38 Addenda and Corrigenda. 



In conclusion, I wish to state that I propose to make known 

 any farther Addenda and Corrigenda, which may occur from time 

 to time, to my Book on The Birds of Dumfriesshire, through the 

 medium of the Transactions of the Dumfriesshire and Galloway 

 Natural History and Antiquarian Society. 



2nd November, 1911. 



Chairman — Mr Joseph Swan. 



The Dumfries Post Office, 1642-1910. A Record of 

 Progress and Development. By Mr John M. Corrie. 



Preface. 



In sketching the general history of the Post Office (Section I.) 

 free use h-^s been made of the well-known works by Joyce and 

 by Hyde. The subsequent chapters embody the results of per- 

 sonal research among Public Records, original documents, and 

 other authentic sources. 



To G. W. Shirley, Esq., Librarian of the Ewart Public 

 Library, Dumfries, the writer is indebted for extracts, letters, and 

 documents frorri the Burgh Records of Dumfries, for some early 

 postmarks, and for seeing the work through the press. Grateful 

 acknowledgments are tendered to Sir E. P. W. Redford, C.B., 

 Secretary to the Post Office in Scotland, for arranging for per- 

 mission to reproduce the postmarks ; to the Town Clerk and Town 

 Council of Dumfries for kind permission to examine and to take 

 extracts from the Burgh Records ; to the Proprietors and Editor 

 of the " Dumfries and Galloway Courier and Herald ' ' for afford- 

 ing opportunities of consulting the files of their paper and for the 

 use of a block ; and to Major Threshie of Barnbarroch, Dal- 

 beattie, for permission to reproduce the valuable and interesting 

 portrait of Robert Threshie. 



His acknowledgments are likewise due to J. ^V. Gulland, 

 Esq., M.P. ; C. S. Chapman, Esq., late Postmaster of Dumfries; 

 W. Carmichael, Esq., Postmaster of Dumfries; R. C. Reid, 

 Esq., Mouswald; W. M'Math, E.sq., F. S.A.Scot., Edinburgh; 

 John Kirk, Esq., Poolhouses, Lockerbie; James Davidson, Esq., 

 E.C.S. ; S. Arnott, Esq., F.R.H.S.; A. Coldwell, Esq., 



