Post Office Acts-- 1657, 13; 1660, 14, 337, 341; 1711, 15, 229, 248, 337, 343; 1730, 249, 251; 1763, 17; 1764, 115; 1765, 20, 250, 338; 1784, 21, 338; 1794, 251; 1795, 230; 1796, 338; 1797, 22; 1799, 344; 1801, 22, 230, 251, 338; 1802, 116; 1805, 22, 230, 252, 338; 1812, 22, 230, 339; 1814, 344; 1815, 345; 1836, 122; 1837, 339, 347; 1838, 288; 1839, 231; 1840, 231; 1853, 128; 1855, 128; 1870, 131, 221; 1882, 188; 1893, 288; 1908, 131 Post Office revenue, _see_ Revenue, net Postage, origin of term, 2, 6; prepayment of, 27, 238, 251; rates of, _see_ Rates of postage Postage, uniform, _see_ Uniform postage Postage stamps, introduction of, 27 Postal monopoly, _see_ Monopoly Postal traffic, growth of, in United Kingdom, 32 Postal Union Convention, 1874, 270 _Post-boten_, 97 Post-boys, 16, 20, 22 Postcards, 241; average weight of, 308 Post-couriers, 9, 39, 41, 49, 51, 52, 79, 81, 99, 374, 376 Post for the packet, 5, 8, 378 Post-horses, 2, 4, 5, 6, 20, 374-7, 381, 385 Postmasters, 5, 7, 9, 18, 49, 51, 66, 71, 114, 192, 254, 342, 387, 390, 397, 404, 406, 410 Post-riders, 4, 5, 20, 22, 67 Post-roads, 14, 17 Post-stages, 2, 20, 38, 79, 99, 374-7 Posts, 2; cross-posts, 14, 17, 22, 70, 388; extraordinary, 3, 6; foreign, 8, 340; horse, 2, 22, 37, 61, 65, 79, 99, 350; military, 40, 43, 98; ministerial, 67; municipal, 6; ordinary, 3; parliamentary, 67; regular, 2, 6; temporary, 3, 6; thorough, 4, 5; Thurn and Taxis, 108, 350; travelling, 3-6, 79; university, 6, 78 Povey, Charles, 250 Power stamping machines, 303 Prepayment of postage, 27, 238, 251 Press, restrictions upon, 112, 117, 119, 122, 126, 166, 167, 180 Prideaux, Edmund, 11 Prince Edward Island, posts in, 52 Profit, Post Office, _see_ Revenue, net Prospectuses, transmission by post, 170, 172, 225 Provincial newspapers, _see_ Newspapers Provost, Sir George, 42 De Quester, Matthew, 7, 340 Railway Clearing Committee, 189 Railway companies, remuneration of, for conveyance of mails, 186, 288 Railway rates, basis of, 321, 322, 323 Randolph, Thomas, 3 Rates of Postage-- ENGLAND. _Letters_, 1635, 9; 1649, 11; 1657, 13, 336; 1660, 14, 337; 1711, 15, 337; 1765, 20, 338; 1784, 21, 338; 1797, 1801, 1805, 22, 338; 1812, 22, 339; 1840, 23, 339; 1865, 31, 339; 1871, 31, 340; 1885, 1897, 32, 340; 1915, 36, 340 _Newspapers_, 1836, 122; 1853, 1855, 128; 1870, 181; 1915, 135 _Book Post_, 1847, 220; 1853, 1866, 1870, 221; 1897, 222; 1915, 223 _Parcels_,1883, 187; 1915, 190 _Samples_, 1753, 1795, 1805, 1812, 230; 1837, 1863, 231; 1864, 1870, 232; 1887, 1897, 234; 1915, 235