ROWLAND HILL. Hampstead, 17th March, 1864. FINIS. THOS. DE LA RUE AND CO. PRINTERS. BUNHILL ROW LONDON. INDEX A Abbott, Mr., vol. ii. 300 Aberdeen, Earl of, vol. ii. 217, 218, 222-225, 287 Accounts. See Post Office Admiralty, vol. ii. 369. See also Packet Service Ady, Joseph, vol. ii. 82 Airy, Sir G. B., correction of statement about M. Biot, vol. i. 499; R. H.'s letter to him, 506; letters to R. H., 507, 509; signs R. H.'s recommendation for the Royal Society, vol. ii. 359; present at his funeral, 431 Alarum water-clock, vol. i. 83, 157 Algeria, vol. ii. 311 Algerine ambassador, vol. i. 172 Allen, Ralph, vol. ii. 9 Alton, vol. ii. 276 Amiens, peace of, vol. i. 19, 38 Angas, Mr. G. F., vol. i. 221 Anson, General, vol. i. 279 Applegarth, Mr., vol. i. 224 Architecture, study of, vol. i. 61, 128 Argyll, Duke of, vol. ii. 349; Government loans to railways, vol. ii. 279, 280; Civil Service examination, 303; his character; facility of composition, 355; signs recommendation of R. H.'s admission to Royal Society, 359; provisionally Postmaster-General, 361; letters to R. H., 344, 356; R. H.'s letters to him, 280, 302, 330; out of England at the time of R. H.'s funeral--his affection towards him, 430 Arithmetic, mental, vol. i. 92, 128 Armstrong, Sir W., vol. i. 242 Armstrong, Mr., vol. ii. 49, 72 Arnold, Dr., vol. i. 100, 101, 115, 124 Arnott, Dr., vol. i. 210 Ashburton, Lord, vol. i. 279, 469; evidence before Parliamentary Committee (1838) 310, 317, 321; letter to R.H., 362 Ashford, Mary, vol. i. 85 Ashley, Lord (Earl of Shaftesbury), presents a memorial from Bath, vol. ii. 108; motion for abolition of Sunday duty, 155, 156, 158, 160, 163; writes to R. H., 156; partial retractation, 150, 159 Ashurst, Mr., vol. i. 294, 486 Assassination, threats of, vol. ii. 327 Assay Office, Birmingham, vol. i. 55 Astronomy, vol. i. 57-59, 68, 69, 495-508 Attwood, Mr., vol. i. 150 Auditing, Post Office, vol. i. 454, vol. ii. 186, 313 Australia, colonisation, vol. i. 217, 219; correspondence, 485, vol. ii. 10, 396; mails, 242, 289-292, 310, 373, 480; postage charges, 243, 310, 371 Austria, postal reform, vol. ii. 35, 252 Ayr, vol. ii. 230 B Baines, Mr. Edward, vol. ii. 331, 346 Baines, Mr. Frederick, vol. ii. 251 Ballaghaderin, vol. i. 413 Bancroft, Mr., vol. ii. 92 Banning, Mr., vol. ii. 54, 307 Banwell, vol. i. 306 Bar Beacon, vol. i. 97 Barbauld, Mrs., vol. i. 54