British and Inland Magnetic Telegraph Company, 202, 206, 208. Burlamachi, Philip, 17, 18. Buxton, Sydney, 85, 87, 88. Bye-letters, 35 note. Bye-posts, 36, 39, 144; receipts from, 185, 186. Canadian Pacific Railway Company, 134. Carteret, Lord, 42. Cash on delivery, 70, 71. Chamberlain, A., 83. Chesterfield, Countess of, 25. Clerks of the road, 38, 50. Coaches. _See_ Mail Coaches and Post Coaches. Coke, Sir John, 11, 12, 15, 16, 18, 111, 112. Competition in carrying letters, 191-197. Competitive examinations, 78. Compulsory prepayment. _See_ Prepayment of rates. Cotton and Frankland, 31, 115. Cromwell, orders to the postmasters, 23. Cross-posts, 140, 144. _See also_ Bye-posts. Cross-post letters, 35 note, 36. _See also_ Post-roads, Cross-posts. Cunard Steamship Company, 132, 133, 134. Customs duties, 125. Dead Letter Office, 50. Delivery of letters, 9, 38, 39; rural, 65, 66; express or special, 67, 68. Departmental committee, 82. De Nouveau, 114. De Quester, 10, 12, 135. De Taxis, 112, 114. Dockwra, William, 28, 30. Double letter, 13 note. Dublin Penny Post, 30 note, 54, 150. Edinburgh Penny Post, 54. Edison Telephone Company, 219. Electric and International Telegraph Company, 202, 205, 206, 208. Embossed stamps. _See_ Stamps. Employees, postal, appointment brought under civil service examination, 78, 79; report of Bradford committee, 84, 85; of departmental committee, 82; of Hobhouse committee, 86-88; civil rights, 82; postal unions, 85; wages, 80, 83; Tweedmouth settlement, 81, 82; strike, 81; grievances, 80, 82, 83; increase in wages, 81, 82. Evasion of rates, 197-201. _See also_ Monopoly, attempts to break. Express delivery. _See_ Delivery of letters. Farmers of the Post Office, 21, 22, 36, 37. Fawcett, Henry, 74, 75, 80, 81. Fees, 9, 15, 45, 49. Fifth-clause Posts, 65. Finances of Post Office, 180-188. Foreign connections: Belgium, 111; France, 111, 113, 114, 115, 117, 118, 120; Germany, 111; Holland, 111, 114; Italy, 111, 115; United States and the colonies, 120 note; stages settled on the continent, 112. _See also_ Rates and Sailing Packets. Foreigners' Post, 6, 7. Franking, 159-172; by members of Parliament, 25; of newspapers, 48. Franking department, 57. Frankland. _See_ Cotton and Frankland. Freeling, Sir Francis, 52. Frizell, 11, 18, 24. Grimston, 205. Halfpenny Post, 68, 69, 197. Hall, John, 11. Hamilton, Andrew, 33. Hanbury, 82. Hicks, James, 19, 20, 24, 26, 27, 112. Hill, Sir Rowland, 59-61, 187. Hobhouse committee, 86-88. Inman Steamship Company, 132, 133. Insurance facilities, 74. _See also_ Savings Bank Department. Ireland, Post Office in, 31, 57. _See also_ Post-roads, Rates, and Sailing Packets, Ireland. Letters, number of, 63.