Manners, Lord John, on Glasgow postmasters' mistake, 269-70 Mears, ----, Case of, 160 Member of Parliament, Should interference of, in behalf of public employee, lead to dismissal? 248; influence of, may annul power of dismissal in public departments, 251 Members of House of Commons intervene in cases of discipline, 302-22 Members of Parliament and the rank and file, 303 Mercer, ----, Interference for, 297 Merchants, General, used telegraphs little, 16 Messages, Annual increase in, 16; relating to personal affairs an important part of traffic 17-18; annual increase of, in United Kingdom, 51; Mr. Scudamore's estimated increase of, 83-84; fully realized 87; traffic of, 104; increase in number of, 110, 111; sent to individual newspapers, 122n; annual loss on newspaper, 119-20, 122, 123; delivered to newspapers, 124n; remained nearly stationary, 153n; increase of, 181 Mileage of telegraph lines in United Kingdom, 43-44, 45n; of extension, 80, 81n; increase of, through reduction of tariff, 108 Mitford, F., Power of dismissal in public departments may be annulled by pressure from individual members of Parliament, 251 Money order issuing Post Office, A telegraph office promised at every, 20 Money order post offices and telegraph facilities compared, 48 Monk, Charles James, introduced and carried Bill to enfranchise revenue officers, 6, 96; Mr. Gladstone on the Bill, 6-7 Morgan, ----, Case of, 290 Morley, Arnold, Postmaster General, 149; on a Select Committee, 150-51; reply to Mr. Kearley on promotions, 154-55, 157-58; on civil service positions, 161-62; on make up of Select Committee, 162-63; on the Post Office for revenue, 166; Lords Commissioners of the Treasury to, 172-173; on passing over men not qualified, 279, 306 Mowatt, Sir F., member of Tweedmouth Committee, 163, 165, 177 Municipalities and National Government as violators of permanent interests of the people, 391-92 Murphy, Dennis, Interference for, 297 Murray, Sir George H., on change in attitude of House of Commons on expenditures, 366, 385 Nannetti, J. P., questions promotion of two female telegraphists, 293-95; interventions by, 295, 297, 317 National Expenditure, Select Committee on, Evidence before in 1892, on intervention of House of Commons in Departments of State, 363 National Joint Committee of the Postal Association, Resolution of, against the Bradford Committee, 212 National Telephone Company, Obstacles to development by, 388-89 National Union of Teachers, brings influence against inspectors, 321 Nationalization of the telegraphs, 4; Scotch as leaders in, 5, 13; argument for, 13-35; has increased the use of telegraphs, 390 Newnes, Sir G., Intervention by, 298