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POSTAGE DlliEGTORY— JLATES.
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Pkovidkd the Postage be fully prcpaicl, and that, excopt where otlierwise stated, they do not contain
any Writing or other Manuscript Marka besides the JSTame and AddresK of the Tersou to whom
they are sent, Books and Prinii-d Papers can, at the following Kates, and oa the conditions of the
Inland Book Post, be sent to the Foreign Countries named below : —
COUNTUIES, ETC.
Argentine Confederation, by
French Packet
*JAustria, via France .
Baden, do.
Bavaria, do.
Brazil, by French Paclcet .
Cuba, do.
*}Denmark, via Belgium
^llEgj'pt (French OfTices), by
French Packet
**JForeign Countries on the Con-
tinent of Europe, via Bel-
gium ....
*J§ German States, via, Bel->
givini j"
Greece, by French Packet
Do., via Italy
Guadaloupe, bj' French Packet
Hohenzollern, via Franco .
Holland, via France .
*^ j Ionian Islands, via France and)
Austria j
Martiuiriue, by French Packet .
Mexico, do.
"tMoldavia, via France and|_
Austria J
*JNorway, viS. Denmark
Paraguay, by French Packet .
^Russia, via Belgium .
Senegal, by French Packet
Spain and the Balearic and)
Canary Islands . . . j
'■JSwedeu, via Denmark
Switzerland, via France .
■'■)|Syria (French Offices), by)
French Packet . . .J
*llTangiers and Tunis, do. .
*|jTurkey, do. .
* jTurkey, via France and Austria
Uruguay, by French Packet
*JWallachia, via Fi-ance aud\
Austria J
Wurtemburg, via France .
Countries, via France, not men-\
tioned in this List . . .J
*}Azores \
* jCape de Verd Islands . . |
''JMadeira I
*j Portugal, or any Portuguese
Possession on the West Coast
of Africa . .
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E.XCKPT/ONS, ETC.
When sent to any German State, EuKsiii,
or Denmark, via Belgium, to Austiia
via France, or to the Azores, Cape
de Verds, Madeira, or Portugal, un-
bound proof sheets (but those only)
may contain ordinary corrections of
the press.
No packet sent to a country marked
thus X must exceed 3 \hs. in weight,
and the weight of a puck'-l for the
Azores, Cape de Verds, Madeira, or
Portugal, is limited to 1 lb.
No packet must exceed 18 inches in
width, depth, or length, when sent to
Turkey, Syria, or Egypt by Frencli
Packet, or to the Azores, Cape de
Verds, Madeira, or Portugal.
Books sent to Sjjain, the Balearic or
Canary Islands, must be unbound ;
and no prints, music, maps, or drav.--
ings are allowed, unless tlu-y fori.i
part of the publication with which
they are sent.
*Cases, rollers, maps, book-markers.
pencils, pens, etc., may not be sent
in a packet of i^rinted papers to any
countrj' besides those marked thus*.
Photographs on paper may be sent only
to the countries marked thus %.
§ The German States are — Austria,
Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, Brunswick.
Frankfort-on-the-Maine, the Grand
Duchy of Hesse, Hamburg, Hanover,
Hesse Electoral Hesse Homburg,
Hohenzollern, Laueuburg, Lippt^
Detmold, Lubeck, Luxemburg, Meck-
lenburg Sch^s-erin, Mecklenbui-g
Strelitz, Nassau, Oldenburg. Prussia.
Eeuss, Saxe Coburg Gotha, Sase
Meiningen, Saxe Weimar, ELsenach,
Saxony. Schauniburg Lippe.
Schwartzburg Rudolstadt, Schwartz-
burg S on derhausen. a n dWurtemliui"g.
French offices are established at Alex-
andria, Alexandretta, Beyrout. Con-
stantinople, Dardanelles, Galatz,
Gallipoli, Ibraila, Ineboli, Jaffa, Ke-
rassun, Latakia, Mersina, Mitylene,
Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, Siuope.
Smyrna, Sulina, Tangiers, Tripoli
in Syria, Trebizond, Tultscha, Tunis,
Varna, Volo.
In Spain, as a rule, the circulation is prohibited of all articles which are not either letters or printed
papers : but patterns and samples may be sent under the following regulations : —
1. The patterns or samples themselves must be of no intrinsic value whatever.
2. Thej' must be enclosed in covers open at the ends or sides, or in such other manner as to admit
of a thorough inspection.
3. The covers must contain no vrriting except the usual trade marks and numbers.
4. Packets of patterns and samples thus forwarded will be liable in this country to the same rates
of postage as ordinary letters for Spain, viz. Cd. for a packet not exceeding a quai'ter of an
ounce in weight, increasing for heavier weights at the rate of 6d. for each quarter of an
ounce ; and such postage must in all cases be paid in advance.