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FOREIGN POSTS.
Berbice, payment optional, 1st and 16th of each month, 11 a.m., Is. 2d. under £
oz. See Indies, British West.
Bermuda, payment optional, 1st of each month, 11 a.m., by direct Packet, via
Southampton ; and by the American Packets from Liverpool, if specially so ad-
dressed, Is. under £ oz., 2s. under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers free.
Bessarabia. Government of Southern Russia, which see.
Beyrout, payment obligatory, via Marseilles, unless otherwise addressed, 6th and
23d of each month, 7.40 p.m., Is. 8d., 2s. Id., 3s. 9d., 4s. 2d., and 7s. Id., under
■%, j, J, 1, and l^oz. respectively; or via Southampton, payment obligatory, 19th
of each month, 11 a.m., Is. 6d. under ^ oz., 3s. under 1 oz., "&c. ; or via Marseilles,
by French Packet, 18th and 29th of each month, payment optional, Is. 3d., 2s.
Id., 3s. 4d., 4s. 2d., 5s. 10d., under g-, £, f, 1, and l| oz. respectively. Papers,
2d., via Southampton, and by French Packet ; and 3d. via Marseilles.
Bohemia. See Austrian Dominions.
Bolivia, State of, Western South America, payment obligatory, via Southampton,
16th of each month, 11.5 a.m., 2s. under j oz., 4s. under 1 oz., and so on. News-
papers free.
Bombay, Presidency of, payment optional, on the 19th of each month, 11 a.m., via
Southampton, Is. under \ oz. ; and 6th and 23d, 7.40 p.m., via Marseilles, Is. lOd.
under \ oz., &c. All letters, if prepaid, and not specially addressed, via South-
ampton, are forwarded via Marseilles.
Borneo. See Archipelago, Indian.
Botuschany, via France, except otherwise addressed, payment optional, Is. lid.,
3s. 5d., 5s. 4d., 6s. 10d., 9s. 2d. ; or via Belgium, Is. lid., 3s., 4s. lid., 6s., 8s.
9d. ; or via Holland, Is. lid., 2s. 10d., 4s. 9d., 5s. 8d., 8s. 7d. ; or via Hamburg,
Is. 10d., 2s. 8d., 4s. 6d., 5s. 4d., 8s. 2d., under \, 1, f, 1, and l£, respectively.
Newspapers, via France, 2d. ; other routes, l^d. each.
Bourbon, Isle of. See Africa, and by the overland mail, payment obligatory, Is.
4d. under id. oz., by Southampton, on the 19th of each month, and 2s. 2d. by
Marseilles, under \ oz. Papers, 4d. by the former, and 5d. by the latter route.
All paid letters are sent via Marseilles, unless otherwise addressed.
Brazil, payment obligatory, via Falmouth, the 3d of each month, 7.40 p.m., when
the 3rd falls on a Saturday, letters may be posted till 7.40 p.m. on the following
day, 2s. 9d. under 1 oz., 5s. 6d. under 1 oz., &c. August ito January inclusive,
the Packet touches at Pernambuco and Bahia on her outward passage to Rio
Janeiro, and the other six months on her homeward. Newspapers, 2d. each.
Bremen, Free City of, by Hamburg Packet, payment optional, Monday and Thurs-
day, 7.40 p.m. ; unless otherwise addressed, 8d. under 1 oz., Is. 4d, under 1. oz.,
and so on ; or (during the summer months) via Hull, under the same regulations ;
or via Belgium, daily, Is. 4d., Is. 10d., 3s. 2d., 3s. 8d., 5s. lOd. ; or via France,
daily, Is. 3d., 2s. Id., 3s. 4d., 4s. 2d., 5s. lOd. ; or via Holland, Tuesdays and
Fridays, 9.45 a.m., Is. 4d., Is. 8d., 3s., 3s. 4d., 5s. 8d., under \, £, f, 1, and l£ oz.
respectively ; or via Belgium and Prussia (closed mails), daily (Saturday ex-
cepted), Is., 2s. 2d., 2s. 4d., under \, 5, f, and 1 oz. respectively. Letters by this
route should be addressed, " By Closed Mail, via Belgium and Prussia." News-
papers, free by Packet, via Belgium, Holland, or by " Private Ship, via Hull ;"
2d. via France. Papers cannot be forwarded by Closed Mails. Printed Votes,
and proceedings of Parliament, may be sent, if prepaid, and open at the sides, at
the rate of Id., 6d., 8d., under 2, 3, and 4 oz., respectively, up to 16 oz.
British West Indies. See West Indies, British.
Brunswick. London Packet, unless otherwise addressed, payment optional. Mon-
days and Thursdays, 7.40 p.m., 9d. under 1 oz. Via Belgium, daity, 7.40 p.m.,
Is. 3d., Is. 8d., 2s. lid., 3s. 4d., 5s. 5d. ; via Holland, Is. 3d., Is. 6d., 2s. 9d., 3s.,
5s. 3d.; via France, Is. 8d., 2s. lid., 4s. 7d., 5s. 10d., 7s. lid, under ^ 1, f, 1,
and I5 oz. respectively ; Newspapers by Packet, Id. ; via France, 2d. ; other routes
free.
Bucharest, via France, unless otherwise addressed, payment optional, Is. 9d., 3s.
Id., 4s. 10d., 6s. 2d., 8s. 4d. ; or via Belgium, 2s. Id., 3s. 4d., 5s. 5d., 6s. 8d.,
9s. 7d. ; or via Holland, 2s. Id., 3s. 2d., 5s. 3d., 6s. 4d., 9s. 5d. ; or via Hamburg,
2s., 3s., 5s., 6s., 9s., under £, i, f, 1, and 1^ oz. respectively. Newspapers via
France, 2d. ; other routes l£d. each.
Buenos Ayres, payment obligatory, 3rd of each month, 7.40 p.m., via Falmouth, 2s.
7d. under i oz., 5s. 2d. under 1 oz., &c. Newspapers free.