Professional and industrial history of Suffolk County, Massachusetts . ies; and it required the establishment ofchief letter offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, the LewardIslands, and New York. Of the gross receipts ^^TOO a week and allin excess of ^111,401 IT JO, this being the total income of the BritishPost-Office in the year ended September :2!>, 1710, was to be at the dis-posal of Parliament. With a disregard of American interests not foreignto Parliament, the British Post-Office was allowed less than ^75,000 forthe conduct of its business; specific postage rates were prescribed fort
Professional and industrial history of Suffolk County, Massachusetts . ies; and it required the establishment ofchief letter offices in London, Edinburgh, Dublin, the LewardIslands, and New York. Of the gross receipts ^^TOO a week and allin excess of ^111,401 IT JO, this being the total income of the BritishPost-Office in the year ended September :2!>, 1710, was to be at the dis-posal of Parliament. With a disregard of American interests not foreignto Parliament, the British Post-Office was allowed less than ^75,000 forthe conduct of its business; specific postage rates were prescribed forthe American Post-Office; the revenue from America was to be cov-ered into the exchequer; and the American Post-Office was either tolive on nothing, or to receive a share of the £75,000 allowed for themanagement of the British Post-Office. And yet the Act was acceptedwithout protest. Hamilton appears to have sold his Post-Office rightsand property accjuired luider the Neale patent; he was continued asPostmastcr-(ieneral: and the A^irunnia Buroesses declined to erant. ^m ^X ^V^y^7-iy riDo^>i^ THE POSTAL SERVICE. 455 postal subsidies on the express ground that the Post-Office was suffi-ciently established by an Act of Parliament. In theory, the Postmaster-General at London was supreme, and ap-pointed all his subordinates, the American Postinaster-General included;in practice, the latter managed the American service, and appointedhis own subordinates. The Act provided for free ferries in the Amer-can postal service; and section 44 of the Act charged the members ofthe postal service not to meddle with any elections, under a penaltv of_£^100, half to go to the poor, half to the informer. The postage ratesfor America were prescribed in section (J: New York to London . 1 shilling. New York to West Indies 4 pence. New York to within 60 miles 4 pence. New York to Perth Amboy, Bridlington, or any distance from 60 to 1(J0 miles \ 6 pence. New York to New London or Philadelphia _ 9 pen
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