Britain, Parliamentary Papers on the Post Office

Session 1859, 3 February - 19 April (Session 1), 31 May - 13 August (Session 2)

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Introductory Notes



Session 1, 1859, 27 volumes

Bills, Public 2 vol.
I - II
Reports from Committees 2 vol.
III - IV
Reports from Commissioners 9 vol.
V - XIII
Accounts and Papers 14 vol.
XIV - XXVII
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1859 No. 1 (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 1859; with a general alphabetical index thereto. 17th Parliament.--3d session.--22° Victoria. 3 February to 19 April 1859.
1859 Session 1 (271) XXVII.221, l [50] (list) + 173 (index) p.
PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=INQSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]

Session 2, 1859, 35 volumes

Bills, Public 2 vol.
I - II
Reports from Committees 5 vol.
III - VII
Reports from Commissioners 7 vol.
VIII - XIV
Accounts and Papers 21 vol.
XV - XXXV
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1859 No. 2 (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 2, 1859; with a general alphabetical index thereto. 18th Parliament.--1st session.--22° & 23° Victoria. 31 May to 13 August 1859.
1859 Session 2 (215) XXXV.1, iv + xlv (list) + 472 (index) p.
PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=KNcSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
    The index is for both sessions.



17th Parliament of the UK, 3rd Session, 22 Victoria
18th Parliament of the UK, 1st Session, 22 & 23 Victoria



Debates, Session 1

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Debates, Session 2

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Bills and Acts, Session 1

<work in progress>

1859 Session 1 (118) II.209, Manchester Post Office

1859 Session 1 (27) II.343, Newspapers
1859 Session 1 (59) II.347, Newspapers



Bills and Acts, Session 2

<work in progress>

1859 Session 2 (6) II.127, Newspapers



Reports and Papers, Session 1

<work in progress>

1859 Session 1 (67) XIV.161, Compulsory Prepayment, Inland Letters

1859 Session 1 (87) XIV.165, Compulsory Prepayment, Inland Letters

1859 Session 1 (263) XIV.173, Letter-Carriers, London District Post

1859 Session 1 (138) XIV.177, Postal Communication between England and Ireland via Holyhead

1859 Session 1 (241) XIV.201, Postage on letters between Liverpool and Canada and US

1859 Session 1 (230) XVII.169, 80 p., Postal Communication between Galway and North America
http://books.google.com/books?id=w61bAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=U74SAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]

1859 Session 1 (257) XVII.245, 98 p., Galway and Shannon Ports
http://books.google.com/books?id=w61bAAAAQAAJ  [Oxford]
http://books.google.com/books?id=U74SAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]



Reports and Papers, Session 2

<work in progress>

1859 Session 2 (12)

1859 Session 2 (180) VI.1, Packet and Telegraph Contracts, first report

1859 Session 2 (175) XV.157, Stamp Duties and Postage
http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/14056

1859 Session 2 (230) XV.495, Stamp Duty on Newspapers
Not reprinted in <IUP-Newspapers-2>, but it should have been.

1859 Session 2 (112) XXII.289, Canada, Postal Subsidies

1859 Session 2 (184) XXII.409, Mails between UK and British North America



Command Papers, Session 1

<work in progress>

Postmaster General: Fifth Report.
Fifth report of the Postmaster General, on the Post Office.
1859 Session 1 [2493] VIII.431, 49 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
http://books.google.com/books?id=y7wSAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=ITosAAAAYAAJ  [Harvard]
http://books.google.com/books?id=70gMAQAAMAAJ  [Minnesota]



Command Papers, Session 2

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1859 Session 2 [2533] XXXII.575, Postal Convention with Portugal



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