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POST-OFFICE DIRECTORY.
observed, that a letter will be liable to two Foreign rates if it
reaches the | oz., whereas two British rates are not chargeable
unless the letter exceeds ^ oz, (the limit for a single British rate) ;
so that a letter, to be subject to a single Foreign rate, as well as
British, must be under i oz. The following shews the method of
taking the postage on letters for France and Belgium.
France.
France.
{
{
under -^
an ounce.
reaching^ i
an ounce.
ace. S
British,
Foreign,
OS.
OS.
5d.
5d.
OS.
lod.
British,
OS.
5d.
Foreign,
OS.
lOd.
r. 1 • I under 4 of )
Belgium. J ^ J
° S an ounce. S
J reaching^ of J
S an ounce. ^
is. 3d.
British, Os. 4d.
Foreign, Os. 2d.
Belgium
Os. 6d.
British, Os. 4d.
Foreign, Os. 4d.
Os. 8d.
Ship Letters.
The single uniform rate on Ship Letters between the United
Kingdom and any 'place beyond seas (except those for France,
Belgium, Holland, Hamburg, Bremen, Brunswick, Hanover, Den-
mark, Oldenburg, Lubec, and Mecklenburg-Schwerin, to which
places the rate is the same as by packet), when conveyed by private
ship, is 8d. under the ^ oz., and so on, in whatever part of the
United Kingdom the same may be posted or delivered. Letters
intended to be conveyed by *' private ship" should be so addressed.
Persons exempt from Ship Letter Postage.
The owners, charterers, and consignees, resident in the United
Kingdom, and owners, consignees, and shippers of goods on board
vessels inward bound, are entitled to receive their letters free from
sea postage (the inland postage only being chargeable) to the ex-
tent 6 oz. collectively, by any one vessel to any such person. In
the case of vessels coming from Ceylon, the Mauritius, the East
Indies, or the Cape of Good Hope, for an owner, charterer, or
consignee of such vessel, the letters may collectively be 20 oz. in
weight. The owner, charterer, or consignee, must be described as
such on the address or superscription ; and, in the case of owner,
consignees, or shippers of goods, it must also appear by the ship's
manifest that they have goods on board the vessel. Such persons
are entitled to have their letters which come within the above con-
ditions, before the master of the vessel delivers the other letters in
his charge to the Post-Office.
*^* Any person who shall, with intent to evade any duty bf