Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1837-38, 15 November 1837 - 16 August 1838

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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 1837-38, 52 volumes

Bills, Public 6 vol.
I - VI
Reports from Committees 17 vol.
VII - XXIII
Reports from Commissioners 12 vol.
XXIV - XXXV
Accounts and Papers 17 vol.
XXXVI - LII
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1837-38 (with General Alphabetical Index).
List of Sessional Papers, and General Index, Sess. 1837-38.
1837-38 (Sess 1837-38) LII.309, xlv + 65 p.
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13th Parliament of the UK, 1st Session, 1 & 2 Victoria



Debates

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Bills and Acts

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1837-38 (360) II.1, Stamp Duty paid on admission to the Freedom of Municipal Corporations
1837-38 (29) III.457, Stamp Duty paid on admission to the Freedom of Municipal Corporations

Bill for better Government of H.M. Post Office.
Post Office. A bill for the better government of Her Majesty's Post Office.
1837-38 (567) V.445, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill for imposing Rates of Postage on Conveyance of Letters by Packet-boats between Places in Mediterranean and other parts.
Mediterranean postage. A bill for imposing rates of postage on the conveyance of letters by packet boats between places in the Mediterranean and other parts.
1837-38 (620) V.449, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to provide for Conveyance of Mails by Railways.
Mails on railways. A bill to provide for the conveyance of the mails by railways.
1837-38 (491) V.617, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to provide for Conveyance of Mails by Railways (as amended by Committee).
Mails on railways. A bill [as amended by the committee] to provide for the conveyance of the mails by railways.
1837-38 (588) V.627, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
enacted 14 Aug. 1838, An Act to provide for the Conveyance of the Mails by Railway, 1 and 2 Vict. cap. 98. (link)

1837-38 (656) VI.403, Stamp Duty
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/11170



Reports and Papers

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1837-38 (398)

Select Committee on Railroad Communication and Carriage of Mails. Report, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, Index.
Report from the Select Committee on Railroad Communication; together with the minutes of evidence, appendix, and index.
1837-38 (257) XVI.341, 172 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
reprinted, report only, 1844 (25) XI.731, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Select Committee on Postage. First Report, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix.
First report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with the minutes of evidence, and appendix.
1837-38 (278) XX Pt.I.1, 516 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Reprinted in <IUP-Posts-and-Telegraphs-1>
Lords, 1837-38 (149), XXXIII, iv + 512 p., http://books.google.com/books?id=BNVbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]

Select Committee on Postage Third Report, Abstract of Evidence, Tables.
Third report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with an abstract of the evidence, directed by the committee to be appended to the report.
1837-38 (708) XX Pt.I.517, 200 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Reprinted in <IUP-Posts-and-Telegraphs-1>
subject index (1840 index p. III.53-64)

Select Committee on Postage Second Report, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, Index.
Second report from the Select Committee on Postage; together with the minutes of evidence, appendix and index.
1837-38 (658) XX Pt.II.1, 879 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Reprinted in <IUP-Posts-and-Telegraphs-2>

1837-38 (73) XXXVI.393, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
1837-38 (368) XXXVI.403, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
1837-38 (307) XXXVI.413, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
1837-38 (62) XXXVI.415, Stamp Duty on Newspapers

Return of Advertisement Duty charged to Provincial Newspapers in England and Wales, 1837-38.
Advertisement duty. A return of advertisement duty charged to each of the provincial journals in England and Wales, from 30th June 1837 to 30th June 1838; specifying the amount to each paper by name.
1837-38 (684) XXXVI.417, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Report on Harbour of Holyhead, in pursuance of Report of Select Committee to inquire into existing Communication between London and Dublin.
Holyhead harbour. Copy of a report on the harbour of Holyhead, made in pursuance of the report of the Select Committee appointed to inquire into the existing communication between London and Dublin, and to consider what improvement could be made therein.
1837-38 (264) XLV.175, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Abstract of Number of Newspapers which passed through Post Offices in United Kingdom, 1834-37.
Newspapers. An abstract of the number of newspapers which have passed through the Post-Offices in the United Kingdom, in the three years ending 31 October 1837, so far as the same can be made out; distinguishing each year.
1837-38 (87) XLV.251, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Packets and Postage to and from S. Wales and Waterford, 1837.
Waterford mail. Return of packets, postage, &c., to and from South Wales and Waterford.
1837-38 (103) XLV.485, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Letters purloined or secreted by Employees of Post Office, 1829-37; Return of Recommendations in Reports of Post Office Coms. which have been carried into effect.
Post Office. A return of recommendations contained in the reports of the Post Office Commissioners, showing which have been carried into effect:--of cases which have occurred, from 1829 to 1837, of letters secreted or purloined:--also, of the nature of the security taken by the Post Office.
1837-38 (265) XLV.509, 40 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Letters, or Packets, containing Money passing through Post Offices in Scotland.
Post Office (Scotland). A return to amend and explain the return no. 265 of this session, relative to letters or packets containing money, bank notes, or other valuable property intrusted to or passing through the Post Offices in Scotland..
1837-38 (704) XLV.549, 16 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Abstract of Recommendations in Ten Reports of Post Office Inquiry Com.
Post Office. Abstract of recommendations in the ten reports of the Post-Office Inquiry Commission.
1837-38 (534) XLV.565, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Persons in Employ of Post Office dismissed for having voted at late Election.
Post Office. A return of the names of persons in the employ of the Post Office in Great Britain and Ireland, against whom any complaints have been made for having voted at the late election of members of Parliament, and of those who have been dismissed for having voted:--also, copies of letters relating to persons in the employ of the Post Office voting at elections.
1837-38 (77) XLV.569, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Contract between Postmaster General and London and Birmingham Railway Company, May 1838; Award of Arbitrators.
Post-Office. Copy of contract between the Postmaster-General and the London and Birmingham Railway Company, in May 1838, and award of the arbitrators.
1837-38 (496) XLV.573, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Returns of Rates and Fares on Packets on Irish Stations, 1826-37.
Post-Office steam packets. Returns of rates and fares charged on board the packets on the Liverpool, Kingstown, Holyhead, Milford and Waterford, Portpatrick and Donaghadee stations; and of the number of persons employed at each station, with their salaries.
1837-38 (203) XLV.579, 20 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Account of additional Rates of Postage on Letters conveyed to Ireland by way of Conway and Chester.
Post Office. An account of additional rates of postage on letters conveyed by the way of Conway and Chester.
1837-38 (219) XLV.599, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Memorial of Liverpool Merchants respecting Claims on late Agent for Post Office Packets; Treasury Minutes.
Liverpool port (Post Office packets). Copy of memorial of certain merchants and tradesmen of Liverpool, respecting claims upon the late agent for Post Office packets, with the Treasury minutes thereon.
1837-38 (710) XLV.601, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return relating to Steam Packets on Liverpool and other Irish Stations, 1832-37.
Liverpool mails, &c. Returns relating to the steam packets on the Liverpool and other stations.
1837-38 (349) XLV.605, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Appointment of Honourable Mr. Primrose to Office of Cashier and Receiver General of Post Office, Scotland.
Post Office (Scotland). Copy of the appointment of the Honourable Mr. Primrose to the office of Cashier and Receiver-General of the Post Office in Scotland:--also, return of the names of the officers and clerks in the present establishment of the Post Office in Edinburgh.
1837-38 (195) XLV.613, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



Command Papers

Coms. to inquire into Management of Post Office: Tenth Report (Registration of Letters), Appendix.
The tenth report of the commissioners appointed to inquire into the management of the Post-Office Department. Registration of letters.
1837-38 [112] XXXV.185, 38 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=TgZEAQAAMAAJ  [Ohio State]
subject index (1840 index p. III.1-52)

Tables of Revenue, Population and Commerce of United Kingdom and Dependencies and of some Foreign Countries, Part VI., 1836.
Tables of the revenue, population, commerce, &c. of the United Kingdom and its dependencies. Part VI. 1836. Compiled from official returns.
1837-38 [137] XLVII.1, 424 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



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