Allan, William, postmaster of York, recommended to be deputy postmaster general of Upper Canada,104Amherstburg, post office opened at,101"Anglo-Saxon" steamship of Allan line wrecked,312Annapolis, post office opened in,178Antigonishe, distributing office for all settlements to eastward,180Antill, (John), postmaster of New York,69Augusta, post office opened at,89Bache, Richard, appointed secretary of the revolutionary post office,64Baie Verte, post office opened at,182Barbadoes, postal arrangements for,4Barons, Benjamin, deputy postmaster general for southern division,35, note 2Belleville, post office opened at, under name of Bay of Quinte,117Bermuda, Canadian mails from Great Britain, sent to,124Berthier, post office opened at,79"Bohemian" steamship of Allan line wrecked,313Boston, post office opened in,2;communication with New York,6;postage between Philadelphia and,10;postage from Virginia,10;Cunard steamers land Canadian mails at,225Brantford, post office opened at,117"Britannia," Cunard steamer, makes first trip to Halifax,219British Columbia, beginnings of postal service to,322;inland service,324,326;rates of postage,325;incorporation into dominion postal service,326;completion of Canadian Pacific railway,326;expansion of service between Confederation and, 1914,327British North America, royal commission recommends postal systems in, be put under one superior,235Buchanan, James, British consul at New York, advocates communication between colonies and Great Britain by way of New York,186Canada, Post Office in—Pre-revolutionary Period.Post office established by Franklin,1;connected by mail service with New York,1;arrangements under French régime,39;postage rates as fixed by act of 1765,43Revolutionary Period.Connection with New York discontinued,65;Americans make proposals for its continuance,65;service between Montreal and Quebec resumed after expulsion of Americans,72;Haldimand's objections to resumption of regular service,72Post-revolutionary Period.United States forbid Canadian couriers to carry mails over its territory,80;Canadian post office obliged to send mails for England by Halifax route,81;its disadvantages,81;sketch of postal system in 1827,155;financial statements to be submitted to legislatures,206;fixed salaries to be paid, with exclusion of all perquisites,206;difficulties in way of satisfactory arrangements for administration,207;first financial statement laid before legislature,210;legislature of Upper Canada demands surplus revenues,211;Lord Durham's recommendations regarding post office,212;defects of postal administration disclosed by royal commission,234;legislature concurs in resolutions of interprovincial postal conference,271;provincial governments assume control of post office,273;great expansion of,275;reduction in postage rates,275;revenue from 1851 to 1867,275Post-Office of Dominion of Canada.Number of post offices in 1867 and 1914,327;railway mail service expansion,327;reductions in postage,328;Canada becomes a member of the Universal Postal Union,329;imperial penny postage introduced,330;imperial scheme of newspaper postage proposed by postmaster general of Canada,330;expansion of money order and savings bank system,331"Canadian" (the first) steamship of Allan line wrecked in St. Lawrence,308"Canadian" (the second) steamship of Allan line, wrecked,311Cape Breton, establishment of postal service in,183Cayley, William, inspector general of Canada, representative at postal conference in Montreal,268Cedars, post office opened at,89Chambly, arrangements for delivery of mails at,79Charlestown, delays in postal service of,35;included in packet system,35Charlottenburg, post office opened at,89Chester, Pa., postal rate from Philadelphia to,7"City of Manchester" steamship of Inman line lost off Nova Scotia coast,309Colonial Postal Systems, in their relations to Great Britain, policy regarding extensions of service,97,100,103;remonstrance of Upper Canada against excessive and illegal postage,133;reply to these remonstrances,134;legality of control of colonial systems by Great Britain,135,136;Great Britain refuses information as to revenues,141;considerable profit on colonial service,142;reception given to address from Upper Canada,148;attack on administration of Canadian post office,160;contentions against imperial absorption of surplus revenue from, sustained by law officers,165;acceptance of decision by postmaster general,166;course of procedure to establish proper relations,169;act of imperial parliament, 4, William IV. c. 7,170;draft act for adoption of legislatures,170;accountant appointed,171;how the British proposals were viewed in Maritime provinces,188,in Upper Canada,193,202,in Lower Canada,199;Stayner on British proposals,200;Stayner's views accepted by legislative council of Lower Canada,202;British government willing to amend proposals,203;royal commission appointed to investigate conditions in colonial service,233;commission recommends that postal system in British North America be put under one resident deputy postmaster general,235;proposition of postmaster general to withdraw from control of,263;conditions of withdrawal,266;Lord Elgin instructed by colonial secretary on subject,267;his message to Canadian legislature,267;legislative committee in Nova Scotia consider the subject,267;conference of provincial representatives in Montreal,268;their report, as laid before governor general,269;British treasury approves generally conclusions of report,270;Nova Scotia legislature adopts terms of report in act,270;Canada and New Brunswick concur,271;act sanctioning arrangement passed by imperial parliament,271;Prince Edward Island enters arrangement,272"Columbia" steamship of Cunard line lost off Nova Scotia coast,309Committees of Correspondence take measures to establish colonial post office,60Connecticut, terms of first post office bill in,9Cornwall, post office opened at,89Coteau du Lac, post office opened at,89Crane, William, urges direct steamship service between Great Britain and Halifax,217Crown Point, post office opened at,65Cunard, Samuel, awarded contract for transatlantic steam service,218Dashwood, secretary of colonial post office prisoner of war,66;liberated by exchange,69;appointed postmaster general of Jamaica,79Delancy, Peter, deputy postmaster general for southern division,35 note 2Delaware, Falls of, postal rate from Philadelphia to,7Deputy postmaster general, relations to governor,96;limitations on his freedom of administration,97;agent for collection of United States postage,126;newspaper postage, perquisite of,160;nomination of postmasters withdrawn from,239Detroit, postal communication opened with,89Digby, post office opened in,178Dongan, Thomas, governor of New York, endeavoured to establish postal service in colonies,7Dorchester, New Brunswick, post office opened at,182Durand, details of his journey between Quebec and Halifax with mails,81Durham, Lord, recommendations respecting Canadian post office,212Eastern Townships, mail communication opened between Three Rivers and,117Elizabethtown, post office opened at,89Fairbank, Richard, first postmaster in Boston,2Falmouth, Maine, defiance of post office monopoly at,50Finlay, Hugh, appointed postmaster of Quebec,42;interferes on behalf ofmaîtres de poste,46;appointed post-office surveyor,46;explores country between Quebec and New England,47;inspects postal service from Maine to Georgia,50;appointed joint deputy postmaster general of northern division of North America,58;reputed author of account of siege of Quebec,69;his activities outside post office,74;appointed superintendent ofmaîtres de poste,76;loses position of deputy postmaster general of northern division of North America, and becomes deputy postmaster general of Canada,79;report on route between Quebec and Halifax,85;appointed deputy postmaster general of British North America,86;removal from this position,94;death,74Fort Edward, post office opened at,65Fothergill, Charles, postmaster of Port Hope,144;attacks post office management,144Foxcroft, John, joint deputy postmaster general,2,27;prisoner of war,66;liberated by exchange,69;appointed British packet boat agent at New York,79Franking Act, passed by legislature of Upper Canada,209;on Stayner's objections it was disallowed,210Franklin, Benjamin, postmaster of Philadelphia,1;deputy postmaster general,1,2,26;established post office in Canada,1;increases postal facilities,26;nature of his influence in administration of post office,27;his views on post office revenues as taxes,55;his dismissal as joint deputy postmaster general,58;his continued good relations with officials of general post office,59;appointed postmaster general of revolutionary post office,64;his views on nature of postage quoted in support of imperial control,145Fredericton, post office opened in,178Gagetown, post office opened at,182Gaspé, slender postal accommodation in,162Goddard, William, labours for establishment of revolutionary post office,60;his career,60;draws up scheme,63;unsuccessful candidate for postmaster generalship,64;appointed surveyor,64Grand Trunk Railway, construction of,278Great Western Railway, construction of,278Grenville, post office opened at,116Guelph, post office opened at,153Halifax, post office established at,33,173;postage rates to, by sea, in 1765,44;petition that Halifax be terminal port of transatlantic steamers,217;British government agrees,218;contract awarded to Samuel Cunard,218;scheme for concentrating all mails from Great Britain for North America at,219;its failure,220;Nova Scotia asks that the post office at, should be maintained by imperial post office,245;removal of post office to Dalhousie college building,252Hamilton, post office opened at,117Hamilton, Andrew, deputy of patentee for American post office,9;his plans for establishment of postal service,9;his death,17Hamilton, John, succeeds his father, Andrew Hamilton, as deputy postmaster general,17Hawkesbury, post office opened at,116Hazen, R. L. of executive council of New Brunswick, representative at postal conference in Montreal,268Head, Sir Francis Bond, orders dismissal of postmaster of Lloydtown,213;demands authority to dismiss postmasters whom he deemed guilty of disloyalty,214;orders removal of postmaster of Toronto,214Heriot, George, succeeds Finlay as deputy postmaster general,96;personal characteristics,96;unsuccessful aspirant to seat in legislative council, and to superintendency ofmaîtres de poste,97;in disfavour with governor,98;altercation with Sir Gordon Drummond,109;retirement,113Heyman, Peter, appointed postmaster of Virginia,13Horton, post office opened in,178Howard, James, dismissed from postmastership of Toronto, on charge of disloyalty,214Howe, John, the elder, deputy postmaster general of Maritime provinces,180;his capable management,180;his retirement,181Howe, John, the younger, succeeds his father,181;controlled majority of newspapers in Halifax,187;criticism of,251;his death,251Howe, Joseph, urges direct steamship service between Great Britain and Halifax,217Hudson's Bay Company, conveys the mails to and from Manitoba and North-West territories,317;limitations on correspondence,318Hull, post office opened at,116"Humboldt" steamship of the American line lost off Nova Scotia coast,309Hume, Joseph, M.P., obtains information respecting Canadian postal service,161"Hungarian" steamship of Allan line wrecked,309Hunter, Peter, Lieutenant Governor, had road constructed from Bay of Quinte to York,100;endeavours to secure mail service to Upper Canada,100Hunter, William, joint deputy postmaster general,26Huntingdon, Herbert, confers with general post office respecting Nova Scotia post office,191Illegal conveyance of letters in Canada,150;in Nova Scotia,249;in New Brunswick,256"Indian" steamship of Allan line wrecked,309Johnston, J. W., Solicitor General of Nova Scotia, representative at postal conference in Montreal,268Kennebec route, Finlay explores,47Kingston, Upper Canada, post office opened at,89Kingston, New Brunswick, post office opened at,182Knox, William, scheme of communications between England and North America,87Labrador, mail service opened between Newfoundland and,342Lachine, post office opened at,89Lancaster, post office opened at,89Lanoullier, Nicholas, obtained privilege to establish post office in Canada,40;his plans,41;failure,41Lanoullier de Boisclair, his difficulties in maintaining roads, owing to popular indifference,78;his death,78Letters, mode of calculating postage on,20Lloydtown, postmaster of, dismissed for part in affairs of 1837,213London, post office opened at,117Lovelace, Francis, Governor of New York, arranged for postal service between New York and Boston,6Lower Canada, condition of route between Montreal and Quebec, in 1783,78;mode of communication with Great Britain,105;frequency of service between Quebec and Montreal,105,109;report of assembly on surplus postal revenues, 1827,149;Stayner declines to give information to committee of assembly,161;lack of postal accommodation in,161,196;address of assembly to King respecting post office,163;report of legislative committee on postal affairs, 1836,199;Stayner admonished to cease sending surplus revenue to England,199;agitation caused in general post office over post office bill of Lower Canada,205Macaulay, John, former postmaster of Kingston, chairman of committee of legislative council on postal affairs,207Mackenzie, William Lyon, presented petition for investigation of post office,143;interviewed Colonial Secretary respecting postal affairs,167;his views on administration of post office,167;evidence of, before Lower Canada committee on newspaper postage,196;challenges action on underpayment,197Maîtres de Poste, lack of regulations for,45;Finlay's interference on behalf of,46;unsuccessful efforts to assimilate their position to that of masters of post houses in England,75;indispensable for the carrying of mails,75;character of their service,97;amenities on post road,99Manitoba, and North-West provinces, early postal arrangements in,316-321;proposition for direct overland service with Canada,320;Manitoba incorporated into Canadian postal system,322;United States postal service utilized for communication with other provinces,322;direct railway communication with Eastern Canada,322;expansion of service between Confederation and, 1914,327Marconi, Guglielmo, proved success of transatlantic wireless system of telegraphy in Newfoundland,345Maritime provinces, early means of communication between places in,175;with Great Britain,176Maryland, postal rate from Philadelphia to,7;proceedings of legislature respecting establishment of post office,12Massachusetts, terms of first post office act in,9,10;postal rates to,10;post office act of, disallowed,10;rejects draft of new bill,12Matthews, Captain John, chairman of post office committee of assembly of Upper Canada,143Michillimackinac, postal communication opened with,89Miramichi, arrangements for delivery of mails at,181;post office opened at,182Money Order System, establishment of, in Canada,276;in Nova Scotia,280;in Newfoundland,343;expansion of operations between 1868 and 1914,330Montreal, post office opened at,1,42;description of route between New York and,37;post road between Quebec and,38;mail service opened between New York and,42;mail service opened between Quebec and,43;frequency of service between New York and Montreal at outbreak of revolutionary war,65;embraced in revolutionary postal system,66;postmaster resents having soldiers billeted on him,71;governor orders his dismissal,72;Daniel Sutherland postmaster of,114;conditions in post office at,128;mean situation of post office,194Montreal Gazette, proprietor of, begins attack on Stayner respecting newspaper postage,159Neale, Thomas, given patent for American post office,8;assigns his patent,17New Brunswick, postal system of, transferred to control of deputy postmaster general of Nova Scotia,155;establishment of inland service in,178;postal charges in,178;changes in routes as result of war of 1812,179;no additions to service until 1820,181;communication with Great Britain by way of United States,185;objections of Nova Scotia to arrangement,186;condition of, in 1841,255;report of legislature,256;erected into separate department,257;demands for reduced postage,258;legislature concurs in resolutions of interprovincial postal conference,271;provincial government assumes control of,273;expansion of postal service,281;rates of postage,281;revenue and expenditure,282;attitude of government towards deficits,282New Castle, Pa., postal rate from Philadelphia to,7New England, confederation of, postmaster appointed for,7;direct route from Quebec to, surveyed,47;Governor Wentworth of New Hampshire assists in establishment of another route to Canada,49;Governor Hutchinson of Massachusetts not encouraging as to route,49Newfoundland, post office in, early mode of communication with England,333;postage rates to,333;connection with England by Cunard steamers at Halifax,334;inland postal system established,336;efforts to secure direct service to England,338;improvements and extensions of inland service,339-342;railway available between St. John's and Harbour Grace,342;communication with Labrador,342;money order system established,343;government telegraphs,344New Hampshire, terms of first post office act in,9,11;postage rates to,10;act allowed by privy council,11New Haven, modes of evading post office monopoly at,51New Johnston, post office opened at,89Newspapers, transmission of, not provided for in imperial postal act,61;arrangements for distribution of, by post,61;defects in scheme,62;agitation for change in method of collecting postage,158;