Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1839, 5 February - 27 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 1839, 50 volumes

Bills, Public 5 vol.
I - V
Reports from Committees 8 vol.
VI - XIII
Reports from Commissioners 16 vol.
XIV - XXIX
Accounts and Papers 21 vol.
XXX - L
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1839 (with General Alphabetical Index).
List of Sessional Papers, and General Index: Sess. 1839.
1839 (Sess. 1839) L.353, xl + 61 p.
PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=a1gSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]



13th Parliament of the UK, 2nd Session, 2 & 3 Victoria



Debates

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Bills and Acts

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1839 (147) IV.293, Duty on Paper
1839 (291) IV.327, Duty on Paper

Bill for further Regulation of Duties of Postage.
Postage duties. A bill for the further regulation of the duties of postage.
1839 (421) IV.497, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1839 (438) V.397, Duties on stage coaches, etc.



Reports and Papers

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1839 (155)

1839 (439) XXX.231, Unstamped Bank Notes

Return of Number of Advertisements in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland, since Duty was reduced.
Advertisements. A return, showing the total number of advertisements, and total amount received therefrom, in England and Wales, Ireland and Scotland, respectively, for each year since the duty was reduced to 1s. 6d., and for each year during a corresponding period before the duty was reduced.
1839 (184) XXX.233, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1839 (9) XXX.469, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
1839 (213) XXX.483, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
1839 (449) XXX.493, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)

1839 (548) XXX.503, Stamp Duty on Newspapers (series)
Reprinted in <IUP-Newspapers-2>, p. 103-122.

1839 (37) XXX.611, Stage Carriage duties, etc., 1836-38

1839 (431) XXXIX.199, Steam Communication with India

1839 (566) XLVI.271, Conveyance of Mails to West Indies and America

Return of Post Office Steam-packets at Falmouth, 1837-38.
Post-Office steam-packets. Return of the hours of arrival and departure of the Falmouth packets, mail-coaches, &c.
1839 (482) XLVI.317, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Memorials to Treasury and Postmaster General on Transmission of Country Letters through London Post Office on Lord's Day.
Post Office (Sunday delivery of letters). Copies of all memorials to the Lords of the Treasury, and to the Postmaster General, on the subject of the transmission of country letters through the London Post Office on the Lord's Day, with the number of signatures attached to each memorial, &c.
1839 (176) XLVI.321, 48 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Account of Post Office and Admiralty Packets on Irish Stations.
Post Office and Admiralty packets. Account of Post Office and Admiralty steam packets on the Irish stations; expense of the establishment, &c.
1839 (281) XLVI.369, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Treasury Minute relative to Act for establishing Reduced and Uniform Rate of Postage.
Postage. Copy of the minute of the Board of Treasury, relative to carrying into effect the act for establishing a reduced and uniform rate of postage.
1839 (568) XLVI.373, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



Command Papers

Additional Post Office Convention between H.M. and King of French, for Conveyance throughout France of Correspondence between England and E. Indies, May 1839.
Additional Post Office convention between Her Majesty, and the King of the French, for the conveyance through France of the correspondence between England and the East Indies.
1839 [185] L.81, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



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