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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2) — John Shaqi

The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)Hill, Rowland, Sir

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The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)

Name: The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the History of Penny Postage, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Author: Hill, Rowland, Sir

Hill, Rowland, Sir

Hill, Rowland, Sir, 1795-1879; Postal service -- Great Britain -- Rates

CHAPTER XXII.

                        LORD CANNING (1853-4).

    Lord Canning, Postmaster-General, 213--Treaty with France,
    214--Large Savings, 215--Letter to Lord Canning, 215--Promotion or
    Resignation, 217--Lord Canning's Answer, 218--Dangerous State of
    Health, 219--Commission for Revising Salaries, 221--Dinner at Lord
    Canning's. Mr. Gladstone, 222--Mortality among Colonels, 223--Sole
    Secretary, 224.


                            CHAPTER XXIII.

    PROGRESS OF REFORM FROM THE MIDDLE OF 1851 TO THE END OF 1854.

    Railway Legislation, 227--Acceleration of Northern Mails,
    231--Limited Mails, 232--A Transformation Scene, 233--Silence
    under Misrepresentation. Premiums for Punctuality, 235--Mail-bag
    Apparatus, 236--Rectification of Accounts, 237--Packet
    Service (Lord Canning's Commission), 238--Colonial Postage,
    241--The _Times_, 243--Foreign Book Post. Chevalier Bunsen
    and Lord Hardwicke, 244--Salaries and Promotion, 245--Report
    of Commissioners for Revising Salaries, 246--Patronage,
    248--Competitive Examinations, 249--Telegraphs, 251--Postal Reform
    abroad, 252.


                      APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXIII.

    Money Orders. Article in "Household Words," 253--Hong-Kong
    Post Office, 257--Prepayment. Early Deliveries, 258--Pillar
    Letter-boxes. Number of Letters, 259--Increased Honesty, 260--Titus
    Oates. Funeral of the Duke of Wellington, 261.


                             CHAPTER XXIV.

            SOLE SECRETARYSHIP--FIRST ANNUAL REPORT, 1854.

                   PROGRESS OF IMPROVEMENT (1855-9).

    Lord Canning, 263--Arrangement of Secretarial Duties, 264--The
    Staff of Officers, 266--Annual Reports. Monthly Report of
    Improvements in hand, 267--Post Office _versus_ Board of Works,
    268--Free Delivery, 270--London District Offices, 271--Scotch
    and Irish Mails, 273--Need of Railway Legislation, 276--Sir
    G. C. Lewis, 277--Government Loans to Railway Companies,
    278--Government Purchase of Railways. Royal Commission on Railways,
    283--Arbitration, 284--True Interests of the Companies, 285--Money
    Orders. Contract Work, 286--Post Office _versus_ Admiralty. Mr.
    Trollope, 288--Panama Route, 290--Indian Mutiny, 292--Acceleration
    of News, 294--Revenue and Expenditure, 295--Predictions Fulfilled,
    297--Promotion by Merit. Sir W. Hayter, 298--Civil Service
    Examination, 300--Letter from Sir C. Trevelyan, 301--Health
    of Officers, 302--Life Insurance, 304--Mutual Guarantees,
    307--Libraries, 308.


                       APPENDIX TO CHAPTER XXIV.

                      FIRST ANNUAL REPORT (1854).

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