CONTENTS

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I.The Post Office of India[1]
II.The Origin of the Post Office[10]
III.Early Postal Regulations[26]
IV.Later Postal Regulations[38]
V.Parcel Post[48]
VI.The Railway Mail Service[58]
VII.Money Orders[71]
VIII.Savings Bank[81]
IX.The People and the Post Office[88]
X.The Indian Postman[97]
XI.Post Office Buildings[106]
XII.The Post Office in Indian States[112]
XIII.The Overland Route[119]
XIV.The Sea Post Office[127]
XV.The Post Office in Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf[137]
XVI.The Post Office during the Indian Mutiny[151]
XVII.The Indian Field Post Office[165]
XVIII.The Indian Field Post Office during the Great War[171]
XIX.Indian Postage Stamps[178]