1883 POST CONTRACTOR PENALTY ADVICES from the Postmaster General in Cape Town advising the Civil Commissioner in Cradock "Sir, I have the honor to acquiant you that the undermentioned Post Contractors, who draw their Contract Allowances through you, have incurred the following fines:".See the scan for detail and the implication that even a single hour's delay had consequences! This is the letter content sheet of the report, stampless. Interesting insight into the pressures on the mail cart services. VF.
