Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1845, 4 February - 9 August

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Introductory Notes



Session 1845, 52 volumes

Bills, Public 6 vol.
I - VI
Reports from Committees 7 vol.
VII - XIII
Reports from Commissioners 14 vol.
XIV - XXVII
Accounts and Papers 25 vol.
XXVIII - LII
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1845 (with General Alphabetical Index)
List of Sessional Papers, and General Index: Sess. 1845.
1845 (Sess. 1845) LII.301, lvi (list) + 96 (index) p.
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14th Parliament of the UK, 5th Session, 8 & 9 Victoria



Debates

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Bills and Acts

Bill to increase Stamp Duties on Licenses to Appraisers; to reduce Stamp Duty on Registry Searches in Ireland; to amend Law relating to Duties on Legacies; and to amend Act for regulating Issue of Bank Notes in England.
Stamp duties, &c. A bill to increase the stamp duty on licenses to appraisers; to reduce the stamp duties on registry searches in Ireland; to amend the law relating to the duties on legacies; and also to amend an act of the last session of Parliament for regulating the issue of bank notes in England.
1845 (516) VI.111, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Bill to continue Stamp Duties granted by Act to assimilate Stamp Duties in Great Britain and Ireland.
Stamp duties assimilation. A bill to continue, for a further term, the stamp duties granted by an act of the fifth and sixth years of Her Present Majesty, "to assimilate the stamp duties in Great Britain and Ireland, and to make regulations for collecting and managing the same, until the tenth day of October one thousand eight hundred and forty-five."
1845 (59) VI.117, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



Reports and Papers

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1845 (101)

Account of Sums paid into Stamp Office in Great Britain and Ireland on Insurance from Fire, 1844.
Fire insurance. Accounts of all sums paid into the Stamp Office for duty by each insurance office in Great Britain and Ireland, on insurance from fire, for the quarters ending severally 25 March, 24 June, 29 September, and 25 December 1844; and of the sums insured by each office on farming stock, exempt from duty, for the like periods;--(in continuation of Parl. Paper, No. 333, of Sess. 1844.)
1845 (242) XXVIII.309, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Aggregate Number of Stamps issued for Newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1842-44.
Newspaper stamps. Return of the aggregate number of stamps issued for newspapers in Great Britain and Ireland in each year, from 1 January 1842 to 1 January 1845.
1845 (186) XXVIII.351, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Not reprinted in <IUP-Newspapers-2>, but it should have been.

Return of Annual Produce and gross Receipt of Post-Horse Duty: 1839-44.
Post horse duty. Returns of the annual produce and gross receipt of the duty on post horses.
1845 (597) XXVIII.379, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of new Places created and Public Appointments made, since September 1841.
Public appointments. Returns of all new places created and appointments made since 1st September 1841, with the names of the parties appointed, their salaries, &c.
1845 (595) XXVIII.387, 18 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(Stamp Office, p. 13-15; all increases due to imposition of Property Tax)

Return of Persons employed in Warehouse Dept. of Stamp and Tax Office, 1844; Return relative to Distributors of Stamps in Great Britain.
Stamp and Tax Office.--Stamps.--Stamps (Scotland). Stamp and Tax Office. A return of all persons employed in the Warehouse Department of the Stamp and Tax Office, during the year ending 5 January 1845. Stamps. A return of the district, name and emoluments of each distributor of stamps in England and Wales; the station of, and amount paid to, each sub-distributor; and the amount remitted from each district, during the year ending 5 January 1845. A similar return for Scotland.
1845 (306) XXVIII.563, 24 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Comparative Statement of Produce of Stamp Duties in Ireland, 1841-44.
Stamp duties (Ireland). A comparative statement of the produce of the stamp revenue in Ireland, in the years ended 5 January 1842 and 1845; also, in the quarters ended 5 January 1842 and 1845.
1845 (47) XXVIII.587, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Instructions by Board of Stamps and Taxes to Surveyors, on Survey of Windows for Assessment, May 1840.
Window duty. Copy of instructions issued by the Board of Stamps and Taxes, to their surveyors, on the subject of a survey of windows, for the purposes of assessment, and dated the 18th day of May 1840; &c.
1845 (71) XXVIII.647, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Names of Persons employed in General Post Office in London and Dublin.
Post Office. Return of all persons employed in the General Post Office in London and in Dublin; with the date of each appointment, nature of the duties, amount of salary, and fund from which each salary is paid.
1845 (72) XLVII.165, 36 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Annual Income and Charges on Letter-Carriers' Fund, to 1845.
Post-Office. Return of the annual income and charges upon the fund denominated"the letter-carriers' fund," in the General Post Office, from its establishment to the quarter ending the 5th day of January 1845; &c.
1845 (248) XLVII.201, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Number of Chargeable Letters through London Post Office; gross and net Post Office Revenue; Payments for Conveyance of Mails; Return of Money Orders, 1839-44.
Post Office. Return of the number of chargeable letters passed through the Post Office, together with the gross and net revenue arising from the Post Office Department.
1845 (340) XLVII.205, 8 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Places in United Kingdom having Benefit of Money-Order Post Offices.
Post Offices. A return of all places in the United Kingdom having the benefit of money-order Post Offices, and distinguishing whether the said places are established as Post Offices, Sub-Post or Branch Offices.
1845 (433) XLVII.213, 12 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Account of Payments to Peninsular and OrientalSteam Navigation Company for conveying H.M. Mails, 1843-45; Memorial from Merchants of City of London to Treasury.
Mails conveyance. An account of payments to the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company, for conveyance of the mails; also memorial to the Lords of the Treasury from certain merchants of London.
1845 (376) XLVII.225, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Persons employed in Post Office, Edinburgh.
Post Office (Edinburgh). A return of the name of every person employed in the General Post Office, Edinburgh, with the date of each appointment, the nature of the duties performed by each individual, the amount of salary attached to such duties, &c.
1845 (298) XLVII.229, 14 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Return of Persons employed in Post Office, Glasgow.
Post-Office (Glasgow). Return of persons employed in the Post-Office, Glasgow; their salaries, services, &c.
1845 (653) XLVII.243, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Communications to Treasury respecting Post Office Arrangements at Islands of Scilly since August 1844; Correspondence with Admiralty, respecting Conveyance of Mail.
Scilly Islands. Copies of all communications addressed to the Treasury, &c. respecting the Post-Office arrangements at the Islands of Scilly.
1845 (286) XLVII.247, 36 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Letter to Postmaster General, June 1845, respecting Post Office Arrangements at Islands of Scilly.
Post-Office (Scilly Islands). Copy of a letter from Augustus Smith, Esq., to the Postmaster-General, dated 9 June 1845, respecting the Post-Office arrangements at the Islands of Scilly, with the answers returned thereto--(in continuation of the return ordered 6 March).
1845 (436) XLVII.283, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

Despatches having reference to Mr. Mazzini, 1837-44.
M. Mazzini. Copies and extracts of despatches having reference to M. Mazzini, 1833--1844.
1845 (190) LII.295, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]



Command Papers

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1845 [600] LII.1, Postal Convention with Belgium

1845 [601] LII.23, Postal Convention with Belgium, Additional Articles

1845 [614] LII.73, Postal Convention with France, Additional Articles



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