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Ship Mails.
Leghorn, Civita VeccMa, Naples, Malta, Syra, Athens, Smyrna,
Constantinople, and Alexandria.
Table of the Route of the French Steam Packets from Marseilles ; Time
occupied during the Voyage, and Time of Stopping at each Place,
from Marseilles to Alexandria.
From ^Iarseilles to Leghorn
Time of Voyage.
Stop.
Days.
Hours.
Days.
.Hours.
1
2
2
4
8
8
8
10
10
2
3
3
5
5
7
8
9
10
10
2
23
22
10
21
13
16
16
2
13
5
18
17
14
16
16
1
1
1
1
1
1
7
8
6
12
14
15
18
12
14
15
6
6
— — Civita Vecchia....
— — Naples
— — Malta
— ■ — Syra
— — Athens
— - — Smyrna
— — Constantinople....
— — Alexandria
From Alexandria to Syra
— — Athens
— — Smyrna
— — - Constantinople ...
— — Malta
— — Naples
— — Civita Vecchia ...
— — Leghorn
— — Marseilles
SHIP MAILS.
Ship Letters. — The single rate to places beyond sea, when conveyed
by private ship, is %d. under half an ounce, Is. 4rf. under an ounce,
2s. 8c?. under 2 ounces, and so on.
Owners, Consignees, or Charterers, (resident in the United Kingdom,)
and the Owners, Consignees, and Shippers of Goods on board vessels
inward bound, are entitled to receive their letters free ft-om sea postage,
to the extent of six ounces. In case of vessels from Ceylon, Mauritius,
the East Lndies, and the Cape of Good Hope, the privilege extends to
twenty ounces in weight. The Owner, Charterer, or Consignee, must
be described as such in the address ; and in case of Owners, Shippers,
or Consignees of Goods, it must appear, by the ship's manifest, that they
have goods on board.
A penalty of ten pounds is incun-ed by parties yh/seZy superscribing a
letter as Owner, Shipper, Charterer, or Consignee.
Letters for Foreign Countries, the pre-payment of which is required,
when put into the unpaid box, or left at the oflBce with less than the full
postage, are sent to the Dead Letter Office, and returned to the writer,
when his addi'ess can be ascertained.