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POSTAL DIRECTORY. 145
of a Post Office. The sums payable for insurance, including registration, are
as follows : — To secure compensation up to £12, a fee of 5d ; £24, 7Jd ; and
so on at the rate of 2|d for every additional £12, up to £120, 2s 3|d.
Government Insurances and Annuities.
Insurances may be effected for amounts not less than £5 and not more than
£100 to persons between 14 and 65 years of age ; and Annuities may be
purchased for amounts not less than £1 and not more than £100 on one life.
Children between 8 and 14 years of age can be insured for £5. Forms of
proposals may be obtained at the Post Office.
DATES OF DESPATCH AND ARRIVAL OF MAILS.
See Separate Table for Parcel Postage and Mails (page 151).
Letters not specially directed by a particular route are, as a rule, forwarded by the
first mail despatched.
Abbreviations. — alt. alternate; ea. mo. each month; ev. every; E. evening, or the
6.30p.m. Mail; M. morning, or the 3 p.m. Mail; Mon. Monday; Tu. Tuesday; Wed.
Wednesday ; Th. Thur. Thursday ; Fri. Friday ; Sat. Saturday.
The Countries marked with an asterisk (*) are not in the Postal Union.
« O
On -
MAILS.
COUNTRIES, &c.
s- n
<D P.
Despatched from
Due at
Dundee.
Dundee.
Aden, via Brindisi
Id
E, every Thursday
Every Monday
,, by German Packet
1
M, June 4, 8, 18, 22, 24
Algeria
n
Same as France
Same as France
Antigua,
i
See Leeward Islands
*Arabia ..
2q
Same as Egypt
Same as Egypt
Arg'ntine Rep. v. S'amptn.
n
M, 14th June and ev. alt. Thurs.
11th June andev. alt. Mon.
„ by French Pkt
n
M, 6th June and ev. alt. Wed.
4th June and ev. alt. Mon.
,, via Liverpool
n
E, 5th June and ev. alt. Tues.
Ascension
i
M, 1st June and ev. 4th Fri.
18th June and ev. 4th Mon.
Australia, via Brindisi ...
i
E, 14th June and ev. alt. Thurs.
4th June and ev. alt. Mon.
,, via Naples ...
i
E, 7th June and ev. alt. Thurs.
13th'June and ev.alt. Wed.
,, via Vancouver
i
E, 6th June and ev. 4th Wed.
21st June and ev. 4th Thur.
,, via San Fr'isco
i
E, 8th June and ev. 3rd Fri.
4th June and ev. 3rd Mon.
„ by French Pkt
i
E, 7th June and ev. 4th Thurs.
28th June and ev. 4thThur.
,, byGerman Pkt
i
M, 23rd June and ev. 4th Sat.
12th June and ev. 4th Tues.
Austria
n
Thrice daily
Twice daily
Bahamas
i
E, ev. Tuesday and Friday ...
Uncertain
Barbados
i
M, 8th June and ev. alt. Friday
11th June and ev.alt. Mon.
,, via Dartmouth
i
E, 14th June and ev. alt. Thurs
11th June and ev. alt. Mon.
Basutoland, Bechuanal'd
i
Same as Cape Colony
11th June and ev.alt. Mon.
Bechuanal'd Protectorate
n
Same as Rhodesia
Belgium
h
Thrice daily
Thrice daily
Bermuda, via New York
i
E, every Tuesday and Friday
Bolivia, via Liverpool ...
2i
^2
E, 5th June and ev. alt. Tues.
Uncertain
„ via Southampton
n
M, 8th June and ev. alt. Fri.
11th June and ev. alt. Mon.
Brazil, via Southampton
2|
M, 14th June and ev. alt. Thurs.
11th June and ev. alt. Mon
„ via Liverpool ...
2h
E, 5th June andev. alt. Tues.
„ by French Packet
n
M, 6th June and ev. alt. Wed.
4th June and ev. alt. Mon.
British C Africa, v. Italy
i
M, 8th June and ev. 4th Fri.
„ v.CapeTown
i
E, every Friday
British East Africa,
via Brindisi
i
M, 8th June and ev. 4th Fri.
27th June and ev. 4th Wed.
„ v.Naples
i
E, 7th June and ev. 4th Thurs.
4th June and ev. 4th Mon.
„ v. Genoa
i
M, 22nd June and ev. 4th Fri.
18th Juneandev.4thMon.
„ by French Pkt
i
E, 7th each month
16th each month
„ by Austrian Pkt
i
E, 25th each month
29th each month
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