Addenda and Corrigenda to The Post Office and the Colleges

Below are listed addenda and corrigenda to West 2004ii. Those additional to West 2008 are in red.

Back cover and page 7: The illustrations of the Keble cover do not show the stamp clearly; below is a better illustration of the stamp:
Page iii line 28: After "Royal Mail" add "The Oxford Union through their Archivist Graeme Hall kindly gave permission to consult and quote from their Archives held at the Oxfordshire Record Office.
Page 2 line 15 and page 5 line 3: Replace "Mr Ashurst" by "W H Ashurst".
Page 6 note 23: Replace "17" by "18".
Page 9 line 1: After "knighted" add "and one of the founders of the National Trust".
Page 13 line 10: After "1885" add "(as the Cambridge Training College for Women)".
Page 18 line 13: After "Lewin Hill" add "(nephew of Sir Rowland Hill)".
Page 21 line 21: Replace "afternoon" by "afternoon^24a".
Add new note 24a:
"This meeting is also mentioned in The Oxford Magazine 9 December 1885 p.429 which refers to the messengers as Hermae (Hermes was the messenger of the gods)."
Page 22 note 26: Replace by "A legal opinion was taken (see Chapter 5)".
Page 24 line 5: Replace "communication" by "collaboration^1a".
Add new note 1a:
"There was however awareness of what was happening in the other place. The 'Oxford Letter' in the The Cambridge Review (9 December 1885 p.139; 3 February 1886 p.186, 10 February p.205, 24 February Supplement p.lxxi, 12 May p.309) reports the ongoing Oxford discussions with the Post Office; The Oxford Magazine 24 February 1886 pp.70, 72 refers to the Cambridge messengers".
Page 32 line 21: Replace "Catherine's" by "Catharine's".
Page 41 line 7: Replace "fine" by "give".
Page 41 lines 21-22: Replace this sentence by:
"Thus the Oxford Deputation tamely acquiesced to the Post Office's demands^19a. A London Counsel's opinion was taken but it was 'distinctly adverse to existing customs, and it is certain that considerable changes must be made if the law is to be exactly complied with' (The Oxford Magazine 3 March 1886 p.95, 10 March 1886 p.109)."
Add new note 19a:
"The Oxford Magazine 24 February 1886 pp.73-74 includes an uncredited article 'The Messenger and the Post Office'. This explains the law (and admits that the college messenger does infringe it). But it argues 'the college does not make a profit', repeats the 'family' argument and emphasises the loss of convenience that would be occasioned by any alternative Post Office arrangements. It finally appeals to the new Postmaster General to 'let the colleges alone'".
Page 44 line 6: Replace "Club" by "Club^24a".
Add new note 24a:
"The Cambridge Review 17 February 1886 p.209 records that 'several college messengers and all the club messengers have ceased to run'".
Page 44 line 19: Replace "illustrated" by "included an actual stuck-in copy of".
Page 44 note 28: After "from the eagle" add "(a symbol for St John)".
Page 45 note 37: Add "For the present-day college messenger arrangements see Walker 2003".
Page 46 line 8: Delete "has not been traced but it".
Page 46 note 1: Add "The Oxford Union Society is now known as the Oxford Union and the abbreviation OUS is used by the unrelated Oxford University Society".
Page 46 note 4: Add "A copy of the letter to the OUS is in the OUS Archives (ref. O22/7/L/2)".
Page 48 note 9: Before "Postmaster General's" add "next".
Page 50 lines 20-23: Delete this sentence.
Page 50 line 27: After "Vacation" add ", though it had been returned by the OUS solicitors Morrell and Son on 6 July (OUS Archives ref. O22/7/L/3)".
Page 61 note 10: After "postmen" add ", part-time workers without pension or holiday benefits".
Page 66 line 14: Replace "Catherine's" by "Catherine's^2a".
Add new note 2a: "The correct spelling is Catharine's".
Page 66 note 1: Replace "recte" by "An earlier name for".
Page 73: Add "Walker, J.P., 2003.'Time's wheelèd messengers', Oxford Today, Vol.15, No.2, Hilary 2003, p.43."

Addenda and Corrigenda to The Post Office and the Colleges

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