Acts, Post Office, _see_ Post Office Acts Advertisement duty, 117, 119, 128 Agriculture, encouragement of, 190, 245 _Aktentaxe_, 225, 240 Allen, Ralph, 18 Armour, R., 138 Australia, parcel post in, 197 Bastiat, Frédéric, 86 Bath Road, 21 _Binnenporto_, 102 Blackwood, Sir Arthur, 234, 279 Blind, rate on printed matter for, 244, 320 Bonaparte, Louis Napoleon, 167 Book Post, 32, 184, 220, 320 Books, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage _Boten-Anstalten_, 97, 209, 349, 350 _Botenmeister_, 97, 98 _Botenpost_, 98 Bourne, Jonathan, Senator, 196 Buildings, Post Office, cost of, 293, 309 Burlamachi, Philip, 10 Bye letters, 17 Canadian Magazine Post, 346 Cape Breton, posts in, 51 Carriers, common, and conveyance of letters, 1, 250, 380, 381 _Cartes de visite_, 224 Catalogues, 170, 172, 225 Chesterfield, Lady, 112 Clanricarde, Lord, 53, 345 "Class" newspapers, 124, 125 Classification of mail matter, _see_ Mail matter; of postal revenue, _see_ Revenue, net Clerks of the Road, 114, 118, 403-11 Closed post, 222, 320 note _Colis encombrants_, 280 Colonial letters, rates for, 345, 346 Commercial papers, rate for, _see_ Rates of postage Commissioners of Inquiry into Fees and Emoluments, 1788, 115 note; into Revenue Departments, 1829, 25, 114 note; of Post Office Inquiry, 1837, 248 note; 1838, 29 Commissioners on Post Office in British North America, Report of, 1840, 47, 48 Committee, Select, on Postage, 1838, 30; on Newspaper Stamps, 1851, 122, 127 Commonwealth, The, 14 Confederation of British North American Colonies, 1867, 55, 141, 254 Conference, international postal, 1863, 265 Congress, Constitutional (United States), 70; Continental (United States), 66, 149 Congress, international postal, 1874, 266; 1876, 270; 1878, 277; 1880, 278; 1886, 280; 1897, 272, 281; 1906, 274, 281 Convention, General Postal Union, 1874, 270; Parcel Post (international), 1880, 279 Conveyance of mails, cost of, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308, 321, 326 Conway Bridge, additional rate for, 339 Cost of handling (United Kingdom), 35, 311; for buildings, 293, 309; for conveyance of mails, 26, 35, 47, 191, 253, 254, 292, 307, 308, 321, 326; for staff, 289, 301, 306; for second-class mail (United States), 156, 158; letters (France), 85; newspapers (Germany), 175; parcels (Germany), 219, (United States) 198; postcards, 243 Council of State, 11, 12 Country newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial) Couriers, post, _see_ Post-couriers Crimean War, 125 Cromwell, Thomas, 3 Cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388 Cumbersome parcels, additional charge for, 206, 215, 280; definition of, 206 note, 280 note Cunard, Samuel, 347 Cunard Steamship Company, 348 _Cursores_, 1, 2, 377