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FOREIGN POSTS.
Southampton, on the 3d of each month,
1.20 p.m., 6d. under J oz., Is. under 1
oz. ; Marseilles route, on the 8th, 7.20
p.m., lid. under \ oz., Is. 4d. under \ oz.
Newspapers, free by the former, and 3d.
by the latter route. All paid letters are
sent via Marseilles, unless otherwise ad-
dressed.
Hungary. See Austrian Dominions.
Ibriala, payment optional, via Bel-
gium, Is. Id. under \ oz., &c. ; or via
France, Is. 7d. under \ oz., &c. News-
papers, via Belgium, 1 Jd. under ^ oz., &c. ;
by France, 2d. each.
Illinois, State of. See America,
United States of.
Illyria. See Austrian Dominions.
India (East) by Southampton, pay-
ment optional, on the 3d aud 19th of each
month, 1.20 p.m., unless either of these
days fall upon Saturday, when the Mail
will be made up in Glasgow on the pre-
vious Friday, 7.20 p.m., Is. under J oz.,
2s. under 1 oz., 4s. under 2 oz., &c. ; and
on the 8th and 24th, 7.20 p.m. of each
month, payment obligatory, u via Mar-
seilles by British Packet ;" unless either
of these days fall upon Saturday, then the
Mail will be made up in Glasgow on the
following day, 7.20 p.m., Is. lOd. under
^ oz., 2s. 3d. under \ oz., 4s. Id. under
§ oz., 4s. 6d. under 1 oz., 7s. 9d. under
\\ oz., &c. All paid letters are sent by
Marseilles, unless otherwise addressed.
Newspapers free by Southampton Packet ;
via Marseilles, 3d. each. Printed votes
and proceedings of the Imperial Parlia-
ment, and of the Colonial Legislature,
may be sent at the following rates, for
any weight under 4 oz. Id., under 8 oz.
2d., under 12 oz. 3d., under 16 oz. 4d., &c.
Indies, British "West (except Nassau,
Honduras, Bermuda, and Turks Island,
which see), via Southampton, 1st and
16th of each month, 1.20 p.m. When
the 1st and 16th falls on a Saturday, the
mails are made up on the following day,
1.20 p.m. Payment optional, 6d. under
J oz., Is. under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers
free.
Indies, Foreign West (except Havanna
and the Danish, which see). The mails
are made up at the same time as those for
" Indies, British West." Payment obli-
gatory, Is. 5d. under £ oz., 2s. lOd. under
1 oz. Newspapers generally free.
Ionian Islands, payment optional, Ma
Ostend, daily, unless otherwise addressed,
Is. under h oz., 2s. under 1 oz., &c. ; or
via France, payment obligator}', Is. Id.
under J oz., 2s. 2d. under -J oz., &c.
Newspapers, via Belgium, l^d. under ^
oz., &c. ; via France, free.
Isle op France. See Mauritius.
Jamaica, payment optional, 1st and
16th of each month, 1.20 p.m., 6d. under
j oz., &c. Newspapers free.
Jassa, payment obligatory, via Bel-
gium, unless otherwise addressed, 8d. under
\ oz., &c. ; or via France, payment op-
tional, Is. 7d. under \ oz., &c. News-
papers, via Belgium, 1^-d. under \ oz. ; via
France, 2d.
Java, or auy other of the Dutch pos-
sessions, payment obligatory, via Mar-
seilles, unless otherwise addressed, on the
8th and 24th of each month, 7.20 p.m.,
Is. 10d., 2s. 3d., 4s. Id., 4s. 6d., 7s. 9d.,
under J, £, f , 1, and 1 \ oz. respectively ;
and if addressed via Southampton, on the
3d aud 19th, 1.20 p.m., Is. under \ oz.,
&c. Papers, 2d. via Southampton ; 3d.
via Marseilles.
Kentucky, State of. See America,
United States of.
La Guara. See Venezuela.
La Plata. See Buenos Ayres.
Lauenburg, payment optional, via
Belgium, unless otherwise addressed, lOd.
under ^ oz., &c. ; or via France, Is. Id.
under \ oz., &c. Newspapers, via Bel-
gium, ljd. ; via France, 2d.
Leeward Islands, payment optional,
1st and 16th of each month, 1.20 p.m.,
via Southampton, Is. under J oz., &c.
Newspapers free.
Leghorn, Tuscany, which see.
Lippe Detmold, payment optional,
via Belgium, daily, 7.20 p.m., unless
otherwise addressed, 8d. under | oz., &c.
For other routes, see Frankfort.
Lombardy, and the Venetian Pro-
vinces, via France, unless otherwise ad-
dressed, payment optional, Is. Id. under
£ oz., 2s. 2d. under \ oz., &c. ; or via
Belgium and Switzerland, lOd. under \
oz., &c. Papers, via France, 2d. ; other
route, free.
Lubec, Free City of, payment optional,
via Belgium and Prussia (in closed mail),
daily (except Saturday), unless otherwise
addressed, 8d. under \ oz., Is. 4d. under
1 oz., &c. ; or via France, 8d. under J
oe., Is. 4d. under |- oz., &c. Newspapers,
via France, 2d. ; via Belgium, free.
Printed votes and proceedings of Parlia-
ment, at the rate of Id. under 2 oz., 6d.
under 3 oz., 8d. under 4 oz., and so on to
16 oz. Printed British Prices Current,
Commercial Lists, Courses of Exchange,
if paid, Id. each.
Lublin, Government of. See Poland.
Lucca. See Tuscan}' and Lucca.
Luxemburg, Grand Duchy of, pay-
ment optional, daily, via Ostend, unless
otherwise addressed, 8d. under 3: oz., Is.