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FOREIGN POSTS. 31
Owners, Consignees, or Charterers (resident in the United Kingdom), and the
Owners, Consignees, and Shippers of Goods on hoard vessels inward hound, are
entitled to receive their letters free from sea postage, to the extent of six ounces.
In case of vessels from Ceylon, Mauritius, the East Indies, and the Cape of Good Hope,
the privilege extends to twenty ounces in weight. The Owner, Charterer, or Con-
signee, must be described as such in the address; and in case of Owners, Shippers,
or Consignees of Goods, it must appear by the ship's manifest, that they have goods
on board.
A penalty of Ten Pounds is incurred by parties falsely superscribing a letter as
Owner, Shipper, Charterer, or Consignee.
ALPHABETICAL LIST OF FOREIGN COUNTRIES,
WITH THE TIME OF DESPATCH FROM GLASGOW, RATES OF POSTAGE, AND
ROUTES OF MAILS.
Newspapers must he posted within Seven Days of the date of publication, and the
postage in every instance prepaid.
For General Abstract of the Foreign Packet Stations, see three previous pages.
A List of Cities and Principal Places throughout the World will be found at page 45.
Abyssinia, no regular mails. Letters should be sent to the care of an agent at
Malta or Aden.
Africa. To places not mentioned in this list there is no regular conveyance.
Letters and papers are forwarded as opportunities offer by private ships. Postage,
8d. under ^ oz., Is. 4d. under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers to British settlements, Id.
each ; to other places, excepting Algeria, 2d. each.
Alabama, North and South States of. See America, United States of.
Algeria, postage same as to France, through which country letters are forwarded.
Alexandria, via Marseilles, unless otherwise addressed, 6th and 23d of each month,
7.40 p.m., unless these days fall upon a Saturday, in that case the mails are made
up on the following day, Is. 8d., 2s. Id., 3s. 9d., 4s. 2d., 7s. Id., under \, |, f, 1,
and 1\ oz. respectively; or, via Southampton, 19th of each month, 11 a.m., except
when the 19th falls on a Saturday, and in that case they are despatched from
Glasgow on the previous morning, Is. 6d. under J oz., and so on ; or by French
packet, via Marseilles, 18th and 29th of each month, Is. 3d., 2s. Id., 3s. 4d., 4s.
2d., 5s. 10d., under j, ^, J, 1, and 1^ oz. respectively. Prepayment optional by
all the routes. Newspapers by French packet, or Southampton, 2d. and 3d., via
Marseilles.
Astrakhan. See Russia, Southern.
America, United States of, payment optional by British Mail Steam Packets from
Liverpool, unless otherwise addressed, on every second Friday, 7.30 p.m., during
the months of Dec , Jan., Feb , and March, and on every Friday during the other
months of the year, alternately to Boston and New York. These packets return at
similar periods from Boston and New York, calling at Halifax both on the out-
ward and homeward voyages. Is. not exceeding ^ oz., and so on. Letters ad-
dressed " By Private Ship," may also be sent by any outward-bound vessel ; post-
age 8d. not exceeding ^ oz. Letters may also be forwarded by the " United States
Contract Packets," which touch at Southampton ; by these Packets, no Postage
will be charged in this country. Newspapers, by Packet, Id. each ; by Private
Ship, 2d. each. Periodical Works, not of daily publication, and Printed Pamphlets,
may be sent, if prepaid and open at the sides, at the rate of Id., 6d., and 8d., under
2, 3, and 4 oz. respectively. No Periodical Work to exceed 16 oz., nor Printed
Pamphlet to exceed 8 oz.
Antigua. See Indies, British West.
Arabia. See India, East.
Arequifa. See Peru.
Archipelago, Grecian, must be paid either to Calais, 5d., or to Trieste, Is. 3d.,
2s. Id., 3s. 4d., 4s. 2d., 5s. 10d., under £, £, J, 1, and \\ oz. respectively, and so
on. See also Greece. Papers, free by Packet, Id. via France, 3d. by closed mail.