[244] Ibid.

[245] Law of 16th September 1862.

[246] Law of 16th February 1867. See infra, Appendix, p. [355].

[247] Prussia, Hanover, the two Mecklenburgs, Oldenburg, Brunswick, Saxony, Hamburg, Bremen, Lubeck, and the Thurn and Taxis posts.

[248] Moch, Archiv für Post und Telegraphie, 1893, p. 44.

[249] Law of 28th October 1871.

[250] For 1906 it has been estimated at 41,693,017 M. P. Ullrich, Die Finanzen der Reichs-Post- und Telegraphen-Verwaltung, Stettin, 1913, p. 54, n. 5.

[251] J. Jung, Entwickelung des deutschen Post- und Telegraphenwesen in den letzten 25 Jahren, Leipzig, 1893, p. 45.

[252] The following table (J. Jung, loc. cit.) shows the increase in the number of rural deliverers:—

186818701875188018851891
8,0218,33411,40511,48020,38625,649