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| [CHAPTER I] | 1 |
| Beginnings of postal service in former American colonies. |
| [CHAPTER II] | 18 |
| Colonial post office under Queen Anne's act—Early packet service. |
| [CHAPTER III] | 37 |
| Communications in Canada prior to the Conquest—Extension of colonial postal service to Canada—Effects of colonial discontents on post office. |
| [CHAPTER IV] | 58 |
| The post office during the Revolution—Its suppression. |
| [CHAPTER V] | 74 |
| Beginnings of exclusively Canadian postal service—Administration of Hugh Finlay—Opening of communication with England by way of Halifax—Postal convention with United States. |
| [CHAPTER VI] | 96 |
| Administration of George Heriot—Extension of postal service in Upper Canada—Irritating restrictions imposed by general post office—Disputes with the administrator of the colony. |
| [CHAPTER VII] | 114 |
| Administration of Daniel Sutherland—Postal service on the Ottawa river, and to eastern townships—Ocean mails. |
| [CHAPTER VIII] | 131 |
| Postal conditions in Upper Canada—Serious abuses—Agitation for provincial control. |
| [CHAPTER IX] | 153 |
| Thomas Allen Stayner deputy postmaster general—Restrictions of general post office relaxed—Grievances of newspaper publishers—Opinion of law officers of the crown that postmaster general's stand is untenable—Consequences. |
| [CHAPTER X] | 173 |
| The beginnings of the postal service in the Maritime provinces—Complaints of newspaper publishers—Reception given to imperial act to remedy colonial grievances. |
| [CHAPTER XI] | 193 | |
| Continuance of agitation in the Canadas for control of the post office—Much information obtained by committees of legislatures—Difficulty in giving effect to reforms. |
| [CHAPTER XII] | 212 |
| Durham's report on the post office—Effects of rebellion of 1837 on the service—Ocean steamships to carry the mails—The Cunard contract—Reduction of Transatlantic postage. |
| [CHAPTER XIII] | 230 |
| Diminution of powers of deputy postmaster general—Commission on post office appointed—Its report—Efforts to secure reduction of postal charges. |
| [CHAPTER XIV] | 243 |
| Continuation of account of post office in Maritime provinces—Departmental inquiry into conditions—Agitation for reduced postage. |
| [CHAPTER XV] | 263 |
| Reversal of attitude of British government on post office control—Instructions to Lord Elgin—Provincial postal conference—Control of post office relinquished to colonies. |
| [CHAPTER XVI] | 273 |
| Provincial administration of the post office—Reduced postage—Railway mail service—Arrangements with United States. |
| [CHAPTER XVII] | 284 |
| Canadian ocean mail service—Want of sympathy of British government therewith. |
| [CHAPTER XVIII] | 302 |
| Canadian ocean mail service (cont.)—Series of disasters to Allan line steamers. |
| [CHAPTER XIX] | 316 |
| Postal service of Manitoba, the North-West Provinces and British Columbia—Summary of progress since Confederation. |
| [CHAPTER XX] | 333 |
| The post office in Newfoundland. |
| [INDEX] | 347 |