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Early in my tenure of office my two sisters gave me very efficient 
help; later on, my three daughters ; and all along, my wife; and 
for many years my sister-in-law, Miss Crowdon. The Telegraph 
service has brought in a large number of female clerks into the 
large offices especially. My relative, Miss Kate Crosthwaite, has 
been in the Liverpool office for some years, acting in various 
branches of the service, and was within the last few months raised 
to be a clerk of the first class. 
I 1870, Keswick was again raised to the dignity of a head office, 
much to my satisfaction. How the letters, newspapers, and book 
_ postage graduallyincreased may be readilyimagined. But the depart- 
ment added on to the duties in 1861, Post Office Savings Banks, 
which at Keswick has flourished without diminishing the deposits 
of the old Keswick Savings Bank, which has been presided over 
with untiring devotion by the Rev. John Taylor of St. John’s-in- 
the-Vale (coming in every Saturday through all kinds of sweather) 
for the last thirty-three years. This is an instance of perseverance 
in the good work which would have charmed the late Mr. William 
Denton, whose successor he became at his earnest request. ‘The 
present amount of deposits in that bank amount to £19,637 9s. 3d. 
Notwithstanding the steady prosperity of the old Savings Bank, the 
Post Office Savings Bank at the Keswick office has opened 1,354 
accounts for persons who have no deposits in the old bank. The 
two banks for savings never interfered with each other. The Post 
Office Savings Bank receives deposits from travelling tradesfolks 
and young people, who can deposit one shilling and upwards at a 
time. The transactions at Keswick branch during the year 1888 
were—number of deposits 828, and withdrawals 225. 
Thad held the office of Sub-Distributor of Stamps under the late 
Mr. William Wordsworth of Carlisle, since 1846, and in 1868 
Keswick was raised to be a head distributor’s office. I resigned 
this office, and it passed into three other hands, each in turn giving 
_ it up because it did not pay them. It came back to me, however, 
by order of the Post Office Department, and I held that post 
again until my retirement ; and so it continues with my successor. 
In 1870, the Telegraph Service was put upon the Post Office, 
