British Post Office

-So vnst has been thepcreáse of the daily duty of ;he Post Office (;)f Grèat Britaih,thát it has become necés.sary to reeort to mechanical coiurivances to aid the offióers in the performance of' theffwork. The papers uie made up nto immense sacks, which, the men being unablé' to eairy 'thcm are wheeled upoo a lrañtvy to the floor of the omnibuses, where they are taken to the termini of tlie severol railways. Since the reduction of the ' ratee, the nurnber of foreign, coloflTal, and nter-cólonia! letters has reatly irfcreased, amounting per annum, to 8,583,040'. Tbeinldhd lettert nurtiber 200,611,508