Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1836, 4 February - 20 August

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Introductory Notes

Indexes to Parliamentary Reports and Papers relating to the Post Office and Postage: 1735-1839.
1840 (10) XLII.1.



Session 1836, 50 volumes

Bills, Public 6 vol.
I - VI
Reports from Committees 15 vol.
VII - XXI
Reports from Commissioners 15 vol.
XXII - XXXVI
Accounts and Papers 14 vol.
XXXVII - L
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1836 (with General Alphabetical Index).
List of Sessional Papers, and General Index: Sess. 1836.
1836 (Sess. 1836) L.639, xxxv + ? p.
PDF [ProQuest] (incomplete, ends at p. 29)



12th Parliament of the UK, 2nd Session, 6 & 7 William IV



Debates

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Bills and Acts

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1836 (47) I.541, Letter-stealing

Bill to provide that Persons in Scotland accused of Letter-Stealing shall not be entitled to Liberation on Bail.
Letter stealing (Scotland.) A bill to provide that persons in Scotland accused of letter stealing, and certain other crimes or offences, shall not be entitled to liberation on bail, unless in certain cases.
1836 (73) IV.317, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1836 (368) IV.501, Duty on Paper

Bill to enable H.M. to appoint Coms. for executing Duties of H.M. Postmaster General.
Post Office commissioners. A bill to enable His Majesty to appoint commissioners for executing the duties of His Majesty's Postmaster General.
1836 (453) IV.669, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill for giving additional Rate of Postage of Letters between Great Britain and Ireland, by way of Milford and Waterford (as amended by Committee).
Postage duties. A bill [as amended by the committee] for granting an additional rate of postage on letters between Great Britain and Ireland, by way of Milford and Waterford.
1836 (290) IV.673, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to amend Laws relating to Conveyance of Newspapers by Post.
Postage on newspapers. A bill to consolidate and amend the laws relating to the conveyance of newspapers by the post.
1836 (455) IV.677, 14 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to transfer Collection of Post-Horse Duties and Licenses from Coms. of Stamps to Coms. of Excise.
Post horse duties. A bill to transfer the collection and management of the duties in Great Britain on horses let for hire, and on licenses relating to the same, from the Commissioners of Stamps and Taxes to the Commissioners of Excise.
1836 (419) IV.691, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to enable Persons to make Deposits of Stock or Exchequer Bills in lieu of giving Security by Bond to Postmaster General and Coms. of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Taxes.
Revenue Departments securities. A bill to enable persons to make deposits of stock or exchequer bills, in lieu of giving security by bond to the Postmaster General, and Commissioners of Customs, Excise, Stamps and Taxes.
1836 (122) IV.727, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1836 (140) V.281, Stamp Duties
1836 (288) V.513, Stamp Duties
1836 (299) V.747, Stamp Duties
1836 (464) V.821, Stamp Duty on Newspapers, Advertisements

1836 (408) VI.419, Post Roads in Ireland
1836 (535) VI.511, Post Roads in Ireland



Reports and Papers

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1836 (295)
1836 (341)

1836 (427) XXI.297, London and Dublin Roads, packet service

Papers relating to Payments to Duke of Marlborough from Post Office Revenues.
Duke of Marlborough's pension. Papers relating to the pension payable to the Duke of Marlborough by the Post-Office.
1836 (552) XXXVII.577, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Persons committed by Magistrates for Sale of Unstamped Publications.
Unstamped publications. Returns of persons committed by magistrates for the sale of unstamped publications.
1836 (21) XLI.427, 22 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Amount of Advertisement Duty paid by Provincial Newspapers in England, Scotland and Ireland, 1835-36.
Advertisement duty. A return of advertisement duty paid by each provincial paper in the United Kingdom, in each month from 1 January 1835 to 30 April 1836.
1836 (493) XLV.337, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1836 (294) XLV.345, Stamp Duty on Newspapers, 1835-36

1836 (388) XLV.357, Stamp Duty on Newspapers, 1835-36

1836 (146) XLV.359, Stamp Duty on Newspapers
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/11088

1836 (177) XLV.361, Stamp Duty on Newspapers

Instructions by Postmaster General to Postmaster at Cheltenham respecting Mr. Wallace, M.P.
Post Office. Copy of any instructions given by the Postmaster General to the Postmaster at Cheltenham, &c. respecting Mr. Wallace, M. P. for Greenock.
1836 (436) XLV.363, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Number of Accidents by Fire in Post Office Packets, 1833-35.
Post Office. Returns relating to accidents by fire on board Post Office steam packets.
1836 (327) XLV.365, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Establishment, Revenue and Expenditure of Post Office Depts.
Post Office. Returns, in detail, of the establishment, and of the revenue and expenditure, of the General Post Office, in the United Kingdom, 1835.
1836 (111) XLV.373, 56 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Mails despatched from Edinburgh, by Ferry.
Post Office (Scotland.) A return, showing the date from which a mail has been dispatched from the Post Office at Edinburgh by the ferry at Newhaven to Pettycur, Burntisland, or Kirkcaldy in Fife, and the days on which the said mail has been detained by stress of weather.
1836 (176) XLV.429, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Returns relating to Post Office Dept. in Ireland.
Returns relating to the General Post Office, Ireland.
1836 (260) XLV.431, 18 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Rates of Travelling, Mileage and Number of Passengers on Mail and Stage Coaches in England, Ireland and Scotland.
Mail coaches. Returns of mail coaches and other conveyances for mails, rates of travelling, mileage paid, &c. in England, Ireland and Scotland..
1836 (364) XLV.449, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Referenced by Rowland Hill, Post Office Reform, first ed., 1837.

Contracts for supplying Mail Coaches with Lamps and Oil in Great Britain and Ireland.
Mail coaches. Copy of the contracts, agreements or modes adopted for supplying mail coaches with lamps and oil, in Great Britain and Ireland.
1836 (145) XLV.457, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Mileage paid for Mail Coaches, 1835.
Mail-coach mileage. Return of mileage, &c. paid to Mr. Vidler for mail-coaches, for the quarter to 5 January last, and the amount due to the present contractors for the quarter to 5 April next.
1836 (49) XLV.459, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Number of Hours per Voyage by Post Office Packets, 1831-33.
Liverpool and Kingstown packets. Return of time occupied by Post Office packets in the passage from Liverpool to Kingstown.
1836 (192) XLV.461, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Convention between H.M. and King of French for extending Facilities of Communications by Post, Paris, March 1836.
Convention between His Majesty and the King of the French, for extending the facilities of communication by post between their respective dominions. Signed at Paris, March 30, 1836.
1836 (3) L.529, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



Command Papers

Coms. to inquire into Management of Post Office: Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Reports, Appendices.
The fourth (fifth, sixth) report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the management of the Post-Office Department.
1836 [49] XXVIII.33, 67 p., dated 23 July 1835.
1836 [50] XXVIII.101, 44 p., dated 11 April 1836.
1836 [51] XXVIII.145, 303 p. + 4 maps, dated 30 April 1836.
total 419 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
subject index (1840 index p. III.1-52)

For the First, Second and Third Reports, see the Eighteenth, Nineteenth and Twentieth Reports of Revenue Inquiry, 1829-30.



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