INTRODUCTION, STATING THE. SUBJECT OF THE INQUIRE.

1.-1tECE1PT AND COST OF MANAGEMENT OF THE POST-OFFICE FOR THE YEAR ENDING 5 JANUARY 1838.

IL-PRESENT INLAND GENERAL POSTAGE RATES. § 1. General Post Rates.

§ 2. Penny Posts. § 3. London Local Post.

111.-NIMBF.R OF LETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS CIRCULATED ANNUALLYTEROUGH THE POST.

OFFICE.

1V.--AvERAGE POSTAGE ON LETTERS PASSING THROUGH THE POST-OFFICE.

V.-PRESENT REVENUE Or THE POST.OFPICE AS COMPARED WITH ITS REVENUE INFORMER

YEARS.

5 1. Objects for which the Post-office was established.

§ 2. Comparison of Revenues.

VI.-EFFECTS OF PRESENT RATES IN OCCASIONING-

§ 1. Evasion of Postage without Breach of the Law. § 2. Evasion of Postage in Breach of the Law.

§ 3. Suppression of Correspondence. § 4. Evils consequent on Evasion of Postage and Suppression of Corre. epondence.

M.-EFFECT OP FORMER REDUCTIONS IN THE RATES OF POSTAGE.

VIII.-PLAN or Ma:ROWLAND HILL.

§ 1. Heads of the Plan stated.

§ 2. Uniform Rate of Postage. 3. Payment in Advance.

§ 4. Collection of Postage by means of Stamps. § 5. Postage regulated according to Weight.

6. Probable Effect of the Adoption of the Measures presiouslyconsidered on the Expenditure of the Post-office Department. 1Y.-EXPEDIENCY OF ADOPTING MR. HILL'S PLAN, OR SOME MODIFICATION OF IT, SO FAR AS REGARDS THE UNIFORM RATE OF hi

§ 1. Anticipated Increase in the Correspondence of the Country, in case of the Adoption of a low Uniform Rate of Postage.

2. Effect upon the Revenue of adopting a low Uniform Rate of Postage instead of the present Rates.

X..--CHANOES IN THE RATES OF POSTAGE RECOMMENDED BY THE COMMITTER.

X1. EXPEDIENCY OF RETAINING, ABOLISHING, OR LIMITING THE PRIVILEGE OF FRANKING

LE-crans.

XII.-.-ANTICIPATED EFFECTS OF THE CHANGER PREVIOUSLY RECOMMENDED ON TUE RECEIPT AND EXPENDITURE OF THE POST-OFFICE, AND ON THE GENERAL REVENUE OF THE COUNTRY.

VIII: SUNDAY SUGGESTION! CALCULATED TO IMPROVE THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE POST- OFFICE, AND TO FACILITATE THE DISTRIBUTION OP LETTERS.

§ 1. Various Plans of Reduction and Alterations of Duty suggested by the Post-office Authorities.

§ 2. Other Suggestions, calculated to improve the Administration of the Post-office, and to facilitate the Distribution of Letters.