The Life of Sir Rowland Hill and the

508 INDEX.
INCOME-TAX Commissioners, vol. ii. 30
India, postal reform in, vol. ii. 187,
212, 317; postage to, 242; bookpost
to, 245 ; mutiny, 292, 354, 478
Inglis, Sir Robert, vol. i. 355
Inventors, not men who merely make
lucky hits, vol. ii. 339; described by
Lord Brougham, 398 ; their common
lot, 401
Ireland in 1821, vol. i. 160, 161 ; letters
to (before 1840), 297 ; Sunday
labour, vol. ii. 112, 154; mails to,
2 74> 338, 340 ; life insurance, 307 ;
debts owing by postmasters, 313 ;
early history of Post Office, 352
Isle of Wight, vol. i. 146, 168
JACKSON, Mr., vol. ii. 70, 77, 179
Jefferson, ex-President, vol. i. 174
Jeffrey, Lord, reviews "Public Education,"
vol. i. 178
"Jerusalem Coffee-house," vol. i. 303
Johnson, Dr., knew how to bind a
book, vol. i. 54 ; reads aloud the
' '
Vanity of Human Wishes, " 106 ;
receives a packet from Lisbon, 276 ;
rendering of a passage in Milton,
vol. ii. 225 ; quotes Bentley, 235 ;
to be read on the banks of the
Wolga, 427
Johnson, Mr., vol. ii. 49, 74
Johnstone, Dr., vol. i. 64
Jones-Loyd, Mr. (Lord Overstone),
evidence before committee (1838),
vol. i. 310, 312; consulted by R. H.,
vol. ii. 43, 56, 216, 461
Jullien, M., vol. i. 174
K
KATER, Captain, vol. i. 95, 499
Kean, Edmund, vol. i. 135
Keble, Mr., vol. i. 194
Kemble, John, vol. i. 143
Kennedy, Dr., vol. i. 55
Keswick, vol. i. 339
Kidderminster, vol. i. 156; R. H's.
birth-place, i, 2, 34; his statue
be set up there, vol. ii. 428
King, Lord, vol. i. 362
to
Kingston-on-Thames, vol. ii. 141
Kington, vol. ii. 277
Knight, Mr. Charles, suggests stamped
covers for newspapers, vol. i. 218,
265, 270, 377
Knowles, Sheridan, vol. i. 200
LABOUCHERE, Mr. (Lord Taunton),
vol. i. 267, 268, vol. ii. 160
Land's End to John O'Groat's, vol. ii.
278
Laplace, vol. i. 59, 506
Lardner, Dr., vol. i. 173, 312, 322
Larpent, Sir George, vol. ii. 30
Lawrence, Mr. William, vol. i. 431
Lawrence, Mr. (of the Post Office),
vol. i. 303
Lea, William, vol. i. 6
Lea, Bailie, vol. i. 7, 31, vol. ii. 148
Ledingham, Mr., vol. i. 374, 404, 448
Lee, Mr. James, vol. ii. 92
Leeds, vol. ii. 109, 194
Leeds Mercury, vol. ii. 150
Lees, Sir Edward, vol. i. 318
Leicester, vol. i. 366
Letters, postage rate before Penny
Postage, vol. i. 238, 239, 247, 252,
276, 277, 281, 282, 295-7, 339, 381,
vol. ii. 380, 396 ; charges by enclo-
sures, vol. i. 238, 282, 295 ; effects
of high rates on the poor, 239, 305-9,
342; taxing, 247, 283, 372; deliveries
few and slow, 269, 281 ; in
large districts no deliveries, 253, 324,
451, vol. ii. 381 ; illegal conveyance,
vol. i, 238, 254, 300-4 ; number
as stated by government, 279, 290,
298, 299; as stated by R. H., 298,
of London
299 ;
mail,
average weight
319, 339; R. H.'s reforms;
proposed sorting in coaches, vol. i.
241 ; actual cost of conveyance, 249,
280, vol. ii. 242, 493 ; cost of dis-
tributing, vol. i. 248, 354 ; uniform
rate, 250, 312 ; primary and secondary
distribution, 251, vol. ii. 406;
rates suggested, vol. i. 251, 264, 269,
284, vol. ii. 404 ; charges by weight,
vol. i. 264, 318, 376, 386; low
postage no tax, 311; prepayment,
250, 314, 378, vol. ii. 335;
180, 258,
uniform fourpenny rate, vol. i.
381, 384; penny rate begins, 390;
number of letters after 1839, 395,
418, 435, 463, vol. ii. 86, 188, 190,
214, 259, 260, 314, 350, 382, 397 ;
registration, vol. i. 410, 455-9, vol. ii.
7. 3!5> 367, 381 ; thefts, vol. i. 283,
410, 411, 455, vol. ii. 190, 315, 368 ;
forward letters, vol. i. 457, vol. ii.
1 10 ; free delivery, vol. i. 252, vol. ii.
270, 381 ; returned letters, vol. ii.
314 ; increase of correspondence to
distant places, vol. ii. 241, 371 ; effect
of school boards on letter writing,