Delivery.
The preceding Evening by 5 o’Clock for the First
Morning 8 ... Second
Afternoon 2 ... Third
But Letters, whether in Town or Country, may be put in at either of
the Two Principal Offices, an Hour later for each Dispatch.
Letters put in on Saturday Evening are delivered in the Country on
Sunday Morning.
The date Stamp, or, if there are Two, that having the latest Hour,
shews also the Time of Day by which the Letters were dispatched for
Delivery from the Principal Offices.
The Postage of a Letter from one part of the Town to another, both
being within the Delivery of the General Post Office, is Two pence;
and to and from parts beyond that Delivery, Three pence; and the
Postage of this Office on each Letter passing to or from the General
or Foreign Post-Offices, is Two pence.
The Two-penny Postage of all Letters, such as are for Parts out of
His Majesty’s Dominions excepted, may or may not be paid at putting
in, at the option of the senders.
No Two-penny Post Letter must weigh more than Four Ounces.
The Delivery of this Office extends to the following and intermediate
Places; viz.:—
In _KENT_—Woolwich; Plumstead; Shooter’s Hill; Eltham;
Mottingham; South End; Lewisham; Beckenham; and Sydenham.
In _SURREY_—Croydon; Beddington; Carshalton; Mitcham; Morden;
Merton; Wimbledon; Ham; Petersham; and Richmond.
In _MIDDLESEX_ and _HERTS_—Twickenham; Teddington; Hampton;
Hampton-Court; Hampton-Wick; Sunbury; Whitton; Isleworth;
Brentford; Ealing; Hamwell; Wembly; Willsdon; Kingsbury;
The Hyde; Mill-Hill; Highwood-Hill; Totteridge; Whetstone;
Friern-Barnet; East-Barnet; Southgate; Winchmore-Hill; and
Enfield.
In _ESSEX_—Chingford; Sewardstone; High-Beach; Loughton; Chigwell
and Row; Wanstead; Ilford; and Barking.
Cash, in Gold or Silver, or other articles of Value enclosed in
Letters (Notes or Drafts for Money excepted) to be mentioned to the
Office-keeper at putting in; but it is recommended that Bank Notes,
or others payable to Bearer, be cut in half and sent at twice,
the Second Part not to be sent till the Receipt of the First is
acknowledged. This Office however is not liable to make good the loss
of any Property sent by Post.
It is earnestly requested that Persons receiving Letters will not
detain the Letter-Carriers at their doors longer than can be avoided.
Letters for this Delivery are frequently by mistake put into the
General Post, by which they are unavoidably delayed; It is therefore
recommended that they be put into the Two-penny Post Offices or
Receiving Houses, in order that they may be regularly forwarded by
their proper conveyance.
BYE-POST. A Bye Post is established on each Road within the
Country-Delivery of this Office, by which Letter are transmitted from
one part to another of the same district, direct, and without coming
to London.
Any irregularity in the Delivery of Letters, communicated to the
Comptroller, will be duly attended to, and if the Covers bearing the
date Stamp are produced they will assist materially in discovering
where the fault lies.
_BAROMETER of TEMPERANCE & INTEMPERANCE._