Postmen— Before Penny Postage, 34 Empire, 246 Early condition, 302 Grades, 305 Duties, 306 Uniform, 311 Lame, 315 Post Office clerks— Promotion, 269 Advantages, 273 _Esprit de corps_, 275 Counter, 329 Post Office factories, 202 Post Office figures— Their size, 63 Balance-sheet, 266 Post Office Guide— Its scope, 318 Usefulness, 320, 325 Time-tables, 325 Defects, 331 Post Office Library, 54 Post Office Packet Service— Early history, 209 Sailors' pensions, 211 Home Service, 217 Post Office Savings Bank— Sir Rowland Hill on, 39 Offices, 55, 68 Origin, 138 Number of depositors, 139 Stock investments, 140 Withdrawals, 142 Cost of transactions, 143 Government security, 144 Cheque deposits, 144 Staff, 145 Colonial transfers, 154 Home safes, 154 Withdrawal telegrams, 163 Stories of depositors, 146-153 Post Office song, 46 Post Office stone, 255 Post Office uniform, 201, 250, 254 Posts— Origin of word, 19 Masters of, 20, 143 Postwomen, 313 Preece, Sir William, K.C.B., F.R.S., 179, 183, 267 Press telegrams, 158, 189 Preston, 72 Primrose, Sir Henry, 271 _Punch_, 193, 319 Punctuality, 51 Puzzle addresses, 63 _Quarterly Review_, 26 Queen Victoria Street, 67, 327 Race Meetings— Telegraph arrangements, 166, 176 Radio telegrams, 178 Raikes, Right Hon. Cecil, 262 Railways— Introduction, 29 Travelling by night, 32 Modern conditions, 71 Parcel carriers, 96, 99 Rat-catcher, 46 Rats in Parcels Office, 95 Reading, 75 Red Hill, 101 Red tape— Supplies, 202 Methods, 347 Registered packets, 112 Reply coupon, 228 Returned Letter Office, 108 Returned Parcels Office, 94 Roads— Early conditions, 19 Improvements in, 27 Neglect of, 98 Motor service, 103 Rome, 228 Rosebery, Lord, 275 Roman remains, 48, 57 Roumania, 328 _Royal William_, 212 Runners— Early use of word, 19 Indian, 249 South African, 254 Central African, 256 Rural Posts— France, 234 America, 241 Early history, 290 Later history, 291 Russell's Wagons, 209 Russia, 160, 204, 328 Ruthwell, 137 Sailing Vessels— As mail packets, 208 Construction, 211 Contracts with, 220 Sanctuary, privilege of, 48 St. Kilda, 218 St. Martin's le Grand— College of, 48 Design of building, 49 Interior, 50 Chief office, 56 Officials, 54 Closing of, 55 St. Petersburg, 328 Samuel, Right Hon. Herbert, 266 _Savannah_, 212 Savings Banks, 137, 150 (_see_ Post Office Savings Banks) Scalloway, 80 Scavenger, Post Office, 46 Schooling, J. H., 64 Scilly, 156, 217 Scotland— Early postal service, 19 Footposts, 21 Postal charges to, 32 Mails to, 73 Scott, Sir Walter, 29 “Scottish Coast Village,” 298 Scudamore, Frank Ives, C.B., 54, 265 Selby, 32 Serna, 213 Shanghai, 215 Sheffield, 279 Shelley, H. C., 338