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FOREIGN POSTS.
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France, daily, by Morning and Even-
ing Mails (Saturday excepted), unpaid or
paid to destination ; when the postage is
paid in advance, 4d. under J oz., 8d.
under £ oz., Is. under § oz., Is. 4d. under
1 oz., &c. Double these rates -will be
charged on all letters to or from France
posted unpaid ; or by Private Ships at
same rates. Newspapers free.
Frankfort, Free City of. See German
States.
Galatz. See Turkey. Only that
Newspapers, via Belgium, are ljd. under
-J oz., 3d. under 1 oz., &c.
Galicia. See Silesia.
Gallipoli, payment optional, by
French Packet, via Marseilles, Is. Id.
under \ oz., 2s. 2d. under ^ oz., &c. ; or
via Belgium, Is. Id. under \ oz., &c.
Newspapers, via France, 2d. ; via Belgium,
l£d. under £ oz., 3d. under I oz., &c.
Geelong. See Australia.
Georgia. Government of Russia,
which see.
Georgia, State of. See America,
United States of.
German States, The, are Bremen,
Hamburg, and Lubec, which see. — Frank-
fort, Lippe-Detmold, Hesse (Electoral),
Hesse Darmstadt, Hesse Homberg, Ho-
henzollern, Birkenfeld, Anhalt, Hild-
burgh, Hausen, Nassau, Reuss, Saxe
Altenberg, Saxe Coburg Gotha, Saxe
Meiningen, Saxe Weimar, Schwartzburg,
Rudolstadt. Letters for these States are
sent (unless otherwise addressed) through
Prussia, via Belgium, payment optional,
8d. under £ oz., Is. 4d. under 1 oz., &c. ; or
via France, 8d. under Joz., Is. 4d. under
£ oz., &c. Newspapers, via France, 2d. ;
via Belgium, free.
Gibraltar, via Southampton, on the
6th, 16th, and 26th, 1.20 p.m. ; and when
these days fall upon a Saturday, the mails
are made up on the following day, 1.20
p .m. ; and by the Indian mail on the 3rd
and 19th of each month, 1.20 p.m., pay-
ment optional, 6d. under J oz., &c. ; or
via France, if so addressed, lid., Is. 4d.,
2s. 3d., under J, J, § oz., &c. News-
papers by Packet free ; via France, £d.
each.
Gold Coast, The. See St. Helena.
Greece, daily, by French Packet,
unless otherwise addressed, payment
optional, Is. Id. under J oz., 2s. 2d. under J
oz., &c. ; or paid to Trieste at the same rates ;
or via Belgium, daily, Is. 2^d., under J
oz., &c. Papers Id. by French Packet ;
via Belgium, l£d. under J.oz., 3d. under
1 oz., &c. Letters for the British forces
in Greece, payment obligatory, every
Thursday, 7.20 p.m., by French Packet,
via Marseilles, 3d., 6d., Is., Is. 2d., Is. 4d.,
under J, J, 1, 2, and 3 oz. Newspapers,
2d. each.
Grenada. See Indies, British West.
Greytown. Payment obligatory, 1st
and 16th of each month, 1.20 p.m., via
Southampton, 2s. 3d. under ^ oz., &c.
Newspapers, 2d. each.
Guadaloupe. See Indies, Foreign
West.
Guatemala. See Honduras.
Guayaquil, payment obligatory, 1st
and 16th of each month, 1.20 p.m., 2s.
under J oz., &c. Newspapers free.
Halifax, Nova Scotia. See Nova
Scotia.
Hamburg, payment optional, via Bel-
gium (in closed mail), unless otherwise
addressed, 8d. under £ oz., &c. ; or via
France, Morning and Evening, 3d. under
J oz., Is. 4d. under £ oz., &c, or by
Private Ship, via London, or Hull, if so
addressed, 8d. under ^ oz., and so on.
Newspapers free, via Belgium, or Private
Ship, and 2d. each through France.
Printed British Prices Current, Commer-
cial Lists, and Courses of Exchange, if
prepaid and open at the sides, Id. each,
when stamped ; no postage charged in this
country, if sent (in closed mail) via Bel-
gium and Prussia.
Hanover, via Belgium, unless other-
wise addressed, payment optional, under
\ oz., &c. ; or via France, Is. Id. under
\ oz., 2s. 2d. under \ oz., &c. News-
papers, by Belgium, free ; by France, 2d.
Havanna, payment obligatory, on the
1st of each month, 1.20 p.m., via South-
ampton, 2s. 3d. under \ oz., 6s. 6d. under
1 oz., and so on ; and, if so addressed,
via United States Packet, every Friday,
7.20 p.m., Is. 2^d. under i oz., 2s. 5d.
under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers, 2d. each.
Hayti. See Indies, Foreign West.
Heligoland, payment obligator}', by
private ship, or via Cuxhaven, 6d. under
\ oz. Newspapers, Id. by private ship ;
2d. by Cuxhaven.
Hesse, Electoral, Hesse Darmstadt,
and Hesse Homberg. See German States.
Hindostan. See India, East.
Hohenzollern. See German States.
Holland, payment optional, via Bel-
gium, unless otherwise addressed, daily,
7.20 p.m., 8d. under \ oz., &c. ; or via
France, 8d. under \ oz., Is. 4d. under h
oz., &c. Newspapers, via France, 2d. ;
other route, Id.
Honduras, payment optional, on the
16th of every month, 1.20 p.m., via South-
ampton, 6d. under J oz., Is. under 1 oz ,
and so on. Newspapers free.
Hong Kong, payment optional, via