The Post Office (Revenues) Act 1710 (9 Ann c 11) was an Acts of Parliament in the United Kingdom, Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which established Royal Mail, post offices in British Empire#"First" British Empire (1583–1783), the colonies and allotted its weekly revenues for the Queen Anne's War, ongoing war and other uses.
The Act repealed the 1695 Act of William III and united the Post Offices of England and Scotland under two Postmaster General of the United Kingdom#Two Postmasters General, Postmasters General of Great Britain;
The Post Office (Revenues) Act 1710, except the last two sections, was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, the Statute Law Revision Act 1871.
So much of the Post Office (Revenues) Act 1710 as was unrepealed was repealed by section 92 of, and Schedule 2 to, the Post Office Act 1908.
Section 45
This section is section 91 in Ruffhead's Edition. This section was repealed by section 1 of, and the Schedule to, 37 & 38 Vict c 22.
This Act is chapter 10 in Ruffhead's Edition.
[Footnote to this Act in the Schedule to the Statute Law Revision Act 1871]
See also
*Post Office Act
References
External links
Text of the ActGreat Britain Philatelic Society
Great Britain Acts of Parliament 1710
General Post Office
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