Moorshedabad 1 10 Patna 1 10 Benares 1 2 Ganjam 1 2 Dacca 1 2 Dinagepur 1 2 -- -- 6 28 8. That a Postmaster-General be appointed at Calcutta with one Deputy, one merda or native assistant, seven sorters, one jemadar and fifteen peons for distributing letters. He will have the control of the whole establishment, and all the accounts will be brought into his office. BYE-RULES 1. That all letters shall pay postage, excepting such as are on the public service. 2. That the postage on inland letters shall be paid when put into the office at the following rates:-- Single letters for every 100 miles, 2 annas. Double letters in proportion according to their weight. 3. That letters coming by sea, or from foreign settlements, shall pay on delivery and be rated at half postage. 4. That a table of postage, formed according to the above rules, be affixed at the different offices for the public inspection. 5. That the post office in Calcutta shall be open from 10 o'clock in the morning till 1 for the delivery of letters, and from 6 till 9 in the evening for the receipt of letters. 6. That a daily account of the number and weight of letters despatched, with the amount of postage, be kept at each office, that a monthly account be transmitted to the Postmaster-General by his Deputies and that a general abstract of the whole receipts and disbursements be laid before the Board every month. 7. That the letters when received into the offices shall be sorted and put up in separate bags for the different stations, together with a note of the number in each. 8. That all letters shall be stamped with the day of the month on which they are delivered into any chief office. 9. That for the facility of paying the postage on letters small copper tickets be immediately struck to be received at the rate of 2 annas each, but to pass only at the post office. FOOTNOTE: [8] Torchbearer. APPENDIX C METHODS OF TRAVEL IN EARLY DAYS