Abolition of District Post,20Abolition of Sea Post Office,135Abolition of unpaid postcards,7Abor Expedition, 1894,220Abor Expeditionary Force, 1911-12,231Abyssinian Expedition,210Accounts, Postal,36Act, Post Office.SeePost Office ActAddress, Forms of,89,98Aden, Military operations in neighbourhood of,175Aden, Transhipment of mails at,130,133Admiralty Agents,127,129,130Afghanistan Expedition,168,211Anche, The,112,116Anchel, The,112Aviation,125Bagdad Railway,148,149Baku, Field service in,174Bank, Savings,81Base office,166,169,175Base Postal Depot,175Bazar Valley Field Force,230Beadon, Mr.,21"Bearing" correspondence,7,25,34,158,160Bhangy post,26,29,33,48Black Hole of Calcutta,108,200Black Mountain Expedition,217Black Mountain or Hazara Field Force,215Bombay G.P.O. building,108Bombay Regulation XI of 1830,26Branch office,4Brindisi as European port for Indian mails,124,182British India Steam Navigation Company,138,142British Mission Escort in South Persia,175British postal orders,42Buildings, Post Office,106Bullock train,154,168,196Buner Field Force,223Bungalows, Dak or Travellers',17,196Burlton, Mr. S. P.,14Burma, Chin Expedition,215Bushire Force,174Calcutta, Black Hole of,108,200Calcutta G.P.O. building,108,200Camel dak,209Cape route to India, The,118,123Cash certificates, Five-year,87Cash on Delivery system,40,46,50,51Caste,101Centres, Delivery,102Chin Expedition, Burma,215Chin Hills Expedition,218Chin Lushai Expedition,216China Expeditionary Force,226Chitral Relief Force,221"Clubbing," 24Combined post and telegraph offices, Introduction of,41Commission of 1850,1,21,178Compiler of Post Office Accounts,36,72Compulsory prepayment of postage in all cases, Rejection of,25Constantinople, Field service in,174Construction and maintenance of postal vans,63Consultations of 24th March, 1766, Minutes of,12Consultations of 17th January, 1774, Extract from,191Continuous delivery system,103Control of the Department,2,30,31Conventions with Indian States,114Copper tickets, or tokens for postal purposes,14,178,194Cost of carrying mails on railways,62Counterfeit stamps,39,42Courtney, Mr.,21Crises in the Savings Bank,84Custom-House, Turkish, at Bagdad and Basra,140,146Customs regulations,36Cyprus,211Dak bungalows,17,196Dak system,195Dead Letter Office,26Delivery centres,102Delivery of mails,102Delivery system, Continuous,103Department, Control of the,2,30,31Department, never regarded as revenue-producing,9,22Department, Organization of the,3,30,31Depot, Base Postal,175Deputy Postmaster,155,193Desert post, The,122,137,139Direction, Organization of the,2Director-General of the Post Office, First,36Distance, Uniformity of postage irrespective of,24,32,39,49District dawk stamps, Scinde,31,178District Post,16,17District Post, Abolition of,20District Savings Banks,81Dromedary post,137,139Early Postal Regulations,26East Africa, Field service in,174East Persian Cordon,174Egypt during the Great War, Field service in,171,173Egypt Expeditionary Force,212Encouragement of prepayment of postage,34England, Parcel post with,39,50English mail,30,121,127,142Euphrates and Tigris Steam Navigation Company,138,142,144European port for reception and despatch of Indian mails,124,182Experimental post offices,20,96Ferry charges upon Railway steamers,63,65Field Post Office, The,165Field post offices,166Field Service Manual,166Field service, Military rank on,166Field service uniform,166Fines incurred under Post Office Acts,29Fining,37First appointment of a Postmaster-General,14First Director-General of the Post Office,36Five-year cash certificates,87Forbes, Mr.,21Force in East Persia,174Foreign money orders,73Foreign parcel post,51France, Field service in,171Franking,35Free postage, Abolition of privilege of,35Free postage, Grant of privilege of, to certain persons,27Gallipoli, Field service in,173Great War,170,171Great War, Effect of, upon savings bank balances,87Guarantee Fund, Post Office,236Haulage charges,60,67Hazara Field Force, Black Mountain or,215Head Office,3Horse transit and bullock train,153,168,196,206Identification of payees of money orders,79,99Imperial Penny Postage Scheme,40Imported and locally produced printed matter, Differentiation between,32,38Indian Convention States,114,185Indian Mutiny, The Post Office during the,151,167,196,204Indian States, The Post Office in,112Insurance fee,41Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia,141Introduction of first regular postal system by Lord Clive,12Introduction of postage stamps,31,32,178,179Introduction of postcards,7Introduction of railways,30Iraq,148,173Isazai Field Force,219Kalahandi Expedition,212Kurram Field Force,219Kut,173Land revenue money orders,75Later Postal Regulations,38Letter-writers, Professional,94Life Insurance policies, Surrender values of,236Life Insurance, Postal,42,232Loan, War,87Lord Clive, Regular postal system introduced by,12Lushai Expedition,216Mail runner,4Malakand Field Force,222Malta Expeditionary Force,211Malwa Field Force,156Manipur Expedition,218Manual, Post Office,2,36Manual (War), Postal,166Marine Postal Service, Suez and Bombay,130Marseilles as European port for Indian mails,124,182Mesopotamia and the Persian Gulf, The Post Office in,137Mesopotamia, Field service in,171Methods of travel in early days,195Military pensioners, Payment of,42Military rank on field service,166Minors' accounts,86Minutes of Consultations of 24th March, 1766,12Miranzai Expedition,218Mishmi Expedition,226Mohmand Field Force, 1897,223Mohmand Field Force, 1908,231Money order work transferred to Post Office,41,71Money orders,71Money orders, Foreign,73Money orders, Inland, Statement of issues since 1880,198Money orders, Land revenue,75Money orders, Rent,76Money orders, Telegraphic,74,77Monopoly, Postal,26,31Mosul, Turkish post to Constantinople via,139Mounted post, First employment of,11Mutiny, The Post Office during the Indian,151,167,196,204Naval Agents,127,129,130Newspapers, Registered,43Newspapers, Sale of, by field post offices,223,224Non-postal work,9Octroi Tax,53Official articles, Special postage rates for,40Official marks of the Post Office, Acceptance of, as evidence,43Organization of the Department,3,30,31Organization of the Direction,2Origin of the Post Office,10Overland Route, The,119,137Overprinted postage stamps,115,148,182,184,228Overprinted Turkish postage stamps,148Overprints, Indian Convention States,115,185Overseer,99,166Palestine, Field service in,173Parcel post,48Parcel post, Foreign,51Parcel post rates, Statement of,55Parcel post with England,39,50Parcels and packets liable to be detained,43Paton, Mr. G.,157,204Payment of money orders at houses of payees,77,99Peninsular and Oriental Steamship Company, Charter of incorporation of,123,127Penjdeh Affair,84Penny Postage Scheme, Imperial,40Persian Expedition,167Persian Gulf and Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the,141Persian Gulf, The Post Office in Mesopotamia and the,137Personnel of the Post Office,189Phulkian States, Conventions with,114Pishin Field Force,214Polymetrical tables,33Post, Bhangy,26,29,33,48Post, District,16,17Post, District, Abolition of,20Post Office Act—of 1837,17,26of 1838,29of 1839,29of 1854,2,31of 1866,38of 1882,42of 1895,42of 1896,42of 1898,42of 1912,46Post Office, Branch,4,94Post Office buildings,106Post Office, Experimental,20,96Post Office, Field,166Post Office, Head,3Post Office Manual,2,36Post Office, Origin of,10Post Office, Sub,3Post Office, Travelling,58Post free, Grant to certain persons of privilege of sending and receiving correspondence,27Postage rates,28,38,55Postage stamps, Introduction of,31,32,178,179Postal Life Insurance,42Postal Manual (War),166Postcards, Abolition of unpaid,7Postcards, Introduction of,7Postcards, Unpaid,7Postman,97Postman, Village or rural,4,94,100Postmaster, Deputy,155,193Postmaster, Probationary,190Postmaster-General, First appointment of,14,193Prepayment of postage, Encouragement of,34Prepayment of postage in all cases, Compulsory, Rejection of,25Presidency Postmaster,16,30,31Private posts,17Probationary Postmaster,190Probationary Superintendent,189Professional letter-writers,94Public Proceedings of 7th July, 1766, Extract from,13Quinine, Sale of,4,96Railway Conference Association,49,67Railway Mail Service,58Railways, Introduction of,30Rates of postage,28,38,55Receipt stamp, Abolition of special,183Redirected letters, Abolition of charge on,39Registered newspapers,43Registration,35Registration fee to be prepaid in postage stamps,39Regular postal system introduced by Lord Clive,12Regulations, Early Postal,26Regulations, Later Postal,38Rent money orders,76Rented buildings for post offices,106,110Returned Letter Office at Basra,172Revenue-producing, Department never regarded as,9,22Riddell, Mr. H. B.,36,154,163Runner, Mail,4Rural postman,4,94,100Russian Scare,84Salonika, Field service in,173Savings bank,81Savings bank balances, Effect of Great War upon,87Savings bank, statement showing work from 1882 to 1918,197Savings bank work transferred to Post Office,41,82Scinde District Dawk stamps,31,178Sea Customs Act,43Sea Post Office,127Sea Post Office, Abolition of,135Seamen's letters, Soldiers' and,40,181Service stamps,35,40,184Ship postage,26,34,37Sikkim Expedition,214"Snowball" system, Sale of goods on the,53Soldiers' and seamens' letters,40,181Somaliland Field Force,229Sorting, Concentration of,69Sorting offices, Introduction of,37,58South Persia, British Mission Escort in,175Southampton route,123,124Special postage rates for official articles,40Stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of telegraph,183Stamps, Overprinted or surcharged postage,115,148,182,184,228Stamps, Service,35,40,184Standard vans,61Suakim Expedition, 1896,222Suakim Field Post Office, 1885,213Sub-office,3Suez Canal, Opening of,124Suez Canal route, Future of,125Superintendent,189Superintendent, Probationary,189Suppression of foreign post offices in Ottoman dominions, Turkish demand for,139,147Surcharged postage stamps,182,184Surrender values of Life Insurance policies,236Swat Valley Column,225Taylor, Captain,17Telegraph stamps, Employment of postage stamps in place of,183Telegraphic money orders,74,77Thuillier, General Sir Henry,179,181Tibet Mission,229Tirah Expedition,224Tochi Field Force,224Tochi Valley Field Force,225Transhipment of mails at Aden,130,133Travel in early days, Methods of,195Travellers' bungalows,17,196Travelling post office,58Turkish Arabia, Insurance system in the Persian Gulf and,141Turkish Customs House at Bagdad and Basra,140,146Turkish post to Constantinople via Mosul,139Turkish postage stamps overprinted,148Unification of Indian State Posts with the Imperial Post Office,115Uniform, Field service,166Uniform, Postmen's,104Uniformity of postage irrespective of distance,24,32,39,49Unpaid correspondence,7,25,34,158,160Upper Burma Expedition,213Value-payable system,40,46,50,51Vans, Construction and maintenance of postal,63,66Vans, Standard,61Village postman,4,94,100Waghorn, Lieutenant Thomas,122Wano Expedition,220War Loan,87Watermarks,180,182Waziristan Field Force,220Wuntho Expedition,219Zhob Expedition,217