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LEADING MAIL DESPATCHES, AND WHEN DELIVEEED.
Delivered
in
Edinbui'gh.
7.0 and 10.15 a.m.,]
2.30 and 6.15 p.m. 1
7.0, 10.15 a.m. A
7.0 and 10.16 a.m.,)
4.30 and 7.30 p.m. "j
10.15 a.m., and 7.30 j
p.m. t
7.0, 10.15, a.m., 2.30, j
and-<
4.30, 8.15,
7.30 p.m.
7.0 and 11.40 a.m.,j
4.30 and 7.30 p.m. )
7.0 a.m., 4.30 and I
6.16 p.m. ]
7.0 and 10.15 a.m.,
2.30, 4.30, 6.15, and
7.30 p.m.
7.0, 10.15, and 11.40
».m,2.30,4.30,6.16,-(
and 7.30 p.m.
V
7.0, 10.15, a.m., 2.30 J
and 4.30 p.m. '^
V
7.0, 10.15, a.m., and
6.15 p.m
2.30 and 6.15 p.m.
7.0. 10.16, a.m., 4.30
and 7.30 p.m.
7.0 a.m. .
10.15 am.
11.40 a.m.
2.30 p.m. .
4.30 p.m. .
6.15 p.m.(excpt.Sat.)
7.30 p.m. .
Aberdeen ....
Do
Do
Do
Do
Belfast and North of Ireland
Do. do. .
Berwick ....
Do
Do
Do
Ddblin and South of Ireland
Do. do.
Dundee ....
Do
Do
Do
Do
England, N.E. .
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do. W.C. .
Do
Do
Do
Fife
Do
Do
Do
Glasgow and West .
Do
Do
Do
Do. • .
Do
Do
Do
Do
Do
Hawick ....
Do
Do
Do
Do
Inverness ....
Do
London via West Coast
Do. do. . .
Do. do.
London via East Coast
Do. do.
Do. do.
Do. do.
^Ist Delivery .
2nd do. ...
3rd do. ...
4th do. ...
5th do. ...
6th do. ...
.7th do ...
BOX CLOSINGS.
General
Post Office.
3. 0<fc9.0am.
1.15 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
6. p.m.
8.15 & 9.0 p.m.
9. p.m.
6.30 a.m.
10.0 a.m. & 1.46 p.m.
2.15 p.m.
10. p.m.
5.15 p.m.
9. p.m.
3.0, 5.45, & 9.0 a.m.
1. p.m.
3.30 p.m.
6. p.m.
8.16 & 9.0 p.m.
9.30 a.m.
2. p.m.
2.15 p.m.
7. p.m.
9 45 p.m.
9.30 a.m.
5.15 p.m.
6.15 p.m.
8.16 p.m.
6.45 a.m.
9. a.m.
1.15 p.m.
.3.30 p.m.
3.30, 7.45, & 9.30 a.m,
10.30 a.m.
11. a.m.
12.30 p.m.
1.30 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
4.30 p.m.
6. p.m.
7.30 p.m.
8.15 & 9.0 p.m.
5.45 & 9.30 a.m.
2. p.m.
4. p.m.
6. p.m.
10. p.m.
3.0 & 9.30 a.m.
9. p.m.
6.15 p.m.
6.15 p.m.
8.15 p.m.
9.30 a.m.
2.15 p.m.
7. p.m.
9.46 p.m.
6.45 a.m.
10. a.m.
11.30 a.m.
2.15 p.m.
4.15 p.m.
6. p.m.
7.15 p.m.
Town Sub- o„„x„„
Offices, and Pillar "'^"'i??"
Letter Boxes, t G.P.O.^
1. a.m.
12. noon
2.45 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
A7.30 p.m.
1. 6 a.m.
9. a.m.
1.45 p.m.
9. p.m.
4.45 p.m.
7i7.30 p.m.
]. a.m.
12. noon
2.45 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
1. a.m.
1. p.m.
1.45 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
1. a.m.
4.45 p.m.
6.45 p.m.
7.30 pm.
1. a.m.
12. noon
2.45 p.m.
1. a.m.
9. a.m.
glO. a.m.
11. a.m.
1. p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.45 p.m.
6.45 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
1. a.m.
1. p.m.
2.46 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
1. a.m.
7.30 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
d5.45 p.m.
ft7.30 p.m.
1. a.m.
1.45 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
9. p.m.
1. a.m.
9. a.m.
11. a.m.
•1.45 p.m.
3.46 p.m.
M.45 p.m.
e.30 p.m.
Late Letters.— Letters, etc. may be posted at G.P.O. and
Branch Office, Leith,'from 5 to 10 minutes after the
hour of closing the Box, except for the London Mails,
when they are taken at G.P.O. till 20 minutes, and
Leith Branch Office till 30 minutes ; and at Lynedoch
Place till 6.40 and 8.46 p.m., and George Street
till 6.40 and 8.30 p.m.,— on being prepaid the
too-late fee of Jd., and banded over the counter.
Further, Letters may be posted for the West of Eng-
land, Ireland, and American Mails, at the Princes
Street Station, in the Box attached to the Post Office
Carriage, till 6 p.m. ; and for London Mail till 7 p.m.;
and at Waverley Station, in the Box attached to the
P.O. Carriage, by the 1.50 and 6.30 p.m. South Mail
Trains. Registered Letters received up to the hour of
closing the Box for ordinary Letters — too-late fee 4d.
Posting of Newspapers, etc. — Newspapers and Book
Packets require to be posted at G.P.O. 30 minutes
earlier than the Box closes for ordinary Letters, but are
taken up to the time of the closing of the ' Letter '
Box, if paid the too-late fee, as in the case of Letters.
Deliveries in Edinburgh and Leith.
7.0 a.m. includes Mails from Abroad, England, Ireland,
and Scotland in general.
10.15 a.m. (this delivery is limited, but made to the full
extent at 11.40 a.m.) includes Mails from England
via East Coast, Ireland, and Scotland in general.
11.40 a.m. includes MaUs from the West of Scotland,
Perth, and Local.
2.30 p.m. includes Mails from London, Aberdeen, Perth
Stirling, Glasgow, Hawick, and Local.
4.30 p.m. includes Mails from London, N.E. of England,
Glasgow, Fife, and Local.
6.15 p.m. includes Mails from London, Manchester,Liver-
pool, Glasgow, Dundee, North, and Local.
7.30 p.m. incl. Mails from Lond., N.E. of Eng., & Local
Paid Letter Office open from 7 a.m. till 9 p.m. Private
Box and Strangers' Letters delivered therefrom.
*^<.* Annual Fee for Private Box, £3.
Sundays.— From 8 to 9 a.m. at G.P. 0., & Br. Office, Leith
Parcel Deliveries.— 8.15,10.15, 11.40 a.m.; 2.30,4.30,
6.16. (Sat. 7.30 p.m.), 7.30 p.m.
t Box closes at Leith Branch 5 minutes before collections
at 10, 11.12 a.m., 1, 2.45, 4.45, 5.45, and 7.30 p.m.
* 5 p.m. and 8.0 p.m. only from Leith ISranch Office.
d Lynedoch Place, 6.0.
g Albert Place, Leith Walk, Kiikgate, and Commercial
Street Br., 10.45 a.m. ; Leith Branch, 10.55 a.m.; and
Lynedoch Place, 11.30 a.m.
h Lynedoch Place 8.15 p.m., and George St. 8.0 p.m.
I 5.15 p.m. from Leith Br.and5.30pm. from GeorgeSt. Br.