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POSTAL DIRECTORY— HOURS OF CLOSING, ETC.
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HOUES OF CLOSING FOR THE LEADING MAILS, AND WHEN DELIVERED
IN EDINBURGH.
DeliTered
in
Edinburgh.
a.m. and 2.30 f Aberdeen and North
and 8 p.m. \\ Do. do.
8 and 11.30 a.m.
8 and 11.30 a.m. .
and 11.30 a.m.
and 6.15 p.m.
and 11.30 a.m.
and 8 p.m.
11.30 a.m. and
8 p.m.
r
8 & 11.30 a.m. and I
2.30, 6.15, and^
8 p.m. '
I
8 a.m. & 2.30 p.m. |
8 & 11.30 a.m. and (
8 p.m. I
8 a.m. & 6.15 p.m. 4
Belfast and North of Ireland
BER^^^CK
Do. and N.E. of England
Do. do.
Do. Supplementary
Dublin and all Ireland
Do. do.
Dundee and Perth
Do. Supplementary
Do. . . .
Do. . . .
Fife
Do. Supplementary
Do
Glasgow and West
Do. do. .
Do. do. .
Do. do. .
Do. do. .
Do. Supplementary
Hawick .
Do. . . .
In^-erness and North
Do. do. .
\ and all England
J viS, Carlisle
London
Do.
Deliveries,
1st Delivery
2d do.
3d do.
4th do.
5tli do.
BOX CLEARED.
General
Post Office.
H.M.
5.15 a.m.
8. p.m.
fll.SO a.m.
\ 5.30 p.m.
6.30 a.m.
1.30 p.m.
6. p.m.
9.30 p.m.
5.30 p.m.
8.30 p.m.
5.15 a.m.
12.45 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
8. p.m.
5.15 a.m.
8. a.m.
3.30 p.m.
6.30 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
3.30 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
8. p.m.
«10.30 p.m.
6.15 a.m.
3.30 p.m.
5.15 a.m.
8. p.m.
5.30 p.m.
8.30 p.m.
7.30 a.m.
11.15 a.m.
2.15 p.m.
G. p.m.
7.30 p.m.
Town Receiving
Offices, and Pillar
Letter Boxes.
H.M.
cZlO. p.m.
7. p.m.
10. a.m.
5. p.m.
dlQ. p.m.
1. p.m.
* 5. p.m.
8. p.m.
5. p.m.
8. p.m.
dlO. p.m.
10.15 a.m.
3. p.m.
7. p.m.
dlO. p.m.
3. p.m.
dlO. p.m.
10.15 a.m.
3. p.m.
7. 6 p.m.
dlO. p.m.
diO. p.m.
3. p.m.
dlO. p.m.
7. p.m.
5. p.m.
8. p.m.
dW. p.m.
10.15 a.m.
bl. p.m.
5. p.m.
Sunday,
G.P.O.
H.M.
5.45 a.m.
4. p.m.
*5.30 p.m.
1 8.30 p.m.
* 5.30 p.m.
1 8.30 p.m.
5.45 a.m.
4. p.m.
5.45 a.m.
4. p.m. (Cupar
only.)
* 5.30 p.m.
. 1 8.30 p.m.
5.45 a.m.
5.45 a.m.
4. p.m.
* 5.30 p.m.
1 8.30 p.m.
7.30 a.m.
DELIVERIES IN EDINBURGH AND LEITH.
1st, commencing at 8 a.m., and ending about 9.30, Paid Letter Office open from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m.
a.m., includes Mails from abroad, London, aU; Private Box and Strangers' Letters delivered
parts of England and Ireland, and Scotland
south from Inverness, Fife excepted.
2d, commencing at 11.30 a.m., and ending about
1.15 p.m., includes Mails from the N.E. of
England, S.E. and S.W. of Scotland, Glasgow,
Perth, Dundee, Fife, and Local Posts,
therefrom.
Annual Fee for Private Box, 21s.
used, 21s. additional.
Sundays.
if a Bag is
3d, commencing at 2.30 p.m., and ending about 4.45 From 8 to 9 a.m. at General Post Office, and
p.m., includes Mails from Aberdeen, Stirling,
Glasgow, Dunfermline, Hawick, and Local!
Posts.
4th, commencing at 6.15 p.m., and ending about 8
p.m., includes Mails from Newcastle, Carlisle,
Liverpool, Kirkcaldy, Haddington, Peebles,
Hawick, Glasgow, aiid Local Posts.
5th, commencing at 8 p.m., and ending about 9.30
p.m., includes Mails from Thurso, Inverness,
Dingwall, Aberdeen, Dundee, Perth, Stirling,
Fife, Dunfermline, and Local Posts. I
Branch Office, Leith.
* 5 p.m. ~|
t 8 p.m. j-
from Leith Branch Office.
a Not despatched on Saturdays.
b 1.45 from Leith Offices.
d 9 p.m. from Receiving Offices ; 10 p.m. from
PillarLetter Boxes; Leith Branch Office, Duke
Street, Leith, and Leith Walk at 7 a.m.