Ireland— Mail coach service, 29 Parcel Post, 94 Packet service, 217 Service incident, 295 _Iris_, 215 Isle of Man, 217, 218 Isle of Skye, 217 Isle of Wight, 217 Jacobs, W. W., 274 Japan— Mails to, 220 P. O. service, 243 Savings Banks, 244 Jingle, Mr. Alfred, on postmen's uniform, 311 Johnston, Sir H. H., K. C. B., 255 Johnston, R. W., 50 Jolly, John, 107 Joyce, H., C. B., 265 Karstadt, Frederick, 70 Kekewich, Sir George, 270 Kipling, Rudyard, 250, 324 King Edward's Building— Migration of staff to, 55 Site, 57 Construction, 58 Ventilation, 66 Staff, 67 King's Birthday— Coach processions, 27 Post Office feast, 46 King's posts, 20, 208, 277 Kingston-on-Thames, 100 Knoydart, 220 Lamb, Charles, 216 Leamington, 305 Leeds, 32, 279 _Leinster_, 218 Lerwick, 80, 220 Letter bringers, 45 Letters, number of, 64 Lichfield, Lord, 36 Lighthouse communication, 178 Limited mail, 73 Lincoln sorting carriage, 75 Lisbon— Early mail service, 214 Postal congress, 228 Lismore, 295 Listowel, 172 Liverpool, 35, 57, 70, 97, 213, 279 Liverpool Street, 75 Loading coils, 191 Local Taxation Licences, 335 Lombard Street, 45, 48, 55 London— Early posts, 19 Mail coaches, 27 Twopenny posts, 35 First Post Office, 43 Postmaster of, 56 Chief Post Office, 57 London and North-Western Railway, 31, 73, 74 London and South-Western Railway, 75 London Bridge, 75 London Postal Service, 56 _Lucania_, 213 _Lusitania_, 213 Maberley, Colonel, 50 Macadam, 27 Macdonald, Flora, 285 Madeira, 81, 216 Magazine competitions and postal orders, 133 Magazine Post, 238 Magnetic clocks, 170, 200 Mail bags— Makers of, 45 Colour, 62 Travelling Post Office, 77 Repairs, 203 Mail cart, 80 Mail coaches— Early days, 23 Speed, 24 Robberies, 27 Procession, 27 End of, 29 Coach _v._ motor, 104 Mail coachmen— Uniform, 24 Furious driving, 26 Stories of, 104, 107 Mail guards— Arming of, 24, 103 Condition of service, 25 Complaints against, 26 Mail trains— First trains, 32 Late-fee boxes, 73 Night, 74, 75 Catching up, 302 _Majestic_, 213 Mallaig, 220 Malta, 84 Manchester, 35, 279, 326 Manila, 216 Manning, Thomas, 216 Marconi Company, 178 Marriage, depositors' views on, 150 Masters of the Posts, 143 _Mauretania_, 81, 208, 213 Melbourne, Lord, 37 Middleton, 92 Midland Travelling Post Office, 75 Milford, 217 Milton, John, 45 Mirror, 308 Money Orders— Reduction in price, 39 Offices, 55, 68 Early days, 125 Old charges, 126 Number issued, 127 Soldiers and sailors, 130 Foreign and Colonial, 131 Telegraph, 132 Complaints, 134 Scenes at counter, 136 _Monte Video Times_, 243 Montreal, 123 Morris, O'Connor, 53 Morse characters, 165 Morse's Printer and Sounder, 155 Mossbank, 81