Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1851, 4 February - 8 August

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Introductory Notes



Session 1851, 60 volumes

Bills, Public 6 vol.
I - VI
Reports from Committees 15 vol.
VI - XXI
Reports from Commissioners 9 vol.
XXII - XXX
Accounts and Papers 30 vol.
XXXI - LX
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1851 (with General Alphabetical Index)
Parliamentary Papers. List of the bills, reports, estimates, and accounts and papers, printed by order of the House of Commons, and of the papers presented by command, session 1851; with a general alphabetical index thereto. 15th Parliament.--4th Session.--14° & 15° Victoria. 4 February to 8 August 1851.
1851 (629) LX.1, lxxvi (list) + 172 (index) p.
PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=VaFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=MpQSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]



15th Parliament of the UK, 4th Session, 14 & 15 Victoria



Debates

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Bills and Acts

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1851 (516) I.125, Stamp Duties, attornies and solicitors annual certificates
1851 (178) I.217, Charitable Institutions, notices by post
1851 (478) II.153, Conveyance of Mails by Railway
1851 (566) II.159, Conveyance of Mails by Railway

1851 (254) III.217, substitute Stamps for Fees
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12860

1851 (191) VI.113, Stamp Duties
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12881

1851 (312) VI.117, Stamp Duties
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12882



Reports and Papers

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1851 (265)
1851 (296)

Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps. Report, Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix, Index.
Report from the Select Committee on Newspaper Stamps; together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes of evidence, appendix, and index.
1851 (558) XVII.1, 701 p.; PDF [ProQuest]; Report, p. i-xlii; Appendix, p. 1-574; Index, p. 575-659.
Reprinted, <IUP-Newspapers-1>, p. 11-712.
Another edition, http://archive.org/details/reportfromselect19grea [Brigham Young Univ.]; Report, p. 1-41, plus cover page.

1851 (372) XXI.1, Steam Communication with India, etc., first report

1851 (605) XXI.655, Steam Communication with India, etc., second report

Return of new Places created and Public Appointments made, since April 1848; Return of Places abolished and Reductions made since April 1848.
New places and appointments, and places abolished or reduced. Return of all new places created and appointments made since 6 April 1848, and places abolished and reductions made since the same period, showing cost of establishments in 1848 and 1851.
1851 (687) XXXI.375, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]

1851 (197) XXXI.377, Stamp Duty on Newspapers

1851 (349) XXXV.69, Steam Communication with Australia and New Zealand
1851 (430) XXXV.123, Steam Communication with NSW, New Zealand, Mauritius

1851 (477) L.881, Stamp Duties and Postage
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/12972

1851 (253) LI.1, Holyhead and Kingstown Packets
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (86) LI.3, Iron Steamships
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (6) LI.7, Conveyance of Mails by Railways
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (6-I) LI.15, Conveyance of Mails by Railways
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (686) LI.33, Conveyance of Mails by Railways
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (406) LI.37, Mail Steamers, Halifax and United States, Cunard & Co.
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (456) LI.39, Post Office, Gas Consumed (for lighting)
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (574) LI.41, Post Office, Number of Letters, 1839-50
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (691) LI.47, Post Office, Number of Letters
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (582) LI.51, Postage Stamps, Archer's perforating machine
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]
The Thomas J. Alexander Papers (Box 243) at the APRL has photocopies of the original correspondence between Henry Archer, the Post Office, and the Inland Revenue.  The published version does not always agree with the originals.

1851 (73) LI.85, Steam Communication with India
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]

1851 (293) LI.97, West India Contract Mail Service
http://books.google.com/books?id=VKFbAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=8ZMSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=3JpMAAAAcAAJ  [BSB]



Command Papers

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1851 [1391] XXV.251, Proposal for Irish Packet Station
http://books.google.com/books?id=G9csAQAAMAAJ  [Stanford]
Index, http://books.google.com/books?id=G9csAQAAMAAJ

1851 [1299] LVII.73, Postal Convention with Sweden and Norway



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