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POST-OFFICE, NELSON STREET,
JUNE, 1839.
DELIVERY OF LETTERS.
(The Office opens at 7 a. m. and shuts at 10 p. m.)
There are four Deliveries daily, at the following hours, viz. : —
FIRST DELIVERY, at 7-30 a.m.— Comprehending Edinburgh,
(night), Dundee, London, West Highlands, Ayrshire, Irish, Paisley,
Greenock, Perth, and Stirling Mails. Box closes at 7 a.m.
SECOND DELIVERY, at 12 noon Falkirk, East of Scotland,
Aberdeen, Perth, Stirling, Paisley, Saltcoats, Beith, &c. Box closes
at 11-45 a.m.
THIRD DELIVERY, at 2-45 p.m London, (day), Paisley and
Greenock Mails. Box closes at 2-30 p.m.
FOURTH DELIVERY, at 5 p.m Edinburgh, (day). Box
closes at 4-30 p.m.
Town Penny Letters are delivered at each delivery.
Delivery on Sundays, (to persons who call at the office only,) from 8
to 10 a.m. from 1-15 to 1-45 p.m. and from 4 till 6 p.m.
DISPATCH OF MAILS.
DEPARTURES.
West Highlands,
Stirling, Falkirk, &c.
Ayrshire, ....
Paisley, Greenock, &c.
London, (Day),
Paisley, ....
Paisley, Greenock,
Edinburgh, (Day),
Stirling, Perth, Aberdeen,
Paisley, ....
Saltcoats, Beith, &c.
Paisley, Greenock, . .
Ayrshire, Irish,
London, (Night), .
Edinburgh, (Night), Perth, Dundee,
verness, ....
Box closes at
Gen. Office,
Nelson street
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4 — a.m.
4 — a.m.
5 — a.m.
3-40 a.m.
7-30 a.m.
9 — a.m.
12 — noon
12-30 —
1-15 p.m.
3 — p.m.
4-15 p.m.
4-15 p.m.
5 — p.m.
10-SO p.m.
10-30 p.m.
6 — a.m.
7 — a.m.
8-45 a.m.
11-45 a.m.
12-15 a.m.
1 — p.m.
2-45 p.m.
4 — p.m.
4 — p.m.
4-30 p.m.
10 — p.m.
10 — p.m.
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