Arrangement of the papers printed by order of the House of
Commons, and of the papers presented by command, Session 1876,
21st Parliament--3rd Session--39° & 40° Victoria. In
eighty-five volumes. With a list of papers and
alphabetical index. Together with a table and index to the
public general acts passed in this session. 8 p. (link)
List of Bills, Reports, Estimates, Accounts and Papers, Session 1876
(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 1876; with a general
alphabetical index thereto.
1876 (456) LXXXV.1, iv + lxxxii (list) + 156 (index) p. PDF
[ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=5itcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford] http://books.google.com/books?id=L0gTAAAAYAAJ
[Harvard]
21st Parliament of the UK, 3rd Session, 39 & 40 Victoria
7 April 1876, Post Office, Parliamentary Papers and Blue
Books. (Hansard)
Bills and Acts
Bill to enable Postmaster General to acquire Site for Extension of
Manchester General Post Office.
Manchester Post Office. A bill to enable Her Majesty's postmaster
general to acquire a site for the extension of the Manchester
General Post Office.
1876 (72) V.1, 8 p.; PDF
[ProQuest]
Bill to enable Postmaster General to acquire Site for Extension of
Manchester General Post Office as amended by Select Committee.
Manchester Post Office. A bill [as amended by the select committee]
to enable Her Majesty's postmaster general to acquire a site for the
extension of the Manchester General Post Office.
1876 (100) V.9, 8 p.; PDF
[ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=GSxcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford] http://books.google.com/books?id=7TATAAAAYAAJ
[Harvard]
An Act to enable Her Majesty's Postmaster General to acquire a
site for the extension of the Manchester General Post Office.
39 Vict. c. iii (Local), enacted 7 April 1876. The
Manchester Post Office Act, 1876. (partial
text)
This was considered a "public act of a local character", and
only the title was published at the time.
Bill to amend Law relating to Stamping of Policies of Sea
Insurances.
Sea insurances (stamping of policies). A bill to amend the law
relating to the stamping of policies of sea insurances.
1876 (26) VII.45, 4 p.; PDF
[ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=MixcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
Bill to amend Law relating to Stamping of Policies of Sea Insurances
as amended in Committee.
Sea insurances (stamping of policies). A bill [as amended in
committee] to amend the law relating to the stamping of policies of
sea insurances.
1876 (93) VII.49, 4 p.; PDF
[ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=MixcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
Lords, 1876 (40), http://books.google.com/books?id=8BpcAAAAQAAJ
[BSB]
An Act to amend the Law relating to the Stamping of Policies
of Sea Insurance.
39 Vict. c. 6, enacted 7 April 1876. The Sea Insurances
(Stamping of Policies) Amendment Act, 1876. (link)
Bill for enabling further Sum to be raised for Telegraph Acts,
1868-70.
Telegraphs (money). A bill for enabling a further sum to be raised
for the purposes of the Telegraph Acts, 1868 to 1870.
1876 (90) VII.229, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=MixcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
An Act for enabling a further Sum to be raised for the
purposes of the Telegraph Acts, 1868 to 1870.
39 Vict. c. 5, enacted 27 March 1876. The Telegraph
(Money) Act, 1876. (link)
Bill to amend Law for Payment of Remuneration and Grant of
Superannuation Allowances and Gratuities to Persons employed under
Secretary of State for War Dept. and Postmaster General.
War Department and Post Office (remuneration, &c.). A bill to
amend the law for the payment of remuneration and the grant of
superannuation allowances and gratuities to certain persons employed
under Her Majesty's Principal secretary of state for the War
Department and Her Majesty's postmaster general.
1876 (206) VII.585, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=MixcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
An Act to amend the Law for the payment of Remuneration and
the Grant of Superannuation Allowances and Gratuities to certain
persons employed under Her Majesty's Principal Secretary of
State for the War Department and Her Majesty's Postmaster
General.
39 & 40 Vict. c. 68, enacted 15 August 1876. The
Superannuation Post Office and War Office Act, 1876. (link)
See also, 39 & 40 Vict. c. 73 s. 3, about annuities for officers
or clerks of telegraph companies purchased by the Post Office.
(link)
Reports and Papers
Select Committee on Organisation and Financial System of Post Office
Telegraph Dept. Report, Proceedings, Minutes of Evidence, Appendix,
Index.
Report from the Select Committee on Post Office (Telegraph
Department); together with the proceedings of the committee, minutes
of evidence, and appendix.
1876 (357) XIII.1, 367 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Reprinted in <IUP-Posts-and-Telegraphs-5> http://books.google.com/books?id=dixcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
Finance Accounts I.-VIII. of Great Britain, 1875-76.
Finance accounts of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
for the financial year 1875-76, ended 31st March 1876.
1876 (319) XLII.1, 82 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=lzlcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
(Post Office and Telegraph Service, p. 15, link)
Account of Amounts received by Inland Revenue Dept. for Fee Stamps
in United Kingdom, 1875-76.
Inland Revenue (fee stamps). An account of the amounts received by
the Inland Revenue Department for fee stamps in the United Kingdom,
during the year ended 31st March 1876.
1876 (236) XLII.211, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=lzlcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
Contract, October 1875, with W. India and Pacific Steamship Company
for Conveyance of Mails to Puerto Cabello, Tampico and Santa Martha.
Post Office (Port au Prince, &c. mails). Copy of contract, dated
9 October 1875, entered into with the West India and Pacific
Steamship Company, for the conveyance of mails from this country to
Puerto Cabello, Tampico, and Santa Martha; with copy of Treasury
minute thereon.
1876 (11) XLII.227, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=lzlcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
List of Persons irregularly admitted to Service of Post Office
between Transfer of Telegraphs, January 1870, and September 1874.
Post Office (admission). Return to an order of the honourable the
House of Commons, dated 29 June 1876
1876 (325) XLII.237, 80 p.; PDF [ProQuest] http://books.google.com/books?id=lzlcAAAAQAAJ
[Oxford]
Return of Profit and Loss of Money-Order Branch of Post Office,
1875.
Post Office (money orders). Return showing the profit and loss of
the money order branch of the Post Office for the year 1875,
distinguishing the home, foreign, and colonial branches, and showing
the amount paid for commission, salary, printing, and other expenses
connected therewith.
1876 (282) XLII.317, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Account of Sums received and paid by Coms. for Reduction of National
Debt on Fund for Post Office Savings Banks, 1875; Account of
Deposits received and paid and Expenses incurred on Post Office
Savings Banks, 1875.
Post Office savings banks. Account of all deposits received and paid
under the authority of the Act 24 Vict. c. 14, during the year ended
31 December 1875, and of the expenses incurred from 16 September
1861 to 31 December 1875, &c.:--also, account of the sums
received and paid by the Commissioners for the Reduction of the
National Debt, on account of the fund for the Post Office savings
banks, per Act 24 Vict. c. 14, from 31 December 1874 to 31 December
1875, inclusive.
1876 (197) XLII.319, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Return of Amount deposited in Post Office and other Savings Banks;
Return of Trades Unions registered since 1871; Return of Number of
Societies registered under Friendly Societies Acts; Number of
Registered Co-operative Societies; Number of Registered Burial
Societies.
Post Office Savings Bank, &c. Returns of the amount of money
deposited in the Post Office Savings Bank and other savings banks,
with the number of depositors in each of the last ten years; of the
number of societies registered under the Friendly Societies Acts; of
the number of registered co-operative societies since 1867; of the
number of registered burial societies, 1875; of trade unions
registered since 1871; &c.
1876 (449) XLII.323, 28 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Return of Number of Receiving Post Offices in Towns closed on
Sundays; Rural Messengers released from Sunday Work under
Recommendations of Report on Sunday Labour in Post Office, December
1871.
Post Office (Sunday duty). Returns of the number of receiving Post
Offices in towns, which have been closed on Sundays, under the
recommendation of clause 24 in the report on Sunday labour in the
Post Office, of December 1871; and, of the number of rural
messengers entirely released from Sunday work under the
recommendation of clause 9 in the above-mentioned report.
1876 (81) XLII.345, 2 p.; PDF
[ProQuest]
Account of Receipts and Payments by Postmaster General in respect of
Telegraph Undertakings, 1874-75.
Post Office telegraphs. Capital account. An account of receipts and
payments by the postmaster general in respect of telegraph
undertakings, extensions, &c., for the year ended 31st March
1875; together with the report of the comptroller and auditor
general thereon.
1876 (116) XLII.347, 24 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Letter from Postmaster General to Treasury, on Report of Committee
to investigate Causes of Increased Cost of Telegraph Service.
Post Office telegraphs. Copies of letter from the Postmaster General
to the lords of the Treasury, dated the 23rd December 1875,
containing observations on the report of the committee appointed to
investigate the causes of the increased cost of the Telegraph
Service (see paper C. 1309); and, of Treasury letter of the 14th
February to the postmaster general.
1876 (34) XLII.371, 16 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Regulations by Treasury under Telegraphs (Money) Act as to Issue of
Money raised under Authority of Act.
Telegraphs (Money) Act, 1876. Copy of regulations laid down by the
Treasury in accordance with section 2 of the Telegraphs (Money) Act,
1876, as to the issue of money raised under the authority of that
act.
1876 (137) XLII.387, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Account of Retired Allowances or Superannuations in Public Offices,
1875.
Public offices (superannuations). An account of all allowances or
compensations granted as retired allowances or superannuations in
all public offices or departments which remained payable on the 1st
January 1875; the annual amount which was granted in the year 1875;
the amount which ceased within the year; and the total amount
remaining payable on the 31st December 1875.
1876 (136) XLII.395, 87 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(Post Office, p. 26-39, link)
Return of Number of Discharged or Reserve Soldiers examined, 1873
and 1874, for Subordinate Situations in Convict Service, Post
Office, etc..
Army (soldiers appointed to civil offices). Return showing the
number of discharged soldiers, or soldiers passing into the reserve,
who have been examined in the years 1873 and 1874 for subordinate
situations in the convict service; for situations on the minor
establishment of the Post Office; for temporary writerships and
temporary messenger-ships; &c.
1876 (301) XLIII.597, 2 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Estimate for Post Office Dept. (Packet Service), 1876-77.
1876-77. Estimates, revenue departments. Post Office telegraphs.
1876 (13-VIII) L.389, 190 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Return of Number of Stamps for Notices to Quit issued by Stamp
Distributors in Ireland, to June 1876.
Notices to quit (Ireland) stamps. Return of the number of stamps for
notices to quit issued by each stamp distributor in Ireland from the
time of the adoption of the distinctive die to the 1st day of last
June.
1876 (409) LX.711, 2 p.; PDF
[ProQuest] http://www.dippam.ac.uk/eppi/documents/16216
Statistical Abstract for United Kingdom, 1861-75.
Statistical abstract for the United Kingdom in each of the last
fifteen years from 1861 to 1875. Twenty-third number.
1876 [C.1573] LXXVII.1, 134 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(Post Office, p. 106, 120-122)
Statistical Abstract for Colonial and other Possessions of United
Kingdom, 1860-74.
Statistical abstract for the several colonial and other possessions
of the United Kingdom in each year from 1860 to 1874 (as far as the
particulars can be stated). Twelfth number.
1876 [C.1545] LXXVII.137, 104 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(nothing postal?)
Statistical Abstract relating to British India, 1865-75.
Statistical abstract relating to British India, from 1865-6 to
1874-5, (as far as the particulars can be stated,) compiled from
official records and papers presented to Parliament. Tenth number.
1876 [C.1626] LXXVII.241, 106 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(Post Office, p. 83-90)
Statistical Abstract for Foreign Countries, 1860-75.
Statistical abstract for the principal foreign countries in each
year from 1860 to 1874-5 (as far as the particulars can be stated).
Third number.
1876 [C.1634] LXXVII.349, 134 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
(some postal information)
Convention between H.M. and King of Belgians, regulating
Communication by Post between British and Belgian Dominions, London,
February 1876.
Belgium. No. 1 (1876). Convention between Her Majesty and the King
of the Belgians, regulating the communications by post between the
British and Belgian Dominions.
1876 [C.1423] LXXXII.383, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
1887 [C.4922] XCI.83, additional article
Declaration recording Adhesion of British India to General Postal
Union of October 1874, Berne, July 1876.
Miscellaneous. No. 8 (1876). (General Postal Union.) Declaration
recording the adhesion of British India to the General Postal Union
of the 9th of October, 1874. Signed at Berne, 1st July 1876.
1876 [C.1554] LXXXIII.485, 4 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Laid before the House of Commons and the House of Lords 28 July
1876.
Additional Convention between General Post Office of United Kingdom
and General Post Office of Spain, 1875.
General Post Office. Additional convention between the General Post
Office of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland and the
General Post Office of Spain.
1876 [C.1451] LXXXIV.89, 10 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Declaration between Great Britain and Spain respecting Telegraphic
Messages between Gibraltar and Spain, Madrid, December 1875.
Spain. No. 2 (1876). Declaration between Great Britain and Spain
respecting telegraphic messages between Gibraltar and Spain.
1876 [C.1394] LXXXIV.99, 6 p.; PDF [ProQuest]
Accession of Great Britain to International Telegraphic Convention,
St. Petersburg, July and December 1875.
Miscellaneous. No. 2 (1876) Accession of Great Britain to the
International Telegraphic Convention, signed at St. Petersburgh,
July 10 / 22, 1875. Signed at St. Petersburgh, December 26, 1875 /
January 7, 1876, and acceptance thereof signed at St. Petersburgh,
December 26, 1875 / January 7, 1876.
1876 [C.1418] LXXXIV.109, 14 p.; PDF [ProQuest]