To Austria, 135, 149, 150; Belgium, 135, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157, 176; Cape of Good Hope, 153, 154; Channel Isles, 148, 150; Denmark, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note; East Indies, 153, 154; Egypt, 155 note, 156; France, 135, 137, 143, 149, 149 note, 150, 155, 155 note, 176; Germany, 135, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Gibraltar, 155 note; Greece, 155 note, 156; Holland, 135, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Italy, 115, 135, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 156, 176; Malta, 155 note; Mauritius, 153, 154; Mexico, 155 note, 157; Norway, 155 note, 157; Portugal, 143, 147, 149, 150, 155 note; Russia, 155 note; South America, 155 note, 157; Spain, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157, 176; Sweden, 137, 143, 149, 150, 155 note, 157; Switzerland, 155 note, 157; Syria, 156; Turkey, 137, 149, 150, 155 note, 156; North American colonies, 143, 146, 147; United States, 155 note, 175. In North American colonies, 140, 141, 144, 146; West Indies, 140, 140 note, 143, 146. To the colonies, 159, 175; to foreign countries, 159, 176. Book Post, 173; money orders, 71, 72, 176 _et seq._; newspapers, 153, 154, 173, 175, 176; Parcel Post, 174; patterns, samples, and writs, 145, 173; postcards, 174, 176. Registered letters, 50, 64, 173, 174. Returned Letter Office, 57. Roads. _See_ Post-roads. Royal Mail Steamship Company, 132. Royal Post, 3, 6. Sailing Packets, abuses in connection with, 127 _et seq._; British and foreign vessels, 123; cost of, 128, 134; customs difficulties, 125; number of, 120, 121; ownership transferred to Admiralty, 129, 130; steamships, 121-123, 131; subsidies for, 130, 131-134; use of private ships, 120 note, 123, 124. To Cape of Good Hope, 120; Deal and the Downs, 110; East Indies, 120; France, 111, 115, 116; Gibraltar, 116; Holland, 115-117; Ireland, 109, 110, 121; Malta, 116; Isle of Man, 110; Mauritius, 120; Mexico, 120; Portugal, 115; Scotland, 109-110; South America, 120; West Indies, 118 _et seq._ St. Martin's-le-Grand, 57. Sample Post. _See_ Pattern and Sample Post. Savings Bank Department, 73, 76; annuity and assurance facilities, 74-77; criticism by "Economist," 75 note. Scotland, Post Office in, 31, 32, 34, 59. _See also_ Post-roads, Rates, and Sailing Packets, Scotland. Scudamore, 203-205, 208. Shipping list, 48, 49. Single letters, 13 note. Smith, Llewellyn, 81. Special delivery. _See_ Delivery. Speed, 14; in sixteenth century, 98; in seventeenth century, 98, 99, 100 note; in nineteenth century, 104, 105, 105 note, 106; by use of railways, 107, 108; delays and attempts to remedy them, 100; delays between England and Ireland, 107; means for securing speed, 106. Stamps, 65, 68.