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APPENDIX.
6th District — Market street, Manse lane, Smith's lane, Cowgate,
Buccleuch street, Ann street from No. 1 to 8, Tobago street, East
Shaw street, Sir Michael street, Captain street, Bearhope streeet,
Duncan street, Roxburgh street from No. 49, Bruce street, Holm-
scroffc street (west), Mount Pleasant, Orangefield, Brachelston toll,
Barr's land, Nelsen street, (west), Inverkip street, High vennel
from No. 23 to 71, High Sugarhouse lane from No. 22 to 31, High
Charles street from No. 24 to 34, Watson's lane — John Sinclair.
7th — Rural Meesengers District — From Garvel Park lodge along
East Hamilton street to Hill-end Works, Cappielow and Toll Cot-
tages, Ladyburn, Clyde Pottery, Caledonian Saw Mills, Inch
Works, and along the Port-Glasgow road to the Kingston Saw
Mills. — Delivered twice daily.
RATES OE POSTAGE AND CONDITIONS OE
TRANSMISSION.
Inland Letters.
The rate of Postage on all inland letters is regulated by weight,
irrespective of distance, and with the exception afterwards men-
tioned, is as follows : —
If paid in advance.
Letter weighing not more than A oz. * Id.
„ „ more than | oz. but not exceeding 1 oz. . 2d.
., „ more than 1 oz. „ „ 2 oz. . 4d.
„ „ more than 2 oz. ,, „ 3 oz. . 6d.
and so on ; twopence being charged for every additional ounce.
unpaid Letters.
As a general rule, the postage, if not paid in advance, is double
the foregoing ; and if the payment in advanee be insufficient, double
the deficiency is charged. An inland letter, for example, weighing
more than half an ounce, and not exceeding one ounce, if bearing
a penny stamp only, is, on delivery, charged twopence The un-
paid additional postage on re-directed letters, however, is not
doubled, being the same as if such postage were prepaid. Unless
three quarters, at least, of the postage of a letter weighing more
than 4 oz. be prepaid, the letter is not forwarded, but notice of its
detention is given to the sender, or when that is not practicable, to
the person to whom the letter is addressed.
* If the weight be exceeded to the smallest extent, even though the
balance be merely turned, the letter becomes liable to a higher postige.
The same rule applies to letters going abroad. To provide, therefore, for
errors in scales, Sfc, it is well to allow a litte margin, or to puy the post-
age ef the next greater weight.