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EDINBURGHSHIRE
EDINBURGH
SLATER'S
GENERAL POST OFFICE, NORTH BRIDGE.
Surveyor General for Scotland— A. M. CUNYNGHAME, Esq.
Chief Clerk— W. W. HALLIBURTON.
OFFICE HOURS.— GENERAL POST OFFCE— Surveyor-General's Office, Money Order Office, Eeturned letter and Parcel
and Inquiry Office, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.. Saturdays 10 to 1. Postal and Parcels Offices 7 a.m. to 9 p.m.; Telegraph
Office, all hours. BRANCH OFFICES.— Leith Branch— for Money Order and Savings Bank Business. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ;
Postal, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m.. Sunday 8 to 9 a.m. ; Telegraph, 7 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 9 to 10 a.m., and 4 to 6 p.m. George
Street.' Lynedoch Place, and Newington Branches— for Money Order and Savings Bank Business. 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. ; Postal
and Telegraph, 8 a.m. to 9 p. m, Receiving Offices— Money Order and Savings Bank Business, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.. Saturday
9 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. ; Postal and Telegraph, 8 a.m. to 7.45 p.m., Saturday 8 a.m. to 5.45 p.m. Insurance and Annuity
Business transacted at all Money Order Offices.
MAIL DESPATCHES.
Box Closings.
Town
Rec. Offi. &
Let.. Boxes.
10 — a.m.
11.0 a.m.
t 11.0 am.
12 noon <
1 — p.m.
1 — p.m.
1.45 p.m.
1.45 p.m.
1.45 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.45 p.m.
3.45 p.m.
*4.45 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
5.45 p.m.
6 —p.m.
6.30 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
*7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
ft 9 — p.m.
Leith
Bran oh.
12.45
a.m.
10 — a.m.
10.55 a.m.
10.55 a.m.
10.55 a.m.
10.55 p.m.
1 — p.m.
1 — p.m.
1.45 p.m.
1.45 p.m.
1.45 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.45 p.m.
3.45 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
4.45 p.m.
5.4^ p.m.
5 — p.m.
6.30 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
7.30 p.m.
9 —p.m.
Gr. P. O.
a4 -
â–  a.m.
a 5.30 a.m.
5.45 a.m.
6.30 a.m.
c 6.30 a.m.
7 — a.m.
7.15 a.m.
7.30 a.m.
9 —a.m.
9.30 a.m.
9.45 a.m.
11 — a.m.
11.15 a.m.
11.30 a.m.
12.40 p.m.
1 — p.m.
1.30 p.m.
2 — p.m.
2.15 p.m.
2.45 p.m.
3.15 p.m.
3.30 p.m.
4 — p.m.
4.15 p m.
4.15 p.m.
5 15 p.m.
6 — p.m.
6.15 p.m.
6.30 p.m.
dl — p.m.
7.15 p.m.
8 — p.m.
8.15 p.m.
8.30 p.m.
e9.30 p.m,
MAILS.
Aberdeen, North. Glasgow and "West,
Glasgow, Dundee, Inverness and North.
Lasswade, Loanhead, &c.
Fife, Hawick, Kelso, and Local Posts.
Dunfermline, Linlithgow, &c.
Berwick, Haddington, Peebles, &c.
1st Town Delivery.
Bathgate, Lasswade, Dalkeith, &e.
Musselburgh, Linlithgow, &c.
Aberdeen, Fife, Liverpool, Haddington, &c.
Glasgow. York, and Local.
London, Carlisle, and Newcastle.
Glasgow and West, and Local Posts.
2nd Town Delivery, Liber ton.
Glasgow, Greenock, Stirling, &c.
Glasgow, and Musselburgh.
Dundee, Perth, and Currie.
Glasgow, Haddington, Carlisle, and Local.
Portobello Cramond, &c.
Berwick, York, &c. 3rd Town Delivery.
Stow, Gorebridge, Slateford.
Broxburn.
Glasgow. Perth, Dundee, Fife, &c.
Hawick. Peebles, Ayr, Bathgate, &c.
Glasgow and Local Posts.
4th Town Delivery, Dunfermline.
England, Ireland, Foreign & Colonial.
Dunbar, &c, and 5th Town Delivery.
England via Carlisle.
Belfast and N. of Ireland, Peebles.
London, York, and W.E. of England.
6th Town Delivery, Falkirk, Greenock.
Glasgow, Aberdeen. Inverness, Perth, &c.
London, Carlisle, Ireland via Dublin, and
Foreign & Colonial Mails.
Manchester, Liverpool, & Fgn. via L'pool.
London aud Foreign. York, Supple-
mentary to Carlisle, Manchester, Liver
pnol. and N. of Ireland. _____
on Sundays. k From Letter Boxes and Branch Offices.
a 5.45 a.m.
c 7.45 a.m.
d 6.0 p.m.
* 60 andS 15 p m. at Lynedoch Place ; and 8.0 p.m., from George St. Branches,
t 11.30 a.m. from Lynedoch Place Branch for Glasgow mail only.
LATE LETTERS.— Letters may be posted at
G.P.O. and Branch Office, Leith, from 5 to 10
minutes after the hour for closing the Box, except
for the London Mails, when they are taken at
G.P.O. till 20 minutes, and Leith and Lynedoch
Place Branch Office till 30 minutes ; and at George
Street Branch Office till 6.40 and S. 30 p.m., and at
8.0 p.m. for North and West Mails.— on being
prepaid the too-late fee of ^d- for Inland Letters,
&c, and Id. for Foreign and Colonial, and handed
over the counter Further, Letters may be posted
for the London Mail, at the Princes Street Station !
till 7-0 p.m. ; and at Waverley Station, in the Box
attached to the P.O. Carriage by the 4.20 a.m., 2.0, \
and 6.30 p.m. Mail Trains. .Registered Letters re- ]
ceived up to the hour of closing the Box for ordinary
Letters— too-late fee, 4d.
POSTING OF NEWSPAPERS, &c— i
Newspapers and Book Packets require to be posted 1
at the G.P.O. 30 Minutes earlier than the Box closest]
for ordinary Letters, but are taken up to the time of A
the closing of the " Letter " Box, if paid the too-1
late fee. as in the case of Letters.
DELIVERIES IN EDINBURGH & LEITH.
1st, commencing at 7 a.m., includes Mails from I
abroad, England, Ireland, and Scotland in j
general.
2nd, commencing at 11.30 a.m., includes Mailsj
from London, the N.E. of England, GlasJ^
gow and West, Inverness, Aberdeen. & Local
3rd, commencing at 2.30 p.m.. includes Mails fronl
London. Dublin, Aberdeen. Perth. Stirling,
Glasgow and West, Hawick, and Local.
4th, commencing at 4.30 p.m., includes Mails from
Lonnon, N.E. of England, Glasgow, Fife,
and Local.
5th, commencing at 6.15 p.m.. includes Mails from
London, Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow,
Hawick, Dumfries, and Local.
6th, commencing at 7.30 p.m., includes Mails from
London, N.E. of England. Aberdeen, Inverj
ness, Dunfermline, Dunbar, and Local.
Paid letter Office open from 7 a.m. till 9 p.i
Private Box for Strangers' Letters delivered there!
from. *#* Annual Fee for Private Box, £3.1
SUNDAYS.— From 8 to 9 a.m., at General Post};
Office, and Branch Office, Leith.
PARCEL DELIVERIES— 8.45, 11.30 a.m j
2.30, 4.30, 6.15, 7.30 p.m.
RECEIVING OFFICES AND LETTER BOXES.
Collections made from the following Receiving Offices and Letter Boxes at 1.0. 10.0, rfll.O, 12.0,
5.45, 6.30, d7.30, 9.0, 10.0 p.m.; Sundays, 4.45 p.m. from:—
Ainslie Place.
Argyle Place (43), E.O.
cBank Street.
Canongate (184 Wall).
Carlton Terrace.
cCastle Street (Princes Street).
Charlotte Square.
Clerk Street.
c*Cockburn Street (7), E.O.
cCollege.
Comely Green (47 Lady
Menzies Place), E.O.
Crichton Street.
cCross (231 High Street), E.O.t
ftDalry Eoad. E.O.
Drummond Place.
cDuke Street (3), E.O.
Dumbiedykes.
Earl Grey Street.
cElm Row (2), E.O.
18
d*Fountainbridge (158), E.O.
ctGardners Crescent.
*George Street (71) Branch.
aGladstone Place.
SGrange (E. end of Eoad)
cGrassmarket, K.O. t
cHanover Street.
aHaymarket.
cHigh Street.
*Holyrood, E.O.
Howe Street.
India Street (3) E.O.
Johnstone Terrace.
*Lauriston (80 Lauriston
Place), E.O.
*Leven Street, E.O.
cLindsav Place, E.O.
London "Street (47) E.O.
'Lothian Eoad (17). E.O.
•Lynedoch Place (2) Branck.
Manor Place.
Moray Place.
cMound.
"Newington Branch (41 S.
Clerk Street).
c'Nicoison Street (21), E.O. t
c»Parliament House, 10, 11,
12 A.M.. 1. 2,2.45, 4.0 P.M.
Pitt Street (2). E.O.
Pleasance.
Princes Street Station.
Miaeburn Place. E.O.
cKoyal Exchange.
cSt. Andrew Square.
aSt. Leonard's Street.
St. Mary's Street.
*Shandwick Place (7), E.O.
*Stockbridge (18 N.W. Circus
Place), E.O.
cUnion Place
1.0, 1.45, 2.45, S.45, rf4.45,
Walker Street.
*Warriston (1 Howard Street),
E.O.
cWaverley Station.
aWest Claremont Street
*W. Maitland Street (18), E.O.
COLLECTIONS at 1.0,
10.0 A.M., 1.0,2.45, 4.45. 5.45,*
6.30, 7.30, 9.0, and 10.0 P.M;
Sundays, 4.45 P.M. from :—
ZiBeaufort Eoad, E.O.
SBelgrave Crescent.
Clarendon Crescent.
aDean Terrace.
iDouglas Crescent.
fiGleneairn Crescent.
SMayfield (Minto Street), E.O.
aWarrender Park Eoad.