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FOREIGN POSTS.
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the Packet proceeding to the Italian Coast and Malta, leaving Marseilles on Monday,
must be posted in Glasgow before 7.20 p.m. on the preceding Thursday, and letters
for theordinary Levant line, leaving Marseilles on Thursday, must be posted before
7.20 p.m. on the preceding Sunday.
MAILS BY PEIVATE SHIPS.
Ship Letters. — The rate to Foreign Countries, when conveyed by private ship, is
8d. under half an ounce ; and to our own Colonies 6d. under half an ounce.
Letters for any Foreign Port or Country, to which there are Regular Packets, will
not be forwarded by Merchant Vessels, unless so directed.
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 from sea postage, to the extent of six ounces.
In case of vessels from Ceylon, Mauritius, the East Indies, and the Cape of Good Hope,
the privilege extends to twenty ounces in weight. The Owner, Charterer, or Con-
signee,' 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 incurred by parties falsely superscribing a letter as
Owner, Shipper, Charterer, or Consignee.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
WITH THE TIME OF DESPATCH FROM GLASGOW, RATES OF POSTAGE, AND
ROUTES OF MAILS.
Newspapers must be posted within Seven Days of the date of publication, and the
postage in evtry instance prepaid.
For General Abstract of the Foreign Packet Stations, see previous page.
A List of Cities and Principal Places throughout the World will be found at page 59.
Abyssinia, no regular mails. Letters
should be sent to the care of an agent at
Malta or Aden.
Africa. To places not mentioned in
this list there is no regular conveyance.
Letters and papers are forwarded as
opportunities offer by private ships. Post-
age 8d. under \ oz., Is. 4d. under 1 oz.,
&c. Newspapers to British settlements,
Id. each ; to other places, excepting
Algeria, 2d. each.
Africa, West Coast of, except Madeira
and Teneriffe, which see, payment obliga-
tory, via Plymouth on the 22d of each
month, 7.20 p.m., Is. under \ oz., 2s.
under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers (except to
Bathurst, Cape Coast Castle, and Sierra
Leone, which are free), 2d. each.
Alabama, North and South States of.
See America, United States of.
Algeria, postage same as to France,
through which country letters are for-
warded.
Alexandria, via Marseilles, unless
otherwise addressed, 8th and 24th of each
month, 7.20 p.m., unless these days fall
upon a Saturday, in that case the mails
are made up on the following day, Is.
under \ oz., 2s. under \ oz., &c. ; or via
Southampton, 3d and 19th of each month,
1.20 p.m., except when the 3d and 19th
falls on a Saturday, and in that case they
are despatched from Glasgow on the pre-
vious morning, Is. under £ oz., and so
on ; or by French packet, via Marseilles,
every alternate Sunday 7.20 p.m., Is.
under J oz., 2s. under £ oz. Prepayment
optional by all the routes. Newspapers
by French packet or Southampton, 2d.,
and 3d. via Marseilles.
Astrakhan. See Russia.
America, United States of, payment-
optional, by British and United States
Mail Steam Packets from Liverpool,
every Friday 7.20 p.m., the British
steamer proceeding to Boston and the
United States steamer to New York.
These packets return at similar periods
from Boston and New York ; Is. not
exceeding J oz., and so on ; or by
United States Packet, via Southampton,
at the same rates. Letters addressed
" By Private Ship," may also be sent by
any outward-bound vessel ; postage 8d.
not exceeding £ oz. Newspapers, by
Packet, Id. each; by Private Ship, 2d.
each. All letters for Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, and Prince Edward Island,
will be sent in the Regular Mails to
Halifax by the Packets proceeding from
Liverpool, via Halifax, to Boston. The
United States Mail Packets will convey