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POSTAGE DIRECTORY — FOREIGN AND COLONIAL,
TIME OF THE ARRIVAL AND DESPATCH OF FOREIGN AND
COLONIAL MAILS IN EDINBURGH.
Names ok Places
Despatched.
West Indies — British and Foreign
(except Honduras, Nassau, and j
Havannah), Venezuela, California, ;
Panama, New Granada, Chili, and \
Peru, •'
Mexico and Havannah, .
Honduras and Nassau,
Brazil, B. Ay res, Canary Islands, and
Madeira, ....
"West Coast of Africa, Madeira, Tene
riflFe, &c., ....
Bermuda, Nova Scotia, and New
Brunswick, ....
United States and British America
(by British Packet),
Ditto (by United States Packet),
France and Spain, .
Belgium, Holland, German States
Cities of Hamburg, Bremen, and
Lubec, Sweden, Norway, Russia
Prussia, and Ionian Islands,
d Lisbon, Madeira (if addressed via
Lisbon), Spain (if addressed via
Southampton), and Gibraltar,
c India (East), c Malta, c Alexandria;
and c China {via Southampton),
a India (East), a Malta, a Alexandria,
and a China (via Marseilles),
e 1st and 16th— 1-45 p.m.
e 1st — 1-45 P.M.
e ] 6th— 1-45 P.M.
e 8th— 1-45 P.M.
I I / 22d— 7-20 P.M.
} By every alternate British)
^ i American Packet. f
Eveiy Friday — 7-20 p.m.
Once a Week.
Daih'.
Daily.
2(1 and 17ih.
2d.
i7th.
17th.
ilonthly.
Fortnightly.
Every Thursday.
Weekly.
Daily.
Daily.
e 6th, 16th, and 26th— 1-45 p.m.- 7th, 17th, and 27tb.
rj 3d and 19t,h — 1-45 p.m.
/ 7th and 23d— 7-20 p.m.
' via Plymouth,! j 3d every alternate Month, )
. . ,. .^^ ,,, , ) or other PortJ ( 7-20 p.m. \
' ^ ^'' 'i via Southamp-; { g 3d every alternate Month, )
{ ton and India, ( 1-45 p.m. \
Ditto, via Marseilles and India . I / 7th every alternate Month,
Cape of Good Hope, Ascension, and ) ;
Mauritius, \
By private Ship.
New Zealand,
( By private Ships, as they i
< occur, or by Australian >
( Mail, if so marked. )
5th and 22d.
17th and 30th.
a Every altern. Month.
5th do.
30th do.
Uncertain.
Uncertain.
£®* For r.atcs of Postage, see Table commencing next page.
a Always sent by this Mail, unless otherwise directed.
c Letters always sent via Slarseilles, if not specially marked ria Southampton.
d Letters for Portugal sent daily, via France, if so directed.
e When these dates occur on .Saturday, the Mails close next day same hour.
/ When these dates occur on Saturday, the Mails close following evening.
g When these dates occur on Saturd,ay, the Mails doss previous night.