and so on, adding two postages for every ounce; unless pre-paid by a stamp, the postage is charged double, and if the weight of the letter should exceed the value of the stamps attached, the excess will be charged double. Shilling, sixpenny, and fourpenny stamps are issued. Newspapers, to go the same day, must be put into the General Post Office before six o'clock; but those put in before half past seven o'clock will go the same evening by paving a halfpenny with each. In the Branch Offices they must be put in before half-past five, and at the Receiving Houses before five. They must be sent in covers open at the sides, and, to go free, no words or communication must be printed on such paper after the same shall have been published, nor any writing or marks upon such printed paper, or the cover thereof, other than the name and address of the person to whom it is sent. Stamped papers can be circulated free of postage at any time within fifteen days, as often as is desired. The impressed stamp on newspapers is only available for circulation within the United Kingdom, and if sent abroad either to foreign countries or the colonies, newspapers must have affixed stamps to the amount of postage from 1d. to 3d., whether bearing an impressed stamp or not, except to those foreign countries where they are permitted to go free through the Foreign Post, in which case the impressed stamp is sufficient. The Book Post conveys books and printed papers, including unstamped newspapers, at the following rates: If the postage paid be less than 4d., the packet must consist exclusively of printed matter, but there is no restriction as to number of sheets or separate publications; if the postage amount to or exceed 4d., the packet may consist of any number of sheets, written or printed (but the written matter must not be closed against inspecttion, nor be of the nature of a letter), or of bound books, or maps or prints on rollers, or whatever is necessary to the safe transmission of literary or artistic matter; such packets, however, not to exceed two feet in length, width, or depth, and all must be open at the ends or sides. Such packets may also be sent to the British West Indies, British North America, Newfoundland, Bermuda, Cape Town, Gibraltar, Malta, the Ionian Islands, St. Helena, the Gold Coast, New South Wales, South Australia, and New Zealand, at the rate of 64. per 8 oz.; and to the East Indies, Ceylon, Mauritius, and HongKong, at the rate of 8d. per 8 oz. MORNING MAILS. The Letter Boxes at the Receiving Houses will be open till ten P.M. previous evening for newspapers and letters; and those at the branch offices, Charing Cross, Old Cavendish-street, and the Borough, for the reception of newspapers until 6.45 A.M., and for letters until 7.15 A.M. At the General Post Office and the Branch Office in Lombard-street, the boxes will close for newspapers at seven A.M., and for letters at a quarter before eight A.M. Mail despatched at half-past nine A.M. Letters and newspapers for Ireland, posted at any re. ceiving office before two or any branch office before three, or at St. Martin's-leGrand by half-past three, are despatched at five, and reach Dublin early on the following morning. To the British Military and Naval Forces in the Black Sea, Turkey, and the Crimea, Mails are forwarded from London every Monday and Friday evenings, via Marseilles, by French packet. Postage, both officers and men, 3d. not exceeding oz.; 6d. not exceeding oz.; and so on. Newspapers, 2d. each. By packet direct, or via Malta, officers 11d. not exceeding oz.; men 1d. not exceeding oz.; newspapers 1d. each. To the Forces in the Baltic, Mails are forwarded from London every Tuesday, via Dantzic. Postage, both officers and men, 3d. not exceeding oz., and so on. Newspapers cannot be sent via Dantzic. By direct ship-of-war, newspapers are sent at a postage of 1d. each. Members of either House of Parliament are entitled 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 do not exceed the weight of 32 ounces. Letters containing coin or articles of value are recommended, to be registered. The fee in any case in Great Britain is 6d. and the postage, and to France double the postage. Money orders for sums under 5. are granted by every post-town upon every other post-town in the United Kingdom, on application at the various offices; and also by and upon certain offices in the metropolis, of which the postmasters are furnished with a list, for which a commission of 3d. for Two Pounds, and 6d. for any sum above Two Pounds and not exceeding Five Pounds, is charged. They must be presented for payment within the second calendar month after their issue or a fresh order will be charged for, and within the twelfth calendar month, or they will not be paid at all. A money order granted upon London, without specifying any particular office in London, can only be paid at the General Belgium Uniform Rate 0 6 Uniform Brit. and For. Rate 08 0 6 By Packels from Dover. Brit. and For. (under oz.) 06 *Countries on the Conti- Uniform British nent of Europe, via rate (not ex Belgium France and Algeria via . ceeding oz.). 08 Brit. and For. 'J (under oz.) 0 4 under oz. do. do. do. (Letters to or from France, sent unpaid, are charged double the above rate.) Prussia, via France Russia *Poland do. do. *Spain and Portugal, via France Two Sicilies, Papal States, Modena, Parma and Placentia Greece, Archipelago, Ionian Islands, via France Bavaria, via France Austrian Dominions and) Wurtemberg do. do. Switzerland Belgium 08 1 1 1 1 0 10 1 1 under 1 oz. 1 1 under oz. 0 8 Unif. Brit. & Foreign rate, 1 do. 08 do. 0 8 do. 0 8 do. 0 6 Certain Northern States of Europe, forwarded through the Office of Tour and 1 1 Taxis, via France do. Certain States of Germany, served by the Office of Tour and Taxis, via France do. S Wallachia and Moldavia, via France do. Turkey in Europe (Belgrade excepted), }1 8 17 7 at bef. 8, 10, 12 a.m., bef. 1, 2, 3, The above deliveries are confined to London; and in the environs, within a circle of three miles, including Camberwell, Camden Town, Dalston, Hackney, Holloway, Islington, Kent Road (Old), Kennington, Kentish Town, Kingsland, Newington Butts, Pentonville, Shacklewell, South Lambeth, Somers Town, Vauxhall, and Walworth, there are six deliveries a day, and letters posted in London before six are delivered the same evening. All places within six miles of the General Post Office have letters delivered the same evening if posted before five o'clock at a receiving-house, or before a quarter to six at the chief office. The district extends twelve miles round London, but includes Hampton Court, Hampton, and Sunbury, though beyond the limits; and the number of deliveries vary from five to two. Scutari in Asia, via France |