A Collection of the Statutes Relating to the Post Office
Collection: National Postal Museum
Object type: Archival Material
Date: 1710-1793
Place: GREAT BRITAIN
Medium: paper; ink; leather; pencil; thread
Dimensions: Height x Width: 7 15/16 × 4 11/16 in. (20.16 × 11.91 cm)
Topics: Postal Administration
Early Nation's Period (1776-1800)
Description: The leather-bound volume titled "A Collection of the Statutes Relating to the Post Office" was printed in London by Charles Eyre and Andrew Strahan. A bookplate on the cover’s interior bears the coat of arms of Lord Walsingham, under which a handwritten note records “2nd Baron, Thomas (1748-1818), Joint Postmaster General, 1787-1794.”
Beginning with the tenth act passed in the ninth year of the reign of Queen Anne (9 Anne c 10), this compilation includes statutes ranging from 1710 to 1793 as well as abstracts of statutes from the reigns of Charles II and William and Mary that were still in force as of 1793. The statutes detail the governance of the post office, setting of domestic and foreign postal rates, and establishing the administration of the system throughout the empire. Several of the measures specifically applied to the British authorized postal system in the American colonies. In 1775 the American revolutionaries and the Continental Congress adopted a postal system that was largely based on the British precursor. The new system effectively ended the application of the British statutes in the thirteen colonies that became the United States.
["ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis\nMagnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nQ U I N T O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Nineteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1761, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Tenth Day of January , 1765; being the Fourth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
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 'A.R.&M. KANTOR PHILATELIC LIBRARY\n700625 Bond\n2nd Baron, Thomas (1748-1818) Joint Postmaster General 1787-1794'
 'A COLLECTION OF THE STATUTES RELATING TO THE POST OFFICE.\nA'
 "A COLLECTION OF THE STATUTES RELATING TO THE POST OFFICE.\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'A T A B L E OF THE STATUTES contained in this Work.\nCHARLES II.\n13th and 14th Car. II. C. II. — Page 245.\nWILLIAM and MARY.\n1st Parl. Gul. & Mar. for Scotland. Page [249]\nA N N E.\n1st Ann. Sess. 1. C. 7. — Page 245. 9th Ann. C. 10. — — Page 3.\nGEORGE'
 'A TABLE\nGEORGE I.\n1st Geo. I. C. 1. — Page 246. 1st Geo. I. C. 12. — Page 247. 3d Geo. I. C. 7. — Page 249. 6th Geo. I. C. 21. — Page 67. 7th Geo. I. C. 27. — Page 250. 12th Geo. I. C. 2. — D.\nGEORGE II.\n1st Geo. II. C. 1. — Page 251. 3d Geo. II. C. 36. — Page 281. 4th Geo. II. C. 33. — Page 73. 22d Geo. II. C. 25. — Page 252. 26th Geo. II. C. 13. — Page 79. 31st Geo. II. C. 23. — Page 253. 32d Geo. II. C. 33. — Page 255.\nGEORGE III.\n1st Geo. III. C. 1. — Page 259. 4th Geo. III. C. 24. — Page 85. 5th Geo. III. C. 25. — Page 101. 7th Geo. III. C. 42. — Page 261. 7th Geo. III. C. 50. — Page 135. 9th'
 'of STATUTES.\n9th Geo. III. C. 35. — Page 149. 20th Geo. III. C. 51. — Page 263. 22d Geo. III. C. 41. — Page 159. 22d Geo. III. C. 70. — Page 167. 23d Geo. III. C. 69. — Page 173. 24th Geo. III. Sess. 1. C. 6. — Page 179. 24th Geo. III. Sess. 2. C. 8. — Page 187. 24th Geo. III. Sess. 2. C. 37. — Page 193. 25th Geo. III. C. 57. — Page 213. 25th Geo. III. C. 60. — Page 219. 26th Geo. III. C. 63. — Page 225. 27th Geo. III. C. 9. — Page 229. 27th Geo. III. C. 13. — Page 264. 28th Geo. III. C. 57. — Page 267. 30th Geo. III. C. 36. — Page 271. 31st Geo. III. C. 30. — Page 235. 33d Geo. III. C. 29. — Page 241. 33d Geo. III. C. 60. — Page 245.\nANNO'
 "ANNO REGNI\nANNÆ Reginæ\nMagnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nN O N O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Twenty-fifth Day of November , Anno Domini 1710, in the Ninth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lady ANNE , by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , Queen, Defender of the Faith, &c. being the First Session of this present Parliament.\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1792."
 "ANNO NONO\nANNÆ Reginæ.\nCAP. X.\nAn Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a Weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof, for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions.\nMost Gracious Sovereign :\nHEREAS by an Act made in the Twelfth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King Charles the Second, a General Post Office was erected and established in that Part of Great Britain called England , and by the Twentieth Act of the Fifth Session of the First Parliament of His late Majesty King William the Third, a General Post Office was erected and established in that Part of Great\nPreamble.\n12 Car. II , Cap. 35."
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI I Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, S E X T O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Seventeenth Day of March , Anno Domini 1714, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE , by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-third Day of November 1719; being the Fifth Session of this present Parliament.\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO SEXTO GEORGI I Regis.\nC A P. XXI.\nAn Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Publick Revenues of Excise, Cus- toms, Stamp Duties, Post Office, and House Money.\n[ So much thereof as relates to the Post Office. ]\nSECT. LI.\nAND whereas by an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her said late Majesty Queen Anne , intituled, An Act\nBills of Ex- change wrote on the same Piece of Paper with a Letter, to be rated as so many di- stinct Letters.\nfor establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for set- tling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions; the Post- master General is authorized to demand, have, receive, and take, for Single Let- ters, or Pieces of Paper, to and from the"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGII II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Q U A R T O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Twenty-third Day of January , Anno Domini 1727, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-first Day of January 1730; being the Fourth Session of this present Parliament.\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 ' ANNO QUARTO GEORGI II. Regis.\nC A P. XXXIII.\nAn Act for obviating a Doubt which hath arisen concerning the usual Allowance made upon the Delivery of Letters sent by the Penny Post to Places out of the Cities of London and Westminster, and Borough of Southwark, and the respective Suburbs thereof.\nHEREAS upon the first Establishment of the Office called the Penny Post Office , the Carriage or Conveyance of the Letters by that Post was confined to the Cities of London and Westminster , the Borough of Southwark , and the respective Suburbs thereof: And whereas, upon the Application of the Inhabitants of several Towns and Places within the Compass of Ten Miles round the City of London ,\nPreamble.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI I I. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO SEXTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Tenth Day of November , Anno Domini 1747, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Second, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Eleventh Day of January 1753; being the Sixth Session of this present Parliament.\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO\nGEORGI II. Regis.\nC A P. XIII.\nAn Act for the more effectually preventing the fraudulent Removal of Tobacco by Land or Water, and for the Ease of the Fair Trader in Tobacco; and for ascertaining the Rates payable for the Portage of certain Letters; and for amending and explaining the Laws relating to the Sale of Spirituous Liquors by Retail.\n[So much thereof as relates to the Post Office.]\nSECT. VII.\nAND whereas by an Act Act 9 Anne. made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intituled, An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGII III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Q U A R T O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Nineteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1761 , in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Fifteenth Day of November 1763 ; being the Third Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO QUARTO GEORGI II III. Regis.\nC A P. XXIV.\nAn Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.\nWHEREAS, under Colour of the Privilege of sending and receiving Post Letters by Members of Parliament, free from the Duty of Postage, many great and notorious Frauds have been and still are frequently practised, as well in Derogation of the Honour of Parliament, as to the Detriment of the Publick Revenue; divers Persons having presumed to counterfeit the Hand, and otherwise fraudulently to make use of the Names, of Members of Parliament, upon Letters and Packets to be sent by the Post, in order to avoid the Payment of the Duty of Post-\nPreamble.\nFurther Regulations by\n5 G. 3. c. 25. 9 G. 3. c. 35. 22 G. 3. c. 70. 23 G. 3. c. 69. 24 G. 3. sess. 1 c. 6. 24 G. 3. sess. 2. c. 8. 24 G. 3. c. 37. 26 G. 3. c. 63. 31 G. 3. c. 30.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, Q U I N T O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Nineteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1761, in the First Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Tenth Day of January , 1765; being the Fourth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO QUINTO GEORGI I III. Regis.\nC A P. XXV.\nAn Act to alter certain Rates of Postage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office.\nMost Gracious Sovereign,\nHEREAS the Security and Improvement of Correspondence throughout Your Majesty's Dominions, is a Matter of great Concernment, and highly necessary for the Preservation and Extension of Trade and Commerce: And whereas by an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, several Rates are settled for the Port and Conveyance of Letters and\nPreamble."
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGIUS III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nSEPTIMO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Nineteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1761, in the First Year of the Reign of our So- vereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c. And from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Eleventh Day of December 1766; being the Sixth Session of the Twelfth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N: Printed by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO SEPTIMO GEORGI II. Regis. C A P. L.\nAn Act for amending certain Laws relating to the Revenue of the Post Office; and for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Isle of Man, and within that Island.\nHEREAS it is of the utmost Importance to the Trade and Commerce of these Kingdoms, that all Letters, Packets, Bank Notes, Bills of Exchange, and other Things, may be sent and conveyed by the Post with the greatest Safety and Security; and it having been found necessary, that some further Regulations and Provisions should be made for that Purpose; may it please Your Majesty that it may be enacted, and be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, K 4 and\nPreamble."
 "the Plain Defendant Cits, and any or w/in ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nN O N O.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Tenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1768, in the Eighth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Eighth Day of November , 1768; being the Second Session of the Thirteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO NONO\nGEORGI II. Regis.\nCAP. XXXV.\nAn Act for discontinuing, upon the Exportation of Iron imported in Foreign Ships, the Drawback of such Part of the Duties payable thereon as exceeds the Duties payable upon Iron imported in British Ships; to prohibit the Exportation of Pig and Bar Iron, and certain Naval Stores, unless the Preemption thereof be offered to the Commissioners of the Navy; to repeal so much of an Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, as discontinued the Drawback upon Foreign Rough Hemp exported; for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State, for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for preventing Frauds and"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO SECUNDO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Thirty-first Day of October Anno Domini 1780, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-seventh Day of November 1781; being the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO\nGEORGI II. Regis.\nCAP. XLI.\nAn Act for better securing the Freedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, by disabling certain Officers, employed in the Collection or Management of His Majesty's Revenues, from giving their Votes at such Elections.\nOR the better securing the Preamble.\nFreedom of Elections of Members to serve in Parliament, be it enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That, from and after the First Day of August One thousand seven hundred and eighty-two, no Commissioner, Collector, Supervisor, Gauger, or other Officer\nFrom Aug. 1, 1782, no Commissioner or Officer employed in collecting or managing the"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nVICESIMO SECUNDO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Thirty-first Day of October , Anno Domini 1780, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-seventh Day of November , 1781; being the Second Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN , Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 " ANNO VICESIMO SECUNDO GEORGI II III. Regis.\nCAP. LXX.\nAn Act to enable the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces, and the Secretary to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces, to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.\nHEREAS by an Act, made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, (intituled, An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage ), it is enacted, That, from and after the First Day of May One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, so long as the Revenue arising in the General Letter-office, or Post-office or Office of Postmaster\nPreamble.\nRecital of 4 Geo. III. Cap. 24."
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI I III. R E G I S\nMagnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nVICESIMO TERTIO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Thirty-first Day of October , Anno Domini 1780, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Fifth Day of December 1782; being the Third Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN , Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1783."
 "ANNO VICESIMO TERTIO\nGEORGI I II. Regis.\nC A P. LXIX.\nAn Act to enable the Adjutant General of His Majesty's Forces, and the Comptrollers of Army Accounts, to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage.\nHEREAS by an Act, made Preamble. in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, (intituled, An Act for pre-  Recital of  venting Frauds and Abuses in relation to the  4 Geo. III,  sending and receiving of Letters and Packets  Cap. 24.  free from the Duty of Postage ), it is en- acted, That, from and after the First Day of May One thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, so long as the Revenue arising in the General Letter Office, or Post-office, or Office of Post-master Ge- neral, shall continue to be made Part of the Aggregate Fund, no Letters or Pac- kets"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO QUARTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westmin- ster , the Eighteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nBeing the First Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain.\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO\nGEORGI II III. Regis.\nSESS. I. C A P. VI.\nAn Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland.\nWHEREAS, by an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intituled, An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage , it is, amongst other Things, enacted, That no Letters or Packets sent by the Post, to or from any Place whatsoever, shall be exempted from paying the Duty of Postage, except such Letters and Packets as are therein excepted : And whereas a Post-office in the Kingdom of Ireland is intended to be established, independant of that\nPreamble.\nRecital of 4 Geo. III, Cap. 24.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGIU III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nVICESIMO QUARTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Thirty-first Day of October , Anno Domini 1780, in the Twenty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Eleventh Day of November 1783; being the Fourth Session of the Fifteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO GEORGI I III. Regis.\nSESS. II. C A P. VIII.\nAn Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland.\nHEREAS by an Act, made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intitled, An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland , it is enacted, That, immediately from and after the Establishment of a General Post Office in Ireland by the Authority of the Parliament of that Kingdom, so much of an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, intitled, An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets\nPreamble.\nRecital of Cap. 6. of last Session.\n4 Geo. III, Cap. 24.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO QUARTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Eighteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nBeing the First Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO VICESIMO QUARTO\nGEORGIU III. Regis.\nSESS. II. CAP. XXXVII.\nAn Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters and Packets, by the Post, within the Kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing Frauds in the Revenue, carried on by the Conveyance of certain Goods in Letters and Packets; and for further preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from Postage.\nMost Gracious Sovereign,\nE, Your Majesty's most dutiful and loyal Subjects, the Commons of Great Britain, in Parliament assembled, towards raising, by the most easy Means, the necessary Supplies to defray Your Majesty's publick Expences, have  O\nPreamble."
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II III. R E G I S\nMagnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ,\nVICESIMO QUINTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Eighteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-fifth Day of January 1785; being the Second Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO\nGEORGI I III. Regis.\nC A P. LVII.\nAn Act to exempt Carriages, carrying the Mail, from paying Tolls at any Turnpike Gate in Great Britain.\nHEREAS by several Acts of Preamble.\nParliament, made for repairing particular Roads in this Kingdom, Carriages, Horses, and other Cattle, employed in the Conveyance of the Mail or Packet, are exempt from the Payment of the Tolls directed to be levied by such Acts: And whereas, by several other Acts of Parliament, Horses only that are employed in carrying the Mail or Packet are exempt from the Payment of the said Tolls: And whereas it may be of Advantage to the Publick that the Mail, or Packet, should be conveyed to different Parts of the Kingdom by Carriages or Publick Diligences, which'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO QUINTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Eighteenth Day of May Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-fifth Day of January 1785; being the Second Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO VICESIMO QUINTO\nGEORGI I II I. Regis.\nC A P. LX.\nAn Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund; and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five; and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State, for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post, between Great Britain and Ireland.\n[So much thereof as relates to the Post Office.]'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI I II I. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO SEXTO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Eighteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-fourth Day of January 1786; being the Third Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO VICESIMO SEXTO\nGEORGI I III. Regis.\nC A P. LXIII.\nAn Act for the further preventing Frauds and Abuses attending the Payment of Wages, Prize Money, and other Allowances due for the Service of Petty Officers and Seamen on Board any of His Majesty's Ships.\n[So much thereof as relates to the Post Office.]\nSECT. V.\nAND be it enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That all Letters and Packets addressed to, or sent by, the Treasurer or Paymaster of the Navy, and Inspector of Seamen's Wills to be appointed under the Authority of this Act, shall be sent and received free from the Duty of Postage, in the same Manner and under the same Restrictions as the Clerk Assistant, and Chief Clerk without Doors, of the House of Commons of Great Britain now send and receive the same.\nCertain Letters to pass free of Postage.\n9 Geo. III. Cap. 35.\nQ"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGIUS III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, VICESIMO SEPTIMO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Eighteenth Day of May , Anno Domini 1784, in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Twenty-third Day of January 1787; being the Fourth Session of the Sixteenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N :\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO VICESIMO SEPTIMO GEORGI II III. Regis.\nC A P. IX.\nAn Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets, between Great Britain and the Port of Waterford, in the Kingdom of Ireland, by way of Milford Haven.\nHEREAS it hath been found Preamble. necessary, for the Conve- nience and Improvement of Trade and Commerce, and for the more speedy Convey- ance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and Ireland , to establish Packet Boats between the Port of Milford Haven in the County of Pembroke , and the Port of Waterford , in the Kingdom of Ireland ; be it therefore enacted by the King's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present"
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI I II I. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, TRICESIMO PRIMO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Twenty-fifth Day of November , Anno Domini 1790, in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nBeing the First Session of the Seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO TRICESIMO PRIMO GEORGI I III. Regis.\nC A P. XXX.\nAn Act for regulating the Importation and Exportation of Corn, and the Payment of the Duty on Foreign Corn imported, and of the Bounty on British Corn exported.\n[So much thereof as relates to the Post Office.]\nSECT. LXXIX.\nAND be it further enacted, That it shall be lawful for the Receiver of Corn Returns to be appointed under the Authority of this Act, to send by the Post to any Part of this Kingdom any printed Papers, containing an Account or Abstract of the Average Prices of Corn, or any of the other Articles in this Act specified, taken from the Returns transmitted to him by virtue of this Act, in Covers open at the Sides, which shall be signed by him on the Outside thereof, free from the Duty of Postage; and\nReceiver of Corn Returns to send and receive Pa- pers on the Business of this Act, free of Postage, under certain Restrictions.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI II. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, TRICESIMO TERTIO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westmin- ster , the Twenty-fifth Day of November Anno Do- mini 1790, in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Thirteenth Day of December 1792; being the Third Session of the Seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 'ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO\nGEORGI II III. Regis.\nC A P. XXIX.\nAn Act for enabling His Majesty to direct the Issue of Exchequer Bills to a limited Amount, for the Purposes and in the Manner therein mentioned.\n[So much thereof as relates to the Post Office.]\nSECT. XLV.\nAND be it further enacted, That the said Commissioners shall and may receive and send all their Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage, provided that such Letters and Packets as shall be sent to the said Commissioners be directed to the Commissioners for the Issue of Exchequer Bills at their Office, and that all such Letters and Packets as shall be sent by them be dated from their said Office, and shall be signed, on the Outside of such  R\nCommissioners may receive and send Letters free of Postage.'
 "ANNO REGNI GEORGI III. Regis Magnæ Britanniæ, Franciæ, & Hiberniæ, TRICESIMO TERTIO.\nAt the Parliament begun and holden at Westminster , the Twenty-fifth Day of November Anno Domini 1790 , in the Thirty-first Year of the Reign of our Sovereign Lord GEORGE the Third, by the Grace of God, of Great Britain, France, and Ireland , King, Defender of the Faith, &c.\nAnd from thence continued, by several Prorogations, to the Thirteenth Day of December 1792 ; being the Third Session of the Seventeenth Parliament of Great Britain .\nL O N D O N:\nPrinted by CHARLES EYRE and ANDREW STRAHAN, Printers to the King's most Excellent Majesty. 1793."
 "ANNO TRICESIMO TERTIO GEORGI I III. Regis.\nCAP. LX.\nAn Act to enable the Postmaster General to send the Mail to the Dominions of His Catholick Majesty, on Board of any Vessels authorised by His Catholick Majesty to carry the same. [17th June 1793.]\nHEREAS by an Act, passed Preamble. in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, intitled, An  9  Annae, Act for establishing a General  Cap. 10. Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a Weekly Sum out of the Re- venues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions; it is provided, That if the Packet or Mail shall be carried out of Great Britain into any Port or Place beyond the Seas in any Ship, or Vessel which is not a free Ship, and [ R 3 ] navigated"
 '[ 19 ] AN ABSTRACT OF Several Clauses now in Force RELATING TO The Post Office:\n[Taken from various Acts of Parliament.]'
 "AN ABSTRACT,\nEc. Ec. \nBY Stat. 13 & 14 Car. II, Cap. 11, Sect. 22, enacted, That no Ship, Vessel, or Boat, ordinarily employed for the Carriage of Packets or Letters, shall (unless allowed by the Persons employed to manage His Majesty's Customs) import or export any Goods or Merchandize into or out of the Parts beyond the Seas, upon the Penalty of One hundred Pounds, to be paid by the Master of the Vessel, with the Loss of his Place, and all Goods and Merchandize that shall be found on Board any such Ship, Vessel, or Boat, shall be forfeited.\nBY 1 Ann. Sess. 1, Cap. 7, intitled, An Act for the better Support of Her Majesty's Household, and of the Honour and Dignity of the Crown , Sect. 7, it is enacted, That the Revenue of the Post"
 'I N D E X.\nACCOUNTANT GENERAL.\nHis Duty, p. 53.\nAFFIDAVITS, not obliged to be sent by Post, p. 9.\nAMERICA.\n1. Postmaster General may keep Chief Letter Offices there, p. 11. 2. Post to pay nothing for passing Ferries there, p. 47. 3. Rates of Postage in America , and between London and America , p. 103.\nANNUITIES.\nSee Revenue , No. 2, 12, 14.\nAUDITOR.\nSee Exchequer .\nBARGES.\nLetters not to be sent by Barges, p. 10.\nBILLS of EXCHANGE.\n1. In what Cases exempt from Postage, p. 31. 2. The Exemption confined to Foreign Letters, p. 69. 3. Written on the same Paper with a Letter, to be rated as so many distinct Letters, p. 67.\nBILLS of LADING.\n1. In what Cases exempt from Postage, p. 31. 2. The Exemption confined to Foreign Letters, p. 69.\nBOATS.\nLetters not to be sent by Boats, p. 9, 10.\nBYE LETTERS.\n1. Rates of Postage of Bye or Way Letters, p. 28. 2. To be accounted for by Deputy Postmaster, p. 38. 3. Bye Bags for Bye Letters to be continued, p. 50.\nCAMBRIDGE.\nPrivileges of the University preserved, p. 50.\nCARLISLE.'
 '42 Geo 3 d Chap 63\nSending 10 and receiv d . 15 franko per day\nSec 2 - "or within 20 miles of "such post town"'
 'packet - 161' None 'POST OFFICE ACTS\n1793' None
 'POST OFFICE ACTS\n1793'
 "ANNO QUINTO\nGEORGI II III. Regis.\nCAP. XXV.\nAn Act to alter certain Rates of Postage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office.\nMost Gracious Sovereign,\nHEREAS the Security and Preamble.\nImprovement of Correspondence throughout Your Majesty's Dominions, is a Matter of great Concernment, and highly necessary for the Preservation and Extension of Trade and Commerce: And whereas by an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne, several Rates are settled for the Port and Conveyance of Letters and"]