The Life and Letters of Henry Cecil Raikes, Late Her Majesty's Postmaster-General (Classic Reprint)

Download or read book The Life and Letters of Henry Cecil Raikes, Late Her Majesty's Postmaster-General (Classic Reprint) written by Henry St. John Raikes and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-18 with total page 436 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Life and Letters of Henry Cecil Raikes, Late Her Majesty's Postmaster-General Procedure - Postal reforms - Messrs. De La Rue and Inland Revenue - A bad bargain - Special Committee - Success of the postmaster-general - Session, 1888 - Honorary degree Threatening letter Meetings Sir Michael hicks-beach extolled - Submarine Telegraph Co. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.