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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
RATES OF POSTAGE.
Letters not ex. ⅑ oz. are regarded as 1 rate.
do.   1   do.   2 do.
do.   2   do.   4 do.
do.   3   do.   6 do.
and so on, there being no intermediate
rates between 2, 4, 6, 8, &c.

THE PRICE PER RATE.
Upon all INLAND Letters, the price per
rate of ⅑ an oz. is 1d. if prepaid, and 2d.
otherwise; that is to say, for—
⅑ oz. or 1 rate if prepaid 1d. if not prepaid 2d.
1 do.  2   do.   2d.   do.   4d.
2 do.  4   do.   4d.   do.   8d.
3 do.  6   do.   6d.   do.   1s.

The single rate upon a letter to the
several Foreign Countries and Colonies
below, is as follows:—

To those places marked thus * the pay-
ment of postage is compulsory; and for
those marked thus, † the Newspapers must
not be above 4 oz. for the prices stated, and
are at Book Rate exceeding that weight.
 

COUNTRIES. Letters. Newspap 
StpP.Cur
StpPublic
Average
Days
Transit.
   Alexandria, via Mar-
      seilles, not exc. ¼ oz.
* Australia, via South.
* Australia, via Mars.
† Barbadoes ... ... ... ...
   Belgium not exc. ½ oz
   Bermuda ... ... ... ... ...
* Brazil ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
   Bremen ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Buenos Ayres ... ... ...
   Canada, Upper&Lowr
   Do. by Halifax...
   Cape of Good Hope
* CarthagenaNewGranada
* Chili ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* China, under ¼ ounce,
      via Marseilles ... ...
* Do. via Southmpton.
* Cuba
† Cuxhaven via France
      not exc. ¼ oz.
   Do. Belgium ... ... ... ...
   Denmark ... ... ... ... ...
† Do.vFrance,ut.ex.¼oz.
* Egypt,Southampton
* Do.vMars.not ex.¼oz.
*† Egypt by Fr. Pk. not
      excdg. ¼oz. 6d. ...
† France, not exc. ¼oz.
   Germany ... ... ... ...
   German States (excpt
      Northern States) v.
      France, not exc. ¼oz.
* Gibraltar ... ... ... ... ...
† Greece, by Fr. Packt.
      not exc. ¼oz.
* Do. via Belgium ... ...
* Guadaloupe ... ... ... ...
   Hamburg ... ... ... ... ...
† Do. v. France,nt.ex.¼z
* Hayti ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Heligoland ... ... ... ...
   Holland ... ... ... ... ... ...
† Do.v. France,nt.ex.¼z
* Honduras ... ... ... ... ...
† India. v. Southampton
†* Do.v.Mars.not.ex.¼oz.
   Ionian Isles.v.Ostend
† —v. Mars. not ex. ¼oz.
s. d.
0 9
0 6
0 9
0 6
0 4
0 6
1 0
0 8
1 0
0 8
0 6
0 6
1 0
2 0

0 9
0 6
2 3

0 6
0 8
0 10½
0 9
0 6
0 9

   6
0 4
0 8

0 6
0 6

0 11
1 2½
1 5
0 8
0 6
1 5
0 6
0 8
0 6
0 6
0 6
0 9
1 0
0 9

d.
3
1
3
1
1d.4oz
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3

3
1
1

1
1
1
1
1
3

1
1
1

1
1

1
½oz. 2½
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
3
½oz. 2½
 

6
60
54
20
1
23
29
3
41
13
12

39
46

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58
24

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3
3
4
10
6

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3

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6

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3
4
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3
1
2
27
38
34

 

POST OFFICE, &c.
 

COUNTRIES. Letters. Newspap 
StpP.Cur
StpPublic
Average
Days
Transit.
* Jamaica ... ... ... ... ... ...
   Lubeck ... ... ... ... ... ...
† Lubeck, v. Fr.nt.ex. ¼z
* Madeira .... ... ... ... ...
* Malta, v. Southampton
* —v. Mars. not ex. ¼oz.
*†—by Fr.Pkt.nt.ex.¼oz.
* Martinique ... ... ... ...
* Mexico ... ... ... ... ... ...
† Modena,not.exc.¼oz.
* Monte Video ... ... ... 
   New Brunswick ... ...
   Newfoundland ... ... ...
* N. Zealand via Mars.
      not exceed. ¼oz. ...
* Do. via Southmptn.
   Nova Scotia ... ... ... ...
   Oldenburg, v Belgium
† Do.v.France,nt.ex.¼z.
† Parma, not exc. ¼oz.
* Peru ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
* Portugal ... ... ... ... ...
†*Do.v.France,nt.ex.¼z
   Prince Edwd. Island
   Prussia
† Do.v.France,nt.ex.¼z
   Russia
† Do.v.France,nt.ex.¼z
† Sardinia, via France,
      not exc. ¼oz ... ... ...
† Sicily, via France ...
* Spain,v.Southampton
†*Do., except Cadiz &
      Vigo, not exc. ¼oz.
   Sweden... ... ... ... ... ...
† Do., via France, not
      exc. ¼ oz... ... ... ...
† Switzerland,nt ex.¼oz
   Do.v. Belgium,... ... ...
   St. Croix ... ... ... ... ...
* St. Martins ... .... ... ...
   St. Thomas ... ... ... ...
* Tasmania, via Mars.
      under ¼ ounce . . . .
* Do. via Southampton
* Turkey in Europe via
      Belgium ... ... ... ...
† Do.v.France,nt.ex.¼z
† Do. by Fr. Packet via
      Marseilles, nt.ex.¼z
* Turk's Island ... ... ...
† Tuscany, not exc.¼oz.
      United States ... ... ...
* West Indies, British
0 6
0 8
0 6
1 10
0 6
0 9
0 9
1 5
2 3
0 9
1 0
0 6
0 6

0 9
0 6
0 6
0 8
0 8
0 6
2 0
1 9
0 8
0 6
0 8
0 6
0 11½
1 2

0 6
   11
2 2

0 8
1 2

1 2
0 6
0 10½
0 6
0 6
0 6

0 8
1 2

0 6
0 6
0 9
1 0
0 6

1
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
1
1

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1
1
1
1
1
2
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1
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38
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21

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The single uniform rate on Letters be-
tween the United Kingdom and places
BEYOND SEA when conveyed by PRIVATE
SHIP will be 6d., (except to Cuxhaven,
Lubeck, Oldenburg, Prussia, France,
Belgium, and Holland, which is the
same as by Packet,) in whatever
part of the United Kingdom they
may be posted or delivered. This rate
must be taken on Letters between the
United Kingdom and the East Indies, &c.
&c. when thus conveyed, the distinction
between these and other Classes of Ship
Letters, having been abolished.


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POST OFFICE, &c.

The principal object of the varied modes of ad-
dress (as via France, via Southampton, &c.) is to
save time or expense.

No person is now permitted to send
or receive Letters free of Postage; but
Members of Parliament are allowed to
receive, free of charge, Petitions addressed
to either House of Parliament, provided
they are sent without Covers, or in Covers
open at the sides, and not exceeding the
weight of Thirty-two ounces. Addresses
to Her Majesty are likewise free of Postage.

Printed Votes and Proceedings in Par-
liament are charged at the following rate
between places in the United Kingdom :

For any weight not exc. four ounces 1d.
Exceeding four oz. and not exceed-
   ing eight oz ... ... ... ... ... ... .. 2d.
Exceeding eight oz. and not exceed.
  ing twelve oz. ... ... ... ... ... ... 3d.

and so on in proportion. No Additional
charge will be made upon them if the
Postage be not paid in advance. Parlia-
mentary Proceedings to British Colonies,
however, are subject to the same rates
and regulations as Books, which see.

BOOKS, &c.— Printed Books, Magazines,
Reviews, Maps, &c. whether British,
Foreign or Colonial, may be forwarded by
Post between places in the United King-
dom and to Germany, (via France only), not
exceeding 4oz. 3d.) if ends be left open, and
if prepaid in stamps at the following rates ;
Not exceeding 4oz. 1d., not exceeding 8oz.
2d., not exceed 16oz.4d.,and 2d.additional
for every additional 8oz. but no one parcel
may exceed 24 inches in any way. They
may also be forwarded by packet to

The British West Indies
Turk's Island
Honduras
Bermuda
Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Newfoundland
Prince Edward's Island
Malta
Gibraltar
Ionian Islands
Sierra Leone
Gambia
Gold Coast
St. Helena
Ascension
Cape Town
Natal
Heligoland
Labuan
Van Couvers Island
Falkland Islands
Ceylon
East Indies
Hong Kong
Mauritius
Tasmania
New Zealand
Australia

[Curly brackets from The British West Indies to Falkland Islands:
under 4 oz. 0s. 3d.
" 8 oz. 0s. 6d.
" 16 oz. 1s. 0d.
and 6d. every additional ½ lb.]

[Curly brackets from Ceylon to Australia:
under 4 oz. 0s. 4d.
" 8 oz. 0s. 8d.
" 16 oz. 1s. 4d.
and 8d. every additional ½ lb.]

A Book Packet may consist of any num-
ber of separate books, invoices, maps, or
prints, and any quantity of paper, vellum,
or parchment, (to the exclusion of Letters,
or any communication of the nature of a
letter) and the books, maps, paper, &c. may
be either printed, written, or plain, or any

POST OFFICE, &c,
mixture of the three, but those to India
& New South Wales must not exceed 3 lbs.

The postage of Letters to and from
Soldiers and Sailors not above Half an
ounce in Weight, prepaid, 1d. unpaid 2d.
in addition to Foreign Rates, if to or
through a Foreign Country, but no
further charge upon re-direction.

DELIVERIES.

In the environs of London (within a
circle of three miles from the General
Post Office) there are ten deliveries
daily; and in the country districts
including a circle of about twelve miles
from the General Post Office, there are
at most places six deliveries daily.*

LONDON.—Letters from one part of
the Town to another
, if put into the

[table used for transcription convenience; original document has curly brackets under each heading]

Rec. Offices. Chief Office. Will be sent Out
* bef. 9 a.m.
* 11
  12
  1 p.m.
  2
* 3
  4
* 5
* 6
* 10
¼ to 10 a.m.
¼ to ​​​​​​​12
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​1 p.m.
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​2
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​3
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​4
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​5
¼​​​​​​​ to ​​​​​​​6
        7
       10
at 10 a.m.
12
1 p.m.
2
3
4
5
6
7·30
7·30 a.m.

MODE OF PAYMENT.

Inland Letters, &c. must be prepaid by
Labels or Stamped Covers, that is to say,
there are 1d., 2d., 4d., 6d. and 1s., adhesive
Labels, which being stuck on the face
of the Letter, may be used to represent so
much money: there are also 1d. and 2d.
envelopes and Covers, under the same re-
gulation. Foreign or Colonial Letters
may be prepaid either with money or
stamps, at the option of the sender; In-
land Letters posted at St. Martin's-le-
Grand, before 5 p.m. daily, may also be
paid for with money if the postage amount
to 20s.

INLAND EVENING MAILS.—Letters
can be posted at the Receiving Houses till
5½ P.M.. and with a fee paid by means of
a Penny Stamp affixed to the Letter, until
6 P.M.; at the Branch Offices, at Charing
Cross, Old Cavendish Street, and High-
st., Borough, till 6 P.M.; and with a fee of
1d. (which with the postage must be paid
by a Stamp or Stamps affixed to the Letter)
until 6¾ P.M.; at the Branch Office in Lom-
bard Street, till 6 P.M.; and till 7 P.M. with
the postage and an extra 1d. paid by means
of a Stamp or Stamps affixed to the Letter:
at the General Post Office, St. Martin's.
le-Grand, until 6 P.M.,and until 7 P.M. upon
payment of a fee of one Penny (or an
affixed Stamp) in addition to the Postage,
which must then be paid in advance, and
from 7 till half-past 7, upon payment of a
fee of 6d. with each.

Letters for the Irish Express Mail, must
be posted in London, at the Receiving
Houses before 2 P.M.; at the London Branch
Offices before 3 P.M.: and at the Chief Office
St. Martin's-le-Grand, before 3.30 P.M.

INLAND MORNING MAILS—Let-
ters must be posted at the Receiving
Houses before 10 P.M. previous evening;
at the Branch Offices, Charing Cross,

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