Motor mails— Early beginnings, 100 Distances, 102 Night service, 102 Guards, 103 Drivers, 103, 105 Mount Pleasant, 61, 67, 85 Mowatt, Sir Francis, K.C.B., 271 Muckle Flugga, 79 Mulock, Hon. William, K.C., 258 _Munster_, 218 Murray Multiplex, 155 National Insurance, 279, 332 National Telephone Company, 177, 185, 187 National Telewriter Company, 177 Navy Post Office, 338 Newcastle-on-Tyne, 279, 326 Newhaven, 220 New Jersey, 285 Newmarket, 35 Newspaper post, 29, 64, 322 Newport, 92 Newton, 92 New South Wales, 260 New York— Telephone service, 189 Mail service to, 213 New Zealand— Postal service, 258 Pigeon post, 260 Articles refused, 328 Nightingale, Florence, 130 Northcote, Sir Stafford, 130 Norway, A. H., 209, 210 Norwich, 35, 75 Nottingham, 279 Old Age Pensions— In New Zealand, 259 In England, 332 Number, 333 Stories of, 334 _On the Track of the Mail Coach_, 265 Oporto, 214 Orient Company, 216 Orkney, 80, 217 _Osiris_, 215 Overland Route, 214 Oversea Mails— Times of voyages, 216 Packet Services (_see_ Post Office Packet Service) Paddington, 75 _Pages from a Private Diary_, 299 Palmer, John, 22, 99, 102 Parcel Post— Offices, 55, 67 Beginnings, 83 Rates, 84 Foreign, 84, 328 Sorting, 86, 88 Receptacles, 89 Packing, 93 Switzerland, 232 France, 236 Parcel Post coaches, 99, 101 Paris— Telephone, 191 Postal Congress, 228 Postal service, 235 _Paris Messenger_, 240 Parsons, Alfred, R.A., 274 Payment on demand, 142 _Pearson's Weekly_, 133 Peel, Sir Robert, 291 Peninsular and Oriental Company, 214 Penny Post— Demand for, 32 Introduction, 37 Results, 40 Dockwra's, 290 Penzance, 73 Permanent officials, 270, 349 Persia, 85, 328 Philadelphia Exhibition, 182 Phonogram, 163 Pigeon Post— French, 235 New Zealand, 260 Pillar boxes, 112, 113 Pitt, William, 23 Plague, Great, 44 Pneumatic tubes, 161, 163, 203 Port Said, 215 Postal charges— Old style, 32 Evasion of, 33 Prepayment of, 37 Postal Orders— Offices, 68 Origin, 132 Numbers, 132 Effect of newspaper competitions on, 133 Lost, 135 Regulations, 322 Foreign, 328 Postal Union— First Conference, 224 Opposition to, 225 Business, 227 Conferences, 228 Monument, 230 Uniformity of services, 327 Postboys, 20, 46, 346 Postcards— Number, 64 Addresses, 114 Prices, 320 Post horses, 20, 104, 277 Postman's bell, 304 Postman's Federation, 309 _Postman's Gazette_, 313 Postman's knock, 315 Postmaster— Early history, 20, 277 News agents, 277 Duties, 278 Salaries, 279 Powers, 282 Letters to, 283-287 Inquiry agents, 288 Postmaster-General— Early conditions, 45 Duties of office, 261 Discretionary powers, 348 Postmaster-General's monopoly, 19, 184