Daily post, establishment of, in England, 19 Declaratory Act, 1778, 44, 45 Deficit, on newspapers, 133, 169, 176, 294; on parcels, 190, 219, 294; on second-class mail, 147, 155, 158, 162 Delivery fees, 107, 110, 180, 206, 249, 258 Deputy Postmasters, _see_ Postmasters Deputy Postmaster-General (North America), 37, 48, 52, 64, 136, 140, 148 Dockwra, William, 183, 247 Double letter, definition of, 336 _Dragonerpost_, 98 Drop letter, 254 Duty (paper), 117, 119 note; (advertisement), 117, 119, 128; (stamp), 117, 119, 121, 128 East India Company, 344 Elgin, Lord, 53 Evasion of postage, 16, 27, 48, 72, 254 Express companies, competition for second-class mail, 161; delivery of parcels, 193, 195 Farm (of the posts), 13, 14, 15, 70, 80, 380 Fee letter, _see_ Letters Finance, 35, 36 Finlay, Hugh, 37, 401 First-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of Fittings (for sorting), 284; cost of, 293 Foot-messengers, 184, 221, 331, 378 Foreign letter office, 8, 12, 13 Foreign posts, _see_ Posts Fourth-class mail matter, _see_ Mail matter, classification of Foxcroft, Thomas, 66, 399 Frank, definition of, 27 note Franking, 27, 49, 52, 114, 115, 116, 118, 138, 148, 403-11 Franklin, Benjamin, 39, 63, 64, 66, 148 Freeling, Sir Francis, 22, 137, 138 Freight trains, use of for second-class mail, 163 _Gazette, London_, 113, 114 _Gazette, Oxford_, 113, 114 General post, 248 General post delivery (London), 248 Germain, Lord George, 67 German-Austrian Postal Union, 1850, 213, 226, 236, 264 _Geschäftspapiere_, 240 Gladstone, W. E., 126, 130 Goddard, William, 65 Gratuitous transit (of foreign mails), 268, 273, 275 Halfpenny Packet Post, 222 Hamilton, Andrew, 60, 62, 392-9 Hamilton, John, 64 Hand-stamping machines, 303 Handling, cost of, _see_ Cost of handling; method of, 284 Hartington, Marquess of, 130 Heaton, Sir J. Henniker, 346 Heriot, John, 40 Hickes, James, 113 Hill, Matthew Davenport, 29 Hill, Sir Rowland, 23-30, 47, 72, 74, 84, 127, 220, 312, 323 Horse-posts, _see_ Posts Howe, John, 43, 139 _Illustrated London News_, 129 Inland letter office, 10, 12 International Parcel Post, _see_ Parcel post Jaccottey, P., 171 Joyce, H., 17 King's messengers, 1, 4, 6, 377 _Landbestellgeld_, 110 _Landkutschen_, 97 _Landporto_, 102 Laurier, Sir Wilfred, 147 L'Estrange, Roger, 112, 113 Letter rate, _see_ Rates of postage Letters, definition of "single," "double," "treble," 336; bye, 17; cross-post, 17; drop, 254; fee, 51; way, 18, 50; average weight of, 33, 291, 308 Licences, issue of, by Post Office, 357 Licensing Act, 1662, 112, 117 Lichfield, Lord, 29 Local newspapers (protected), _see_ Newspapers (provincial) Local penny posts, 250 Local rates, _see_ Rates of postage