If the 4th, 12th, 20th and 27th fall on a Sunday, the Indian Mail, via Southampton, is despatched the previous evening.

If the 18th fall on a Sunday, the Mails for Aden, Calcutta, Madras, Singapore, Ceylon, China, and Yokohama, by French packet, will be made up on previous evening.

If the 9th fall on a Sunday, the Brazil Mail is despatched the next morning; and the Cape of Good Hope and Mauritius Mails, via Devonport, are despatched the next evening.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN AMBASSADORS.

BritishAmbassadors, &c., Abroad.

Foreign Ambassadors in England.

America

Hon. Sir F. W. A Bruce, K.C.B.

Charles F. Adams, Esq.

Argent. Conf.

G. B. Mathew

M. Balcarne

Austria

Lord Blomfield, G.C.B.

Count R. d’Apponyi

Belgium

Lord Howard de Walden, G.C.B.

M. Van de Weyer

Brazil

Ed. Thornton, Esq., C.B.

Central America

Ed. Corbet, Esq.

Senor Carlos Gutierrez

Chili

W. T. Thompson, Esq.

Don Manuel Carvallo

China

Sir Rutherford Alcock, K.C.B.

Denmark

Sir Charles A. Murray, C.B.

Lieut.-General Bulow

Equator

Colonel Neale

M. Flores

France

Earl Cowley, G.C.B.

Prince de la Tour d’Auvergne

Greece

Hon. E. M. Erskine

M. Tricoupi

Hanse Towns

John Ward, Esq.

M. Rücker

Italy

Hon. H. G. Elliot

Marquis d’Azeglio

Japan

Sir H. Parkes

Mexico

Hon P. C. Scarlett, C.B.

M. F. Arranjoiz

Netherlands

Sir John Milbanke, Bart.

Baron Bentinck

New Granada

Philip Griffith, Esq.

Don Juan De F. Martin

Persia

Charles Alison, Esq., K.C.B.

Mahmoud Khan

Peru

Hon. W. S. Jerningham

Don Juan Y de Osma

Portugal

Sir A. Paget, K.C.B.

Count de Lavradio

Prussia

Lord A. W. F. S. Loftus, K.C.B.

Count Bernstoff

Russia

Rt. Hn. Sir R. Buchanan, K.C.B.

Baron de Brunnow

Spain

Sir J. F. Crampton, Bt. K.C.B.

M. Gonzalez

Sweden

Hon. G. S. S. Jerningham

Count Wachtmeister

Switzerland

Adm. Hon. E. A. J. Harris, R.N.

J. Rapp, Esq. Cons.-Gen.

Turkey

Lord Lyons, K.C.B.

M. Musurus

Wurtemberg

G. J. R. Gordon, Esq.

STAMP AND OTHER GOVERNMENT DUTIES.

PROPERTY AND INCOME TAX.

From April, 1866, to April, 1867, incomes of £100 per annum and not exceeding £200, are taxed at the rate of 4d. in the pound, after allowing a deduction of £60: for example, a man earning £100 will be rated only at £40: those of £200 and upwards, at 4d. in the pound.

Exemption of Premiums from Income Tax.—Under a recent Act of Parliament, the premiums paid by a person for an Assurance on his own life or on the life of his wife, or for a Deferred Annuity to his widow, are declared free from income tax, provided such Premiums do not exceed one-sixth of his returnable income.

DUTIES PAYABLE ON INHABITED HOUSE OF THE ANNUAL VALUE OF £20, OR UPWARDS.