[144] “Third Report of the Select Committee on Postage,” p. 2.
[145] Ibid.
[146] That their opposition was altogether official is shown by the fact that when the Government subsequently adopted my plan, they all three became its advocates.
[147] “Hansard,” third series, Vol. XXXIX. pp. 1115, 1116.
[148] The word “penny,” though found in “Hansard,” is, as shown by what follows, erroneously inserted.
[149] “Hansard,” third series, Vol. XXXIX. pp. 1201-1210.
[150] “Hansard,” Vol. XXXIX. p. 1207.
[151] “Mirror of Parliament,” Vol. XXXVIII. p. 833.
[152] Now (Sept., 1875) Sir Henry Cole, K.C.B.
[153] “Third Report of the Select Committee on Postage,” p. 3.