The Post Office of India and Its Story

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Geoffrey Clarke

BY GEOFFREY CLARKE

INDIAN CIVIL SERVICE

WITH SIXTEEN ILLUSTRATIONS

LONDON: JOHN LANE THE BODLEY HEAD
NEW YORK: JOHN LANE COMPANY MCMXXI

The Mayflower Press, Plymouth, England. William Brendon & Son, Ltd.

THE POST OFFICE OF INDIA

GROUP OF SENIOR OFFICERS OF THE POST OFFICE IN 1884
P. SHERIDAN E. C. O'BRIEN W. ALPIN W. J. HAM G. J. HYNES RAI BAHADUR SUNDER LAL
H. M. KISCH E. R. DOUGLAS J. DILLON F. R. HOGG H. E. M. JAMES E. HUTTON
Director General

PREFACE
CHAPTER I THE POST OFFICE OF INDIA
CHAPTER II THE ORIGIN OF THE POST OFFICE
CHAPTER III EARLY POSTAL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER IV LATER POSTAL REGULATIONS
CHAPTER V PARCEL POST
CHAPTER VI THE RAILWAY MAIL SERVICE
CHAPTER VII MONEY ORDERS
CHAPTER VIII SAVINGS BANK
CHAPTER IX THE PEOPLE AND THE POST OFFICE
CHAPTER X THE INDIAN POSTMAN
CHAPTER XI POST OFFICE BUILDINGS
CHAPTER XII THE POST OFFICE IN INDIAN STATES
CHAPTER XIII THE OVERLAND ROUTE
CHAPTER XIV THE SEA POST OFFICE
CHAPTER XV THE POST OFFICE IN MESOPOTAMIA AND THE PERSIAN GULF
CHAPTER XVI THE POST OFFICE DURING THE INDIAN MUTINY
CHAPTER XVII THE INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICE
CHAPTER XVIII THE INDIAN FIELD POST OFFICE DURING THE GREAT WAR
CHAPTER XIX INDIAN POSTAGE STAMPS
APPENDIX A PERSONNEL OF THE POST OFFICE
APPENDIX B EXTRACTS FROM EARLY REGULATIONS REGARDING THE MAIL SERVICE
APPENDIX C METHODS OF TRAVEL IN EARLY DAYS
APPENDIX D STATEMENT SHOWING THE WORK OF THE POST OFFICE SAVINGS BANK FROM 1882 TO 1918
APPENDIX E STATEMENT OF INLAND MONEY ORDERS ISSUED IN INDIA SINCE 1880
APPENDIX F HISTORICAL ASSOCIATIONS OF THE CALCUTTA GENERAL POST OFFICE
APPENDIX G
APPENDIX H THE WORK OF THE FIELD POST OFFICE BETWEEN 1867 AND 1912
APPENDIX J THE POST OFFICE INSURANCE FUND
INDEX
Transcriber's Notes
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