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POSTAL DIRECTORY— RATES.
POSTAL DIRECTORY.
GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
^0Blmast£r-(6tnwal for l^t Sntltb ^ingbom,
THE RIGHT HON. LORD JOHN MANNERS, M.P.
Surfatgor-^tnrral for Stollanb,
A. M. CUNYNGHAME, Esq.
SURVEYOR GENERAL'S OFFICE.
Hours, 10 to 4 ; Saturdays, 10 to 1.
Principal Clerks, C. J. Connell, F. Braid.
First Class Clerks, H. Chancellor, J. F. Pillans, A.
Lowson.
Second Class Clerks, J. Gonsalez, J. G. Prentice, H.
Leee, G. B. Stronach, jun^ E. D. Thomson, W.
Cousland.
Counsel, John Burnett, advocate.
Solicitor, John Cay, W.S.
Medical Officer, Dr Andrew Halliday Douglas.
Storekeeper, W. Taylor.
SURVEYING BRANCH.
Surveyor, John Warren; Pi-incipal Clerk, W. E-
Mitford.
Clerks— First-class, C. A. Maitland, W. Scott;
Second-class, W. Brown, D. W. 0. Harkness, E
P. W. Redford.
ACCOUNT BRANCH.
Hours, 10 to 4 ; Saturdays, 10 to 1.
Accountant, John Marrable.
Fxaminer, William Houy.
Cash Clerk, G. Young.
Clerks. — First-class, C. T. Butchard, G. Atkins, J.
Shepherd, George S. Smith, G. W. Hailing.
Second-class, J. S. Wyllie, R. C. O'Hara, J.
Hamilton, J. Simnx, G. Steell, F. J. Bishop, M.
Mackenzie, C. G. CLark, R. Falconer.
Third-class, J. Gray, W. B. Hamilton, J. S.
Smyth, J. Slater, W. Campbell, John Scott,
D. Irons, J. A. T. Gibb, G. W. Young, A.
Dickson, J. Laing, N. W. R. Johnston.
Chief Clerk, W. W. Halliburton. !
TELEGRAPH ACCOUNT BRANCH. |
First-class Clerk, T. A. Croal. I
General Body of Cle)-ks, E. Selway, J. Webster, 0|"
Landale, J. \^. Butchard, R. Landale, T. Logan, T.
Steedman, G. E. Maffett,and seven Tracing Clerks.
Inspection of Mbssaobs.
Superintendent, Mrs W. M. Dowling.
Assistant, vacant. j
Clerks, Misses C. H. Croal, L. T. T. Scotland, J"
Scotland.
SORTING DEPARTMENT.
Superintendent, W. J. Smellie.
Superintending Clerks, F. Jones, T. C. Lowes,
and J. Oockburn.
Assistant Superintending Clerks, W. Gray, G. B.
Stronach, and J. Gentle.
Writing Clerk, T. Coltherd.
Returned Lettbp Branch.
Superintending Clerk, Alexander Youug.
Writing Clerk, J. Grieve.
Acting Postmaster of Leith, J. Murray.
Inspector of Letter-carriers, Andrew Simpson.
Assistant Inspectors, G. Mitchell, Edward Greenho^
and George M Silver.
TELEGRAPH DEPARTMENT. i
Divisional Engineer for Scotland, Edward Tansley.
Superintendent — First-class, James Gibson.
Superintendents — Second-class, D. Lessels, A
Cawood, J. M'Intyre, F. D. Black.
Inspectors — First-class, W. Harvey and E. Campbell
Instrument Room.
Superintendent-in- Chief, A. Gray.
Superintendent, W. Wood.
Assist. Supers., M. Byrne, W. E. Briggs, J. Bolton,
W. Clutterbuck, R. Haworth, H. Thompson.
RATES OF POSTAGE, AND CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION.
INLAND LETTERS.
rates of postage to be prepaid are as
Id.
The
follows, viz. : —
For a letter not exceeding 1 oz.,
„ exceeding 1 oz. but not exceed-
ing 2 oz., .... l|d.
„ exceeding 2 oz. but not exceed-
ing 4 oz., . . . 2d.
„ exceeding 4 oz. but not exceed-
ing 6 oz., .... 2^d.
„ exceeding 6 oz. but not exceed-
ing 8 oz., .... 3d.
„ exceeding oz. but not exceed-
ing 18 oz., . . . 3Jd.
„ exceeding 10 oz. but not exceed-
ing 12 oz., . . . 4d.
A letter exceeding the weight of 12 oz. is liable
to a postage of Id. for every ounce, beginning
•with the first ounce. A letter, for example, weigh-
ing V)etween 14 and 15 ounces must be prepaid
liftmen pence.
A letter posted unpaid is chargeable on delivery
with double postage; and a letter posted in suflSciently i
prepaid is chargeable with double the deficiency. Oi i
re-directed letters the charge for re-direction is the
same, whether prepaid or collected on delivery. i
No letter may exceed the dimensions of one
foot six inches in length, nine inches in width, and
six inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one ;
of the Government offices.
COLONLAL AND FOREIGN LETTERS.
The rates of postage on letters to foreign countries
and the colonies are entered in the Table of Foreign
and Colonial Postage.
To some countries prepayment is compulsory.
Where such is the case, the letter ' c ' is prefixed w
the rates of postage ; prepayment being in all other
cases optional.
To some countries the whole of the postage cannot
be prepaid ; and in such cases the letter 'a' is pre-
fixed to the rates of postage, to indicate that an
additional charge is made on delivery.
A letter posted unpaid, or paid only in ptft,