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1 13 Foreign Mails.
Egypt, Syria and East Indies.
Mails to be dispatched by steam boats from Falmouth direct to
Alexandria are made up in Glasgow on the day preceding the last day of
each month. Letters intended for this conveyance must be specially
addressed "via Falmouth.'" The postage to Egypt and Syria 2s. 5d.
and to the East Indies Is. under half-an ounce. Newspapers to Egypt
and Syria 2d. each, and to the East Indies free.
Closed Mails are also made up in Glasgow on the 2d of each month,
and dispatched via Marseilles, whence they are forwarded by British
steam boats. All letters are sent by this route unless otherwise ad-
dressed. Postage to Egypt and Syria Is. 8d. and to the East Indies
2s. 8d. under a quarter of an ounce. Newspapers 2d. each.
Letters are likewise sent via Marseilles, whence they are forwarded
by the French steam boats, which leave Marseilles on the 1st, 1 1th, and
21st of each month, if specially so directed. The postage to Egypt and
Syria 2s. S^d. and to the East Indies 3s. 8|d. under a quarter of an
ounce. Newspapers 2d. each.
Note. — The letters which are sent by the closed Mail on the 2d of the
month are forwarded from Malta to Alexandria by the steam-boat leaving
Falmouth on the last day of the previous month.
Letters not to be Sealed with Wax.
The practice of sealing letters, passing to and from the East and West
Indies, and other warm climates, with wax, is attended with incon-
venience, and serious injury to the letters, in consequence of the melting
of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are
therefore recommended in all cases to use wafers in preference to wax,
in securing their letters sent to India or other warm climates, and also
to advise their cori'espondents in those countries to pursue the same
course.
French Lists.
Letters to or from France may be posted unpaid, leaving the British
and French rates to be paid by the receiver.
There is given below a list of the Post Towns in France, with the
French postages attached to each for letters weighing under a j of an
lunce ; and these rates are increased, charging a single rate for each | of
an ounce above that weight.
The following instances will show the manner of charging French
letters.
When paid to Calais, a uniform British rate of Is. Sd for each ounce
can be taken, leaving the French rates to be paid by the correspondent
in France, for instance : —
Not exceeding \ ounce, .... 10<f.
Not exceeding 1 ounce, . . . .Is. Qd.
Not exceeding 2 ounces, .... 3s. 4rf.
Not exceeding 3 ounces, . . . .5s.
And so on in proportion.
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