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POSTAL DIRECTORY— POST TOWNS— SCOTLAND.
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GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
OFFICE HOURS.
Secretary's Office, Money Order Office, Re-
turned Letter and Parcel and Inquiry Office,
from 10 A.M. to 4 p.m., Saturday 10 to 1.
Postal and Parcels Offices, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Telegraph Office, all hours.
Branch Offices. — Leith Branch ■ — for Money Order,
Savings Bank, Insurance, and Annuity Business, 9 a.m.
to 7 P.M. ; Postal and Postal Order Business, 7 a.m. to
10 P.M., Sunday 8 to 9 a.m.; Telegraph, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.,
Sunday 9 to 10 a.m., and 4 to 6 p.m. George Street,
Lynedoch Place, Newington, and Commercial Street
Branches, Bennington, Boroughmuirhead, Leven
Street, Marchmont Road, and W. Maitland Street
S.O. — for Money Order, Savings Bank, Insurance, and
Annuity Business, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m., Saturday, 9 a.m. to
6 p.m. ; Postal, Postal Order, and Telegraph, 8 a.m. to
9 p.m. Other Sub Offices — Money Order, Savings
Bank, Insurance, and Annuity Business, 9 a.m. to
7 P.M., Saturday, 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; Postal and Postal
Order, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., Sat. to 6 p.m. Telegi-aph
Offices, 8 A.M. to 8 p.m. daily. Telegraph Money
Order business transacted at Telegraph Offices only,
and at Commercial Street from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. on
Saturday. Telegraph Office open on Sundays from 9
to 10 A.M. at Gorgie, and from 10 to 11 a.m. at Jock's
Lodge.
Note The postal information here furnished can only be regarded as correct up to the time of the
publication of the Directory, as alterations in the Mail arrangements are constantly taking place.
A List of the Despatches and Arrivals of the Mails is published quarterly (price 4d. per copy), and
may be had at the General Post Office, or from the Postmen. Subscribers, Is. per annum.
POST TOWNS IN SCOTLAND.
Mails for places marked 'a' are delivered or taken up by means of the apparatus attached to the
Eailway Post Office.
Money Order Offices, Savings Banks, Annuity and Insurance Offices marked thus (*). Postal
Express Delivery and Telegraph Offices are indicated by the letter T ; those marked thus T+ de-
note an Office at which Telegrams can be handed in only, and at which Telegraph Money Orders
are issued but not paid. At places where there is no Telegraph Office, the distance in miles
from the nearest Telegraph Office is given in italic figures. See Porterage, under Telegraphs,
page 823.
Abbey St Bathans, Grantshouse, 5
Aberarder, Inverness, T
Aberargie, Abernethy, 2
*Aberchirder, Banffshire, T
Aberdalgie, Perth, ^
•Aberdeen, 3.0, 5.45, 9.0 m., 1.15,
3.30, 6.0, ii.lo, 9.0 A., T
•Argyll Place
*BroomhilI Place %
*Chattan Place, TJ
*Crown Street
*George Street TJ
•King Street
•Kittybrewster TJ
*Mounthooly
•Old Aberdeen TJ
*Park Street
*Queen's Cross T:
•Eosemount '£%
•Torry T
•Union Place %
•Union Street
•Victoria Eoad
•Aberdour, Burntisland, 5.45 m.,
4.16 A., T
a^Aberfeldy, 3.0 m., 2.0, 9.0 A., T
•Aberfoyle, Perthshire, T
a*Aberlady, Haddingtonshire, T
Aberlemno, Forfar, 4-
•Aberlour, Banffshire, T
•Abernethy, Perthshire, T
aAberuthven, Auchterarder, 3
a*Abington, Lanarkshire, 3.30
5.15 A., T
•Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, T
Abriachan, Inverness, 5
Achanalt, Eoss-shire, T
*Acharacle, Ardgour, T
Achateny, Oban, 18
Acharn, Aberfeldy, 2
Achbreck, Banffshire, 3
•AchUtibuie, Eoss-shire, T
Achluachrach, Inverness-shire, 2
Achnacarry, Inverness-shire, 4
Achnamara, Lochgilphead, 6
Achosnich, Argyllshire, 23
•Addiewell, Midlothian, 2
Advie Station, Morayshire, T
*Airdrie, 3.45, 10.30 m., 1.30, 3.30,
6.0 a., T
aAirth, Stirlingshire, 2
aAirth Eoad Station, Stirling-
shire, 3
oAlcaig, Eoss-shire, 2
aAldclune, Blair- Athole, 2
•Alexandria, Dumbartonshire, T
•Bonhill T+
"Alford, Aberdeenshire, 'T
•Alloa, 4.0, 6.30, 11.0 m., 3.30,
8.30 A., T
•AUoway, Ayrshire, T
•Almondbank, Perth, T
•Alness, Eoss-shire, T
Altass, Ardgay, 5
Altnabreac, Caithness-shire, T
Altnaharra, Lairg, 17
•Alva, Stirlingshire,
Alves, Forres,
a*Alyth, Perthshire,
Amisfield, Dumfries,
aAmulree, Dunkeld,
*Ancrum, Eoxburghshire,
a* Annan, 6.0, 9.30m., 1.15, 9.0a.,T
•Annbank, Ayrshire, 2
Annbank Station, Ayrshire, T
•Anstruther, 5.45, m., 4.0, 8.0 A., T
Cellardyke
•Appin, Argyllshire,
•Applecross, Eoss-shire, 15
fflArbirlot, Arbroath, 3
a* Arbroath, 3.0, 9.0 M., 3.30 A.,
Cairnie Street
•Guthrie Port
•Keptie Street
aArbuthnott, Fordoun, 3
Archiestown, Craigellachie, 3
Ardallie, Mintlaw, 6
aArdclach, Morayshire, 5
•Ardelve, Strome Ferry, T
Ardentinny, Greenock, T
Ardeonaig, Perthshire, 4
a*Ardersier, Inverness-shire, 4.0
M., 9.0 A., T
Ardfem, Argyllshire, T
•Ardgay, T
•Ardgour, Argyllshire, T
Ardlaw, Fraserburgh, 2
aArdler, Meigle, T
Ardlui, Dumbartonshire, 9
•Ardnamurchan, Argyllshire, 7
by sea
Ardnish, Fort-William, 6
•Ardpatrick, Tarbert, 3 by ferry
•Ardrishaig, Argyllshire, T
Ardross, Eoss-shire, 3
•Ardrossan, 3.46, 11.0 m., 3.30,
4.30 A., T
Ardtalnaig, Stirling, 2 by ferry
•Ardvasar, Broadford, T
•Ardwell, Wigtownshire, T
•Arisaig, Fort- William, T
Armadale, Thurso, 7
•Armadale, Linlithgowshire, T
Armadale Station, Linlithgow-
shire, 1
Arncroach, Fifeshire,
Arnisdale, Lochalsh, 8 by sea
Arnisort, Portree, 2
Arnprior, Stirling, 1
*Aros, Argyllshire,
Arran (see Brodick)
*Arrochar, Tarbet,
Artafallie, Inverness, 3
Arthrath, Ellon, 5
Ascog, Eothesay,
Ashkirk, Hawick, 6
Assynt, Lairg, 15
Athelstaneford, Drem, 3
a*Auchenblae, Fordoun,
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