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POSTAGE DIRECTORY.
will aTa(l themselves of the proper means of security, and ia no case, by committing property unregistered
to the Letter-boxes, risk its loss. If, however, notes are sent, the parties should be recommended in cut
them in halves, and the second halves should not be dispatched until the receipt of the first have
been acknowledged. The numbers, dates, and amounts, should also be carefully taken.
REDIRECTED LETTERS.
Redirected Letters are suVject to additional rates of Postage; but whether the Letters have been
originally prepaid or not, thi'y are only liable to be charged at the prepaid rate for the additional
Postage, which is to be paid on delivery.
OVERCHARGES, DELAYS, &c.
In all cases of complaint, whether arising Irom overcharges, delays, and other irregularities, tlie
covers (and contents in all practicable cases) should be forwarded to the Secretary, General-Post Office,
for investigation, as affording the only efficient means of answering such complaints satisfactorily.
Overcharges, however, are returned at the General Post-Office between the houis of ten and tuur, on
presenting the overcharged Letters at the window of the Paid Letter Office.
LETTERS NOT TO BE DELIVERED BACK.
To prevent the possibility of Letters being surreptitiously obtained from the Offices where put in,
office-keepers are strictly forbid returning, to any persons whomt-oever, Letters that may be r>pplii d
lor, under whatever circumstances the recovery may be urged. This is, moreover, torbid by the esta-
blished principle, that the instant a letter is committed to the Post, it is no longer the property of il.e
Sender.
ILLEGAL CONVEYANCE OF LETTERS.
By the 1st Victoria, cap. 36, sec. 2, any person illegally convey iiig Letters incurs a penalty of L.6 fiif
every offence, and L.lOO for every week the practice is continued. The Sender also incurs a pet;ahy
of L.5 lor eveiy offence, with full Co^t^ of Suit.
ARTICLES WHICH MAY NOT BE SENT BY POST.
LeUers or Packets cannot be forw aided, conveyed, or delivereii by the Pust-Office containing any
of the following enclosures — viz., anv Glass or Glass Botile. any Razor, Scissors, Knife, Fork, or otlur
sharp or pointed instrument; any Leeches, Game, Fish, Flesh, Fruit, Vegetable, or other peiishad e
substance; any Bladder, or other vessel containing liquid ; or any article, matter, or thing whatsoevei-.
which might, by pressuie or otherwise, be rendered injurious to the Officers of the Post-Office, or to
the contents of the iMail-bags; and the Act and 4 Victoria, cap. 96, expressly directs that no letter
shall be sent by Post containing any explosive or other dangerous material or substance.
Money Order Office.
Money Orders are issued and paid at the General Post-OiEce, Edinburgh, between the hoiiis
of 10 and 4.
The commission chargeable for Money Orders is threepence on sums not exceeding L.2, and on
sums above L.2, and not exceeding 1.1.5, sixpence. No order will be given for sums beyond this
amount.
The Money Order Office, and the system of Registration, have been devised expressly for the
security of Money and other valuable property transmitted through the Post-Office. With the
great convenience thus aftbrded for transmitting small sums at so low a charge, and the power
given of Registering Letters containing value, it is hoped the Public will no longer forward letters
of value except in one or other of these methods.
In all cases where personal attendance is inconvenient, if the Jloney Order is receipted by the
person to whom it is made payable, and the party presenting it for payment can afford full infor-
mation as to the Christian name, surname, address, and occupation of the person who orujinally
obtained the order, payment will be made ; but unless these conditions are strictly complied with,
it will be refused.
The following is the list of places in Scotland, England, Wales, and Ireland, upon which alone
Money Orders can be drawn, and at which they can be issued. A Money Order intended for a
person residing at a place in which there is no Money Order Office, should be drawn upon the
Post Town nearest to it, which may have a Money Order Office : —
Aberbrothick
Aberdeen
Aberdour
Aberfeldy
Aboyne
Airdrie
Alloa
Annan
Anstruther
Appin
Ardersier
Ardrossan
Aros
Auchterarder
Auchtermuchty
Ayr
Ayton
Balerno
Ballantrae
Ballater
Ballindalloch
Banff
Bathgate
Beauly
Beith
Bervie
Biggar
Blackshiels
Blair Adam
Blair AthoU
Blairgowrie
Bonar Bridge
Bonaw
Borrowstouness
Bowmore
Braco
Brechin
Bridge of Earn
SCOTLAND.
Broadford
Buchie
Burntisland
Callander
Campbeltown
Canonbie
Carnoustie
Carr Bridge
Castle Douglas
Chance Inn
Cockburnspath
Coldstream
Colinsburgh
Colinton
Corstorphine
Craig EUachie
Crail
Cramond
Creetown
Crieff
Cromarty
Cullen
Culross
Cumnock
Cupar (Angus)
Cupar (Fife)
Currie
Dalkeith
Denny
Dingwall
Dornoch
Douglas, Lanark-
shire
Doune
Dumbarton
Dumfries
Dunbar
Dunbeith ,1
Dunblane
Dundee*
Dunfermline
Dunkeld
Dunoon
Dunse
Dunvegan
Ecclefechan
Eddleston
Edinburgh
Elgin
Ellon
Errol
Evanton
Falkirk
Fettercaim
Fochabers
Ford
Forfar.