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Letters to and tlirouqh France. 38
LETTEES TO AND THROUGH FEANCE.
The postages on letters addressed to, and passing through France, are
(Calculated on the foUowmg principle : —
The British rate on all Letters addressed to France and Algeria, or to
■countries throurjh France, is bd. on a Letter not exceeding Half an Ounce
in weight, and the French rate on such Letters is bd. on a Letter under
the loeight of a quarter of an ounce, to whatever place in France or Algeria.
the Letter may be addressed, excepting, however, all Letters conveyed
by British packets in the Mediterranean, which are liable to the British
Mediterranean rates in addition to the above-mentioned British rate of
5d. from England.
The French transit rate on Letters passing through France, is also re-
tlnced to bd. on a Letter under the weight of a quarter of an ounce, but
the other Foreign Rates vary according to the limit to which the Letter
may be ^laid.
All Letters addressed to France, or to countries through France (ex-
cept to certain countries, to which the British Rate of bd. need only be
paid), are liable to both the British and Foreign Rates combined ; for
instance, a Letter not exceeding half an ounce, is liable to one British
Rate, while a Letter under a quarter of an ounce is liable to one Foreign
Rate, and so on in proportion, as sho^^■n in the following scale: —
British Foreign
Rate. Rate.
ALetter under 1 of an ounce is liable to 1 and 1'
— weighing J and not exceeding 5- — 1 — 2
— exceeding ^ and under | — 2 — 3
— Avei'ghing | and not exceeding 1 — 2 — 4
— exceeding 1 and under 1:^ — 4 — 5
The British charge increasing two Rates of Postage for every addi-
tional ounce, according to the scale of weight for charging Inland Let-
ters, and the Foreign charge increasing one Rate of Postage for every
additional quarter of an ounce. It must be observed, however, that this
Table is not strictly correct, as the English and French modes of charg-
ing by weight are dissimilar ; a Letter not being liable to an increased
British Rate, unless it exceed the half ounce or ounce, while an addi-
tional Foreign Rate is chargeable if it actually attain the quarter, half,
three quarters of an ounce, or ounce, respectively.
Letters to France and Algeria must be either mipaid, or have the whole
of the Postage to destination, British and Foreign, paid in advance, as
it is no longer optional to pay the British Rate only.
For further rates, see the General Alphabetical List of Foreign
Countries in the previous pages.
. Letters for Baden and Bavaria, may be sent unpaid through France, or
paid to destination.
Letters for the following places may be forwarded by the French Medi-
teiTanean Packets, which leave Marseilles on the 1st, 11th, and 21st of
each month, either xmpcdd or paid to destination, "vdz : —
Alexandiia ; Constantinople; The Dardanelles; Greece; Malta;
Papal States, or States of the Church ; the Two Scicilies ; Smyrna, ;
Tuscanj' ; and to the Ionian Islands.
Letters intended to go by these Packets should be addressed, " By
French Mediterranean Packet."
Letters for Malta and Alexandria may be also sent by'the Closed Mail