Preece, W. H., on ignorance of telegraphers, 157; offers increased pay for technical knowledge, 270 Press Bureau maintained by telegraph companies, 113; charges for service, 113-15 Press hampers heads of departments in matter of promotions, 268 Price, R. J., sought to intervene in House in a case of promotion, 280 Private enterprise, Adequate results of, 41-42 Private enterprise in telegraphy broken down, 36, 37; Mr. Scudamore's arguments to prove, 45; his errors show his failure, 49 Probationers, Difficult to dismiss, 260 Problem of government, The, and its solution, 12 Promotion, Employees claim a vested right to, 153; misleading table of, 154, 158; Tweedmouth Committee, on, 170-72; Bradford Committee on, 230; E. Graves on preference for, 270; by routine the real evil, 27, 274; tact and honesty needed in, 272; selection of officers for, an invidious task, 306; right to fix rate of, claimed, 335-36 Promotion by merit hardly takes place, 274; recommended by the Royal Commission, 275; regulations for, 276n; political element in, 277; anxieties of postmasters general regarding, 279; cases of, cited, 279-85; opposed by rank and file, 289; complaints against, 289-301 Promotion by seniority the great evil, 274; demand for, widely established, 381 Promotions revoked through pressure from members, 283; secured for men reported as "not qualified" by influence of C. Bradlaugh, 283-85 Prussia, Effect of reduced rates on increase of messages in, 17, 18 Public interest promoted by activities of speculator and dividend seeker, 37 Public opinion, Change of, in matters of public expenditure, 363-366; no body of intelligent and disinterested, 391 Public ownership a parasite, 37 Public service, British, an attractive haven of refuge, 10-11; no service like the, 166-67, 229; three distinguishing features of the, 186-87; Prime Minister Balfour's anxiety for the, 199-200; future of the, in peril, 199; reduced to a dull level of mediocrity, 268 "Public Service" messages, Allowance for value of, 26-27 Purchase by the State, Threat of, arrested extensions, 41 Purchase of the telegraphs, 57-76; Bill introduced for, 57; estimated price, 58; provisions of Bill, 59; the _Economist_ on, 61; Scudamore on the terms of, 62; Hunt on, 63; amount asked for, 73; Robert Lowe on government monopoly, 74-75 Purchase price of telegraphs estimated, 58, 63; of reversionary rights of railways, 64 Raikes, H. C., scheme of increased wages for telegraph employees, 140-41; rebukes the House for interference, 144; on the management of his Department, 145-47; on personal attention of Postmaster General given to cases of dismissal, 257; explains a case of promotion by seniority, 275-76, 306