The Post Office of India and Its Story

by Geoffrey Clarke

INDEX

Abolition of District Post, [20]
Abolition of Sea Post Office, [135]
Abolition of unpaid postcards, [7]
Abor Expedition, 1894, [220]
Abor Expeditionary Force, 1911-12, [231]
Abyssinian Expedition, [210]
Accounts, Postal, [36]
Act, Post Office. See Post Office Act
Address, Forms of, [89], [98]
Aden, Military operations in neighbourhood of, [175]
Aden, Transhipment of mails at, [130], [133]
Admiralty Agents, [127], [129], [130]
Afghanistan Expedition, [168], [211]
Anche, The, [112], [116]
Anchel, The, [112]
Aviation, [125]
Bagdad Railway, [148], [149]
Baku, Field service in, [174]
Bank, Savings, [81]
Base office, [166], [169], [175]
Base Postal Depot, [175]
Bazar Valley Field Force, [230]
Beadon, Mr., [21]
"Bearing" correspondence, [7], [25], [34], [158], [160]
Bhangy post, [26], [29], [33], [48]
Black Hole of Calcutta, [108], [200]
Black Mountain Expedition, [217]
Black Mountain or Hazara Field Force, [215]
Bombay G.P.O. building, [108]
Bombay Regulation XI of 1830, [26]
Branch office, [4]
Brindisi as European port for Indian mails, [124], [182]
British India Steam Navigation Company, [138], [142]
British Mission Escort in South Persia, [175]
British postal orders, [42]
Buildings, Post Office, [106]
Bullock train, [154], [168], [196]
Buner Field Force, [223]
Bungalows, Dak or Travellers', [17], [196]
Burlton, Mr. S. P., [14]
Burma, Chin Expedition, [215]
Bushire Force, [174]
Calcutta, Black Hole of, [108], [200]
Calcutta G.P.O. building, [108], [200]
Camel dak, [209]
Cape route to India, The, [118], [123]
Cash certificates, Five-year, [87]
Cash on Delivery system, [40], [46], [50], [51]
Caste, [101]
Centres, Delivery, [102]
Chin Expedition, Burma, [215]
Chin Hills Expedition, [218]
Chin Lushai Expedition, [216]
China Expeditionary Force, [226]
Chitral Relief Force, [221]
"Clubbing," 24
Combined post and telegraph offices, Introduction of, [41]

Commission of 1850, [1], [21], [178]
Compiler of Post Office Accounts, [36], [72]
Compulsory prepayment of postage in all cases, Rejection of, [25]
Constantinople, Field service in, [174]
Construction and maintenance of postal vans, [63]
Consultations of 24th March, 1766, Minutes of, [12]
Consultations of 17th January, 1774, Extract from, [191]
Continuous delivery system, [103]
Control of the Department, [2], [30], [31]
Conventions with Indian States, [114]
Copper tickets, or tokens for postal purposes, [14], [178], [194]
Cost of carrying mails on railways, [62]
Counterfeit stamps, [39], [42]
Courtney, Mr., [21]
Crises in the Savings Bank, [84]
Custom-House, Turkish, at Bagdad and Basra, [140], [146]
Customs regulations, [36]
Cyprus, [211]
Dak bungalows, [17], [196]
Dak system, [195]
Dead Letter Office, [26]
Delivery centres, [102]
Delivery of mails, [102]
Delivery system, Continuous, [103]
Department, Control of the, [2], [30], [31]
Department, never regarded as revenue-producing, [9], [22]
Department, Organization of the, [3], [30], [31]
Depot, Base Postal, [175]
Deputy Postmaster, [155], [193]
Desert post, The, [122], [137], [139]
Direction, Organization of the, [2]
Director-General of the Post Office, First, [36]
Distance, Uniformity of postage irrespective of, [24], [32], [39], [49]
District dawk stamps, Scinde, [31], [178]
District Post, [16], [17]
District Post, Abolition of, [20]
District Savings Banks, [81]
Dromedary post, [137], [139]
Early Postal Regulations, [26]
East Africa, Field service in, [174]
East Persian Cordon, [174]
Egypt during the Great War, Field service in, [171], [173]
Egypt Expeditionary Force, [212]
Encouragement of prepayment of postage, [34]
England, Parcel post with, [39], [50]
English mail, [30], [121], [127], [142]
Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company, [138], [142], [144]
European port for reception and despatch of Indian mails, [124], [182]
Experimental post offices, [20], [96]
Ferry charges upon Railway steamers, [63], [65]
Field Post Office, The, [165]
Field post offices, [166]
Field Service Manual, [166]
Field service, Military rank on, [166]
Field service uniform, [166]
Fines incurred under Post Office Acts, [29]
Fining, [37]
First appointment of a Postmaster-General, [14]
First Director-General of the Post Office, [36]

Five-year cash certificates, [87]
Forbes, Mr., [21]
Force in East Persia, [174]
Foreign money orders, [73]
Foreign parcel post, [51]
France, Field service in, [171]
Franking, [35]
Free postage, Abolition of privilege of, [35]
Free postage, Grant of privilege of, to certain persons, [27]
Gallipoli, Field service in, [173]
Great War, [170], [171]
Great War, Effect of, upon savings bank balances, [87]
Guarantee Fund, Post Office, [236]
Haulage charges, [60], [67]
Hazara Field Force, Black Mountain or, [215]
Head Office, [3]
Horse transit and bullock train, [153], [168], [196], [206]
Identification of payees of money orders, [79], [99]
Imperial Penny Postage Scheme, [40]
Imported and locally produced printed matter, Differentiation between, [32], [38]
Indian Convention States, [114], [185]
Indian Mutiny, The Post Office during the, [151], [167], [196], [204]
Indian States, The Post Office in, [112]
Insurance fee, [41]
Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia, [141]
Introduction of first regular postal system by Lord Clive, [12]
Introduction of postage stamps, [31], [32], [178], [179]
Introduction of postcards, [7]
Introduction of railways, [30]
Iraq, [148], [173]
Isazai Field Force, [219]
Kalahandi Expedition, [212]
Kurram Field Force, [219]
Kut, [173]
Land revenue money orders, [75]
Later Postal Regulations, [38]
Letter-writers, Professional, [94]
Life Insurance policies, Surrender values of, [236]
Life Insurance, Postal, [42], [232]
Loan, War, [87]
Lord Clive, Regular postal system introduced by, [12]
Lushai Expedition, [216]
Mail runner, [4]
Malakand Field Force, [222]
Malta Expeditionary Force, [211]
Malwa Field Force, [156]
Manipur Expedition, [218]
Manual, Post Office, [2], [36]
Manual (War), Postal, [166]
Marine Postal Service, Suez and Bombay, [130]
Marseilles as European port for Indian mails, [124], [182]
Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, The Post Office in, [137]
Mesopotamia, Field service in, [171]
Methods of travel in early days, [195]
Military pensioners, Payment of, [42]
Military rank on field service, [166]
Minors' accounts, [86]
Minutes of Consultations of 24th March, 1766, [12]
Miranzai Expedition, [218]
Mishmi Expedition, [226]
Mohmand Field Force, 1897, [223]
Mohmand Field Force, 1908, [231]

Money order work transferred to Post Office, [41], [71]
Money orders, [71]
Money orders, Foreign, [73]
Money orders, Inland, Statement of issues since 1880, [198]
Money orders, Land revenue, [75]
Money orders, Rent, [76]
Money orders, Telegraphic, [74], [77]
Monopoly, Postal, [26], [31]
Mosul, Turkish post to Constantinople via, [139]
Mounted post, First employment of, [11]
Mutiny, The Post Office during the Indian, [151], [167], [196], [204]
Naval Agents, [127], [129], [130]
Newspapers, Registered, [43]
Newspapers, Sale of, by field post offices, [223], [224]
Non-postal work, [9]
Octroi Tax, [53]
Official articles, Special postage rates for, [40]
Official marks of the Post Office, Acceptance of, as evidence, [43]
Organization of the Department, [3], [30], [31]
Organization of the Direction, [2]
Origin of the Post Office, [10]
Overland Route, The, [119], [137]
Overprinted postage stamps, [115], [148], [182], [184], [228]
Overprinted Turkish postage stamps, [148]
Overprints, Indian Convention States, [115], [185]
Overseer, [99], [166]
Palestine, Field service in, [173]
Parcel post, [48]
Parcel post, Foreign, [51]
Parcel post rates, Statement of, [55]
Parcel post with England, [39], [50]
Parcels and packets liable to be detained, [43]
Paton, Mr. G., [157], [204]
Payment of money orders at houses of payees, [77], [99]
Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, Charter of incorporation of, [123], [127]
Penjdeh Affair, [84]
Penny Postage Scheme, Imperial, [40]
Persian Expedition, [167]
Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the, [141]
Persian Gulf, The Post Office in Mesopotamia and the, [137]
Personnel of the Post Office, [189]
Phulkian States, Conventions with, [114]
Pishin Field Force, [214]
Polymetrical tables, [33]
Post, Bhangy, [26], [29], [33], [48]
Post, District, [16], [17]
Post, District, Abolition of, [20]
Post Office Act—
of 1837, [17], [26]
of 1838, [29]
of 1839, [29]
of 1854, [2], [31]
of 1866, [38]
of 1882, [42]
of 1895, [42]
of 1896, [42]
of 1898, [42]
of 1912, [46]
Post Office, Branch, [4], [94]
Post Office buildings, [106]
Post Office, Experimental, [20], [96]
Post Office, Field, [166]
Post Office, Head, [3]
Post Office Manual, [2], [36]
Post Office, Origin of, [10]

Post Office, Sub, [3]
Post Office, Travelling, [58]
Post free, Grant to certain persons of privilege of sending and receiving correspondence, [27]
Postage rates, [28], [38], [55]
Postage stamps, Introduction of, [31], [32], [178], [179]
Postal Life Insurance, [42]
Postal Manual (War), [166]
Postcards, Abolition of unpaid, [7]
Postcards, Introduction of, [7]
Postcards, Unpaid, [7]
Postman, [97]
Postman, Village or rural, [4], [94], [100]
Postmaster, Deputy, [155], [193]
Postmaster, Probationary, [190]
Postmaster-General, First appointment of, [14], [193]
Prepayment of postage, Encouragement of, [34]
Prepayment of postage in all cases, Compulsory, Rejection of, [25]
Presidency Postmaster, [16], [30], [31]
Private posts, [17]
Probationary Postmaster, [190]
Probationary Superintendent, [189]
Professional letter-writers, [94]
Public Proceedings of 7th July, 1766, Extract from, [13]
Quinine, Sale of, [4], [96]
Railway Conference Association, [49], [67]
Railway Mail Service, [58]
Railways, Introduction of, [30]
Rates of postage, [28], [38], [55]
Receipt stamp, Abolition of special, [183]
Redirected letters, Abolition of charge on, [39]
Registered newspapers, [43]
Registration, [35]
Registration fee to be prepaid in postage stamps, [39]
Regular postal system introduced by Lord Clive, [12]
Regulations, Early Postal, [26]
Regulations, Later Postal, [38]
Rent money orders, [76]
Rented buildings for post offices, [106], [110]
Returned Letter Office at Basra, [172]
Revenue-producing, Department never regarded as, [9], [22]
Riddell, Mr. H. B., [36], [154], [163]
Runner, Mail, [4]
Rural postman, [4], [94], [100]
Russian Scare, [84]
Salonika, Field service in, [173]
Savings bank, [81]
Savings bank balances, Effect of Great War upon, [87]
Savings bank, statement showing work from 1882 to 1918, [197]
Savings bank work transferred to Post Office, [41], [82]
Scinde District Dawk stamps, [31], [178]
Sea Customs Act, [43]
Sea Post Office, [127]
Sea Post Office, Abolition of, [135]
Seamen's letters, Soldiers' and, [40], [181]
Service stamps, [35], [40], [184]
Ship postage, [26], [34], [37]
Sikkim Expedition, [214]
"Snowball" system, Sale of goods on the, [53]
Soldiers' and seamens' letters, [40], [181]
Somaliland Field Force, [229]
Sorting, Concentration of, [69]
Sorting offices, Introduction of, [37], [58]

South Persia, British Mission Escort in, [175]
Southampton route, [123], [124]
Special postage rates for official articles, [40]
Stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of telegraph, [183]
Stamps, Overprinted or surcharged postage, [115], [148], [182], [184], [228]
Stamps, Service, [35], [40], [184]
Standard vans, [61]
Suakim Expedition, 1896, [222]
Suakim Field Post Office, 1885, [213]
Sub-office, [3]
Suez Canal, Opening of, [124]
Suez Canal route, Future of, [125]
Superintendent, [189]
Superintendent, Probationary, [189]
Suppression of foreign post offices in Ottoman dominions, Turkish demand for, [139], [147]
Surcharged postage stamps, [182], [184]
Surrender values of Life Insurance policies, [236]
Swat Valley Column, [225]
Taylor, Captain, [17]
Telegraph stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of, [183]
Telegraphic money orders, [74], [77]
Thuillier, General Sir Henry, [179], [181]
Tibet Mission, [229]
Tirah Expedition, [224]
Tochi Field Force, [224]
Tochi Valley Field Force, [225]
Transhipment of mails at Aden, [130], [133]
Travel in early days, Methods of, [195]
Travellers' bungalows, [17], [196]
Travelling post office, [58]
Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and, [141]
Turkish Customs House at Bagdad and Basra, [140], [146]
Turkish post to Constantinople via Mosul, [139]
Turkish postage stamps overprinted, [148]
Unification of Indian State Posts with the Imperial Post Office, [115]
Uniform, Field service, [166]
Uniform, Postmen's, [104]
Uniformity of postage irrespective of distance, [24], [32], [39], [49]
Unpaid correspondence, [7], [25], [34], [158], [160]
Upper Burma Expedition, [213]
Value-payable system, [40], [46], [50], [51]
Vans, Construction and maintenance of postal, [63], [66]
Vans, Standard, [61]
Village postman, [4], [94], [100]
Waghorn, Lieutenant Thomas, [122]
Wano Expedition, [220]
War Loan, [87]
Watermarks, [180], [182]
Waziristan Field Force, [220]
Wuntho Expedition, [219]
Zhob Expedition, [217]

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