Soldiers' Letters. Colonial and Foreign Posts, 310--Street Nomenclature and House Numbering, 311--Early History of the Post Office, 312--Improvement in Accounts. Number of Offices, 313--Number of Letters. Returned Letters, 314--Registration, 315--Soldiers' Remittances. Extension of Money Order System to Colonies, 316--Transference of Management of Colonial Post Offices. Foreign Posts, 317--United States, 318--Mr. Pliny Miles, 319--Treaties made easily Terminable, 320. CHAPTER XXV. DISCONTENTS IN THE OFFICE (1855-9). Demands for higher Wages, 321--"Civil Service Gazette," 322--Letter-carriers--Eligibility of their Position, 324--Christmas-boxes, 325--Mutinous Meeting, 326--Threats of Assassination, 327--A familiar Acquaintance, 328. CHAPTER XXVI. MISCELLANEOUS PROCEEDINGS FROM 1855 TO 1859. Postal Guide and Postal Official Circular, 329--Date Stamps. Mr. Pearson Hill's Stamping Machine, 330--Mr. C. W. Sikes and the Post Office Savings Banks, 331--Salaries, 333--Volunteer Corps, 334--Compulsory Prepayment, 335--Parcels Post. Tubular Conveyance, 336--Inventors, 339--Telegraph Tube Service, 340--Mr. R. Stephenson, 341--Postage on Newspapers, 342--The _Times_, 344--Mr. Gladstone, 345--Serious Illness, 346--Plan for distributing Newspapers, 347--Wreck of the "Violet" Mail-packet, 349--The Bey of Tunis. Number of Letters posted in Russia and Manchester. The last Attack on Penny Postage, 350--Government Franking, 351. CHAPTER XXVII. POSTMASTERS-GENERAL (1855-60). Lord Canning, 353--Indian Mutiny. "Edinburgh Review," 354--Duke of Argyll, 355--Lord Colchester, 356--Lord Elgin, 357--Health failing, 358--Royal Society. K.C.B., 359--Vigorous and harmonious Action in the Office, 360--Dangerous Illness. Lord Stanley of Alderley, 361--Fourth Cabal. Mr. Gladstone's Support, 362. CHAPTER XXVIII. PROGRESS AFTER 1859. Post Office Savings Banks--their Costliness, 364--Registration, 367--Pattern Post, 368--Packet Service. Transference from Admiralty. Mr. Frederic Hill's Reforms, 369--Tenders. Surveys of Mail-packets, 370--Readjustment of Transmarine Rates, 371--Punctuality, 372--Large Expenditure prevented, 373--Reward for faithful Services, 374--Free-trade and subsidised Mail-packets, 375. CHAPTER XXIX. RESIGNATION (1864).