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316 POSTAGE DIRECTORY.
On Newspapers forwarded by the inonthb/ closed Mall) and not via Falmouth, or to
and from the East Indies, Malta, or any other place in the Mediterranean, the rate will
be 3d. each.
On Newspapers to and from all other comitries, either on the Continent of Europe
or beyond Sea, passing through France, the rate wiU be 2d. each. Prices Current
and Commercial Lists duly stamped enjoy the same privilege as Newspapers.
PEUIODICAL WORKS AND PAHLIAMENTARY PROCEEDINGS.
Periodical Works, not strictly Newspapers, which are published as Pamphlets, and
Parliamentary Proceedings, may be forwarded to France, hut to France, onhj, under
the following regulations : —
Firsth/, The Postage must be paid in advance.
Sfcondhi, They must be sent in Covers open at the sides.
T]iivdhj, They must be printed in the English language.
The rates of Postage on such Works and Parliamentary Proceedings will be as
follows : —
Not exceeding two ounces m weight Id.
Above two ounces and not exceeding three ounces ...6d.
Above three ounces and not exceeding four ounces 8d.
And 2d. for every additional oimce up to the weight of sixteen ounces, beyond which
weight no publication can be forwarded.
The regular Mails mil be dispatched as at present from Dover to Calais, but Ship-
Letter Bags will be made up between the follo^nng places, viz. : —
London and Boulogne. Dover and Boulogne. Brighton and Havre.
London and Ha^ re. Brighton and Dieppe. Southampton and Havre.
Dover and Calais.
The above-mentioned Rates and Regulations apply equally to all Letters passing
between England and France, whether forwarded by the regular Mail Packet or by
Private Ship.
It must, however, be distinctly understood that all Letters wll be forwarded by the
regular Mail from London, via Dover and Calais, unless specially addressed by Private
Ship, and unless the route is specified.
The foUowiiHj TABLE shows ivhat Letters maij he sent unpaid, and what are the lowest
Rates on those Letters tuhich require 'payment in advance in order to be forivarded.
France or Algeria, Unpaid.
-»c i' ' T' ^^ f Both by Frencli and English Packets.
Malta, Lnpaul. ) "
Constantinople,
The Dardanelles, ,
Greece,
Papal States, or States of V Wt„,.„; i /When sent bv the French Mediterranean
the Church, S /"^"P^'''^ " Packet-
The two Sicilies,
Smyrna,
Tuscany,
Baden, L^npaid.
Bavaria, Unpaid.
Certain Northern States of ) (When served by or forwarded through the
Europe and ) Unpaid. ' Office of the Prince of Tour and Taxis. For
Central German States, j \ a hst of which see below.
Turkey, 5d.
The Levant, 5d.
The Archipelago, 5d.
The Ionian Islands, 5d.
Austria, Sd.
Venetian Lombardy, 5d.
Smtzei'laud, 5d.