The History of the British Post Office

by Joseph Clarence Hemmeon

[604] 53 Geo. III, c. 58.

[605] 54 Geo. III, c. 119.

[606] 54 Geo. III, c. 169. Enacted for Ireland the following year (55 Geo. III, c. 103).

[607] 55 Geo. III, c. 153. This act, although repealed for Great Britain by 59 Geo. III, c. 111, still remained in force in Ireland (5 and 6 Wm. IV, c. 25).

[608] London Times, 1814, Oct. 8, p. 3; 1815, Jan. 19, p. 3.

[609] Parl. Deb., 1st ser., xxx, col. 766; xxxi, col. 220.

[610] Joyce, p. 363.

[611] The Calcutta Monthly complained that the new rates had rendered correspondence less frequent. "The so-called packet boats are often two or three months slower than private vessels" (London Times, 1818, Oct. 30, p. 3).

[612] 59 Geo. III, c. 111; London Times, 1820, Jan. 24, p. 3.

[613] 7 and 8 Geo. IV, c. 21. The postage between Liverpool and Dublin for a single letter was 13d., made up as follows:—