 For example, as advantages of the national survey, the memorandum called pointed out that the payment of ""delivery men, relay services, postal items and other goods"" would be verifiable and the prices could no longer be fixed arbitrarily, that there would be fewer complaints from travellers about high fees that had hitherto taken up the time of courts and higher authorities, and that journey times and delivery times would be precisely defined by the survey.Another argument was that the roads would be more easily recognisable in the winter and at night.Opposition to the postal mileposts was especially strong in Upper Lusatia.