services to Cape of Good Hope, Honduras, Natal, reductions in cost, Australia _viâ_ Panama not the shortest route, cost of conveyance, 230, 235-238; improved communication, foreign and colonial, 257 Page, Mr Wm., 276, 277; Messrs E. and H., 276 Palmer, John, postal reformer, 71; favours Bath, increases number of coaches, 77; proposes abolition of foot and horse posts, causes stage to become mail coaches, 79; a visionary, 80; placed in authority, by 1792 all coaches new, first quick coach to Bath, 82; robbery nearly ceases, traverses the entire kingdom, 83; looks to newspaper and penny posts, 84; coaches said to go at dangerous speed, reach highest level of proficiency, 85; are beaten by “iron horse,” 86; remarks on his dismissal, 80, 179, 213, 214; a born organiser, 220 “Palmer of Ireland, The,” Bianconi, 88 Palmerston, Lord. (See Prime Ministers) Panama, mails _viâ_, 237, 238 Panizzi, Sir Antonio, 37