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POSTAGE DIRECTORY — FOREIGN AND COLONIAL.
EATES OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS AND NEWSPAPERS TO THE
COLONIES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
* To those Places, and by the Route marked *, the Letter Postage must be paid in advance.
Newspapers to the Colonies and Foreign Countries must be posted within Seven Days after
their publication ; and to all places to which they are not forwarded free, the Postage on
them must be paid in advance.
Newspaper
Postage.
2d each
3d —
Tree
2d each
Brit. Settlmt
Free
Id each
Free
3d each
2d —
2d —
Id —
3d —
2d —
5d —
4d —
Id —
Free
3d each
Id —
2d —
The First Route given in this List is that by which Let-
ters are forwarded as a matter oj course ; if wished to be
sent otherwise, they must be addressed accordingly.
•Accra, see Africa, west coast of.
•Aden, Arabia, by British packet, via Mar-
seilles,
Aden, do., via Southampton, .
•Africa, west coast of, by packet,
Africa, other places not British (except Alge-
ria and Cape of Good Hope, both of which
see), by private ship,
Agra, see India, East.
Algeria, .......
Alexandria, Egypt, by closed mail, via Mar
seilles,
Alexandria, via Southampton,
Alexandria, by French packet, via Mar
seilles,
America, see United States of.
Amsterdam, Holland, ....
Antigua, see West Indies, British.
Anguella, see West Indies, British.
*Arabia, by closed mail, via Marseilles, .
Arabia, via Southampton,
Archipelago (Grecian), see Greece.
•Archipelago (Indian), (except the Dutch pos
sessions, see Java), by private ship, .
•Archipelago (Indian) (except as above), by
packet, via Marseilles and India,
•Archipelago (except as above), by packet
via Southampton and India,
Athens, see Greece.
Ascension, see Cape of Good Hope.
•Ascension Island, by private ship,
•Australia, by direct packet, via Plymouth,
and Southampton and India, on alternate
months,
'Australia, via Marseilles and India, every
second month,
•Australia, by private ship, .
Austria (except Lombardy), via Belgium
Austria, via France, ....
Austria, via Holland, ....
Letter Postage.
Under
I oz.
s. d.
1 10
10
1 8
1 3
1 10
2 2
1 10
1 4
1 8
Under Under
J oz.
s. d.
| oz.
8
1 3
2 1
1 G
2 1
1
2 3
1
8
2 7
1 4
8
1
2 3
8
8
2 3
2 4
s. d.
2 3 14 1
1
1
2 1
2 9
3 4
4 1
4 9
4 1
Under
1 oz.
s. d.
4 6
2
2
1 4
2 G
4 2
3
4 2
2
4 6
2
1 4
5 2
2 8
1 4
2