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 offices, railway stations, and the chief provincial post offices that are open for general business.

23. Mandat-carte system to be introduced for sums up to £1.

24. The charge for registration of letters and all postal articles to be reduced to one penny.

25. The fine for insufficient postage not to exceed one halfpenny for inland and one penny for foreign letters.

26. Three classes of postmen for expediting delivery, (1) letters and post cards, (2) newspapers, (3) parcels.

27. Tube conveyance of mails in cities.

28. Letter boxes to be provided on all through trains.

29. England is the only country not named on its own postage stamps. This to be remedied.

30. An international postage stamp to be brought into use—or an exchange of stamps at the various post offices of the world might be arranged as bankers exchange their cheques.

31. The sender of a letter to have the right to recall it after posting.

32. Postmarks to be made clear and legible.

33. Letters containing lottery tickets and advertisements to be destroyed.

34. Full compensation to be given for neglect, default, or larceny by officials.

35. Improved pillar-boxes for the safe-guarding of letters.

36. Charges for redirection of telegrams to be abolished.

37. The name of each place, etc., in the United Kingdom to be charged in telegrams as one word.

38. Name and address on telegrams free, or twenty words for sixpence.

39. Compensation to be awarded for errors in telegrams through carelessness on part of the post office employé.