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36 FOREIGN POSTS.
Panama, 1st and 16th day of every month, 11 a.m., via Southampton, payment
obligatory, Is. under £ oz., 2s. under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers free.
Papal States, via France, must be sent unpaid, or by French Packet, via Marseilles,
pa}-ment obligatory, 4th, 14th, and 24th of each month, paid to Civita Vecchia,
Is. 4d., 2s. 3d., 3s. 7d., 4s. 6d., and 6s. 3d. ; or via Belgium, daily, 7.20 p.m., pay-
ment optional, lid. under ^ oz., &c; or via Holland, payment obligatory, Is. 5d.,
Is. 10d., 3s. 3d., 3s. 8d., 6s. Id., under |, J, J, 1, and lj oz. respectively. News-
papers, via France or Marseilles, 2d.; other routes, l^d. each.
Parma, must be sent unpaid, or via Belgium, payment optional, 9^d. under j oz.,
&c. ; or via Austria, Is. 4d., 2s. 3d., 3s. 7d., 4s. 6d., and 6s. 3d., under \, ^, J, 1,
and 1^ oz. respectively. Newspapers, 2d. each.
Penang. See India, East.
Pennsylvania, State of. See America, United States of.
Persia. See Turkey in Asia.
Peru, must be paid, via Southampton, on the 1st and 16th day of each month, 11
a.m., 2s. under J oz., 4s. under 1 oz. Newspapers free.
Poland. See Russia.
Porto Rico. See Indies, Foreign "West.
Porto (Puerto) Cabello, same rates, &c, as Venezuela, which see.
Port Natal. See Cape of Good Hope.
Port Philip. See Australia.
Portugal, payment obligatory, via Southampton, 6th, 16th, and 26th of each
month, 1 1 a.m. ; and when these days fall on a Saturday, the mails are made up on
the following morning, Is. 9d. under ^ oz., 3s. 6d. under 1 oz., or daily, through
France, if so directed, 10d., Is. 3d., 2s. Id., 2s. 6d., and 3s. 9d., under \, £, f, 1,
and 1\ oz. respectively ; or by Brazil Packet, 8th of each month, Is. 9d. under f
oz., &c. Newspapers, 2d. each.
Prince Edward's Island. See Nova Scotia.
Prince of Wales Island. See India, East.
Prussia, daily, payment optional, via Belgium, unless otherwise specially addressed,
8d. under ^ oz., Is. 4d. under 1 oz., &c. ; and by Hamburg or Holland Packets,
Is. under ^ oz., 2s. under 1 oz., and so on; or via France, lid., Is 5<L, 2s. 4d.,'
2s. 10d., 4s. 2d., under |, ^, f, 1, and ]£ oz. respectively. Newspapers, 2d. each
by France, and free by other routes.
Puerto Cabello. See Venezuela.
Quebec. See Canada.
Reuss. See German States.
Rhode Island, State of. See Ameriea, United States of.
Russia, payment optional, via Belgium, unless otherwise addressed, llgd. under £ oz.,
Is. lid. under 1 oz., &c. ; also via Holland and via Hamburg, Is. 7d., Is. lid.,
3s. 6d., 3s. 10d., 6s. 8d.; and via France, Is. 4d., 2s. 3d., 3s. 7d., 4s. 6d., 6s. 3d.,
under |, ^, f, 1, and 1 \ oz. respectively. Newspapers, via France, 2d. ; other routes
free.
Russia, Southern, comprising the Governments of Abkhas, Astrakhan, Bessarabia,
Caucasus, Circassia, Cossacks of the Black Sea and Don, Daughistan, Ekaterinos-
law, Georgia, Imeritia, Kiew, Koursk, Mingrelia, Nicolay, Podolia, Poltowa, Schir-
■wan, Taurida, Tchernigow, Ukraine, Vohnia, and Voroney, payments optional, sent
through Belgium and Prussia, unless otherwise addressed, see Russia.
St. Croix. See St. Thomas.
St. Domingo, payment obligatory, 1st and 16th of every month, 11 a.m., via South-
ampton, Is. 5d. under ^ oz., 2s. lOd. under 1 oz. Newspapers free.
St. Helena. See Sierra Leone.
St, Kitt's. See Indies, British West.
St. Lucia. See Indies, British West.
St Martin's. See Indies, Foreign West.
St. Thomas, payment obligatory, on the 1st and 16th of each month, 11 a.m., via
Southampton. When these dates fall on a Saturday, the mails are made up on the
following day, 11 a.m., Is. under \ oz., 2s. imder 1 oz., &c. Newspapers, 2d each.
St. Vincent. See Indies, British West.
Salonica, via Belgium, unless otherwise addressed, payment optional, Is. Id. under
A- oz., &c. ; or via France, Is. lOd. under \ oz., 3s. 3d. under ^ oz., &c; via
Hamburg, 2s. 2d. under \ oz., 3s. 4d. under ^ oz., &c. Newspapers, 2d. each.
Sandomier, Government of. See Poland.