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Rates of Postac/e.
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Kates of Postage from Edinhu7'gh to Countries heyond Seas.
Note. The postage to the following places must be paid whea the letters are given in, excepting
those marked thus *, which are optional.
Via LONDON.
Per Privaxe Ships.
s. d.
Batavia
3
Bourbon, Isle of

Cape Coast Castle

Cape of Good Hope
3
Ceylon
3
China
U
East Indies
3
Goree . .

Malacca .
3
Mauritius
3
New South Wales
3
Senegal

Sierra Leone

South America (except to
nlaces which go by the
Brazil, Buenos Ayres, &
Leeward Island Pack.)
1

St Helena
1

Swan River
1
3
Van Diemen's Land .
1
3
Per Steam Vessels from the
River Thames.
Denmark
Germany
Holland
Prussia
Russia
Sweden
Per Dover Packets.
Belgium . . 2
France, to frontier of 1
Germany (via France) 2
India (via Marseilles)
(single and below ^ oz.) .3
Ionian Islands (via France) 2
Italy (via France) . 2
Spain (via France) . 2
Switzerland (via France) 2
Turkey (via France) 2
Via FALMOUTH.
AMERICAN PACKET.
First Wed. of each Month.
s,
* America, British North 1
America, United States of, 1
* Bermuda . . 2
•Halifax . . 1
*New Brunswick . 1
Newfoundland, Island of 1
*Nova Scotia . . 1
BRAZIL PACKET.
First Tuesday of each Month,
Azores
Bahia
Buenos Ayres
Canary Islands
Chili
Madeira .
Maranhama (Brazil)
Pernambuco
Peru
Rio de Janeiro
LEEWARD ISLAND AND
JAMAICA PACKET.
First and 15th day of each Month.
•Antigua
"Bahamas
*Barbadoes
*Berbice
* Demerara
*Dominica
*Essiquibo
"Granada
Guadaloupe
* Jamaica
Martinique
*Montserrat
"Nevis
St Croix
•St Kitt's
*St Lucia
St Martin's
*St Thomas
•St Vincent
• Tobago
•Tortola
•Trinidad
s. dt
2 5
Carthagena
Cuba
Havannah
Honduras
Mexico
St Domingo,
First Day of each Month.
La Guayra . . 3 4
MEDITERRANEAN
PACKET.
Every Saturday.
Cadiz . ..22
Gibraltar . . 2 6
Lisbon ..29
Madeira . . 2 10
Oporto . . 2 9
Vigo ... 2 9
Every alternate Saturday.
Greece . . 2 6
Ionian Islands . 2 6'
Malta ... 2 6
Every fourth Saturday/.
Egypt and India . 2 6
MEXICAN PACKET.
15/A of every Month.
Caraccas ... 3
Letters for Canada or the
United States, if ordered to bo
sent via Liverpool, must be paid
when the letters are put in. —
Postage Is.
Letters for places to which
there are no regular packets, are
sent by private ships as oppor
tunity occurs. See Rates of
Postage.
Falmouth Packets made up in London as follows
Lisbon, Madeira,
Malta, Greece,
Egypt
Months.
Lisbon, Madeira,
Malta, Greece,
Egypt.''.
Spain, & Gibraltar.
and Ionian Isls.
& India.
Spain, <k Gibraltar.
and loniaa Isls.
& India.
Jun.1839.
Every Saturday
1, 15, and 29
8
Dec. 1839,
Every Saturday
14 and 28
21
July,
do.
13 and 27
6
Jan. 1840
do.
11 and 25
18
August,
do.
10 and 24
3&13
ebruary,
do.
8 and 22
16
Septem.
do.
7 and 21
28
March,
do.
7 and 21
14
October,
do.
5 and 19
26
April,
do.
4 and 18
U
Novemb.
I do.
2, 16, and 30
I 23
^Vlay,
do.
2, 16, and 30
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