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POSTAL DmECTORY— OFFICE HOURS— MAILS.
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GENERAL POST OFFICE, EDINBURGH.
OFFICE HOURS.
SECRETARY'S OFFICE, MONEY ORDER
OFFICE, RETURNED LETTER AND
PARCEL AND INQUIRY OFFICE, from
9.30 a.m. to 4.30 p.m., Saturday 9.30 to 1.
POSTAL COUNTER, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.
PARCEL COUNTER, 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.
TELEGRAPH AND TELEPHONE OFFICE,
all hours.
BRANCH OFFICES. —Leith Branch — for
Money Order, Savings Bank, Insurance, and
Anmuty Business, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m ; Postal
and Postal Order Business, 7 a.m. to 10 jj.ni.,
Sunday 8 to 9 a.m.; Telegraph, 9 a.m. to
10 p.m., Sunday 9 to 10 a.m., and 4 to
5 p.m. George Street, Lynedoch Place, New-
ington, and Commercial Street Branches,
Bonnington, Boroughmuirhead, Leven Street,
Marchmont Road, and W. Maitland Street
S.O. — for Money Order, Savings Bank,
Insurance, and Annuity Business, 8 a.m. to
9 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Postal,
Postal Order, and Telegraiph, 8 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Other Sub - Offices — Money Order, Savings
Bank, Insurance, and Annuity Business,
Postal Orders, Registration of Letters and
Parcels, etc., and general business, 8 a.m. to
8 p.m., Saturday, 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. ; Telegraph
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
Offices open on Sundays fi'om 9 to 10 a.m. at
Gorgie, Murrayfield, and Portobello, and from
10 to 11 a.m. at Jock's Lodge.
Late Let'tees. — Letters, etc., may be posted
at G.P.O. and Branch Office, Leith, from 5
to 10 mimites 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 8.45 p.m., and
George sti'eet till 6.40 and 8.30 p.m., — on
being prepaid the too-late fee of ^d. , and
handed over the counter. Further, Letters
may be posted for the "West of England,
Ireland and American Mails at the Princes
Street Station, in the Box attached to the
Post Office Carriage, till 5.59 p.m. ; and for
London Mail till 6.59 p.m. ; and at Waverley
Station, in the Box attached to the Post
Office Carriage, by the 1.44 and 6.29 p.m.
South Mail Trains, and at Waverley Station
to Aberdeen, 6.29 a.m. 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 Bos 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
Lettres.
Deliveries ix 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 Mails 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 Loudon, N.E. of
England, Glasgow, Fife, and Local.
6.15 p.m. includes Mails from London, Man-
chester, Liverpool, Glasgow, Dundee, North,
and Local.
7.30 p.m. includes Mails from London, N.E. of
England, and 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.O., and
Branch Office, Leith.
Parcel Deliveries. — 8.15, 10.15, 11.40 a.m.;
2.30, 4.30, 6.15. (Sat. 7.30 p.m.), 7.30 p.m.