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PREFACE.
CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME.
LIST OF PLATES.
BOOK I. THE LIFE OF SIR ROWLAND HILL.
THE LIFE OF SIR ROWLAND HILL.
CHAPTER I.
CHAPTER II.
CHAPTER III.
CHAPTER IV.
CHAPTER V.
CHAPTER VI.
CHAPTER VII.
CHAPTER VIII.
CHAPTER IX.
BOOK II. HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE.
PREFACE TO THE HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE.
HISTORY OF PENNY POSTAGE.
CHAPTER I. CONCEPTION OF MY PLAN. CHIEFLY 1836.
CHAPTER II. PROMULGATION OF MY PLAN.
CHAPTER III. PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE.
CHAPTER IV. PENNY POSTAGE BILL.
CHAPTER V. APPOINTMENT IN TREASURY. (1839.)
CHAPTER VI. PENNY POSTAGE. (1839-40.)
CHAPTER VII. STAMPS. (1840.)
CHAPTER VIII. SUBSIDIARY PROCEEDINGS.
CHAPTER IX. PROGRESS UNDER DIFFICULTIES.
CHAPTER X. NEW MASTERS. (1841-2.)
CHAPTER XI. OUT OF OFFICE (1842-3).
APPENDICES.
APPENDIX A.
ROYAL ASTRONOMICAL SOCIETY.
APPENDIX B.
“PREFACE TO THE LAWS OF THE SOCIETY FOR LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC IMPROVEMENT.
APPENDIX C.
CUBE ROOTS.
APPENDIX D.
VERNIER PENDULUM.
APPENDIX E.
COACH COMPANY.
APPENDIX F.
“SIR ROWLAND HILL AND THE PRINTING PRESS.
APPENDIX G.
EXTRACT FROM THE “GREENOCK ADVERTISER,” OF FRIDAY, MARCH 8th, 1850.
APPENDIX H.
UNIFORM PENNY POSTAGE. Facts and Estimates as to the Increase of Letters.
APPENDIX I.
EXTRACT FROM FIRST REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE, ON THE INLAND REVENUE.
EXTRACT FROM SECOND REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE, ON THE INLAND REVENUE.
EXTRACT FROM THIRD REPORT OF COMMISSIONERS OF INLAND REVENUE, ON THE INLAND REVENUE.
Minute of the Board of the Commissioners of Inland Revenue on the retirement of Mr. Edwin Hill.
APPENDIX J.
LETTER TO THE CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER, SUGGESTING TRANSFERENCE OF COLONEL MABERLY TO ANOTHER POST.
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