The names of streets in the Post Office Directory are now arranged in a strict alphabetical order on the lines laid down in this rule; thus we have:
"White Street
White's Row
White Heart
Whitechapel."
Again:
"Abbott Road
Abbott Street
Abbott's Road."
Again:
"King Square
King Street
King and Queen Street
King David Street
King Edward Road
King William Street
King's Arms Court
King's Road
Kinglake Street
Kingsbury Road
Kingsgate Street."
Sometimes there is a slip, as might be expected in so complicated a list of names. Thus in the foregoing sequence Kinghorn Street comes between King William Street and King's Arms Court, while I think it ought to come immediately before Kinglake Street; but, after all, this is a matter of opinion. Strattondale Street comes before Stratton Street; but this is merely a case of missorting.
There is one piece of alphabetisation which the editor of the Post Office Directory has always adopted, and that is to place Upper and Lower under those adjectives, and Old Bond Street under Old, and New Bond Street under New. These two names belong to what is practically one street (although each division is separately numbered), which is always spoken of as Bond Street, and therefore for which the majority of persons will look under Bond. South Molton Street is correctly placed under South because there is no North Molton Street, and the street is named after South Molton; while South Eaton Place is merely a continuation of Eaton Place. Some persons, however, think that names should be treated as they stand, and that we should not go behind them to find out what they mean.
5. Proper Names of foreigners to be arranged alphabetically under the prefixes—
Dal Dal Sie Del Del Rio Della Della Casa Des as Des Cloiseaux Du Du Bois La La Condamine Le Le Sage,
| Dal | Dal Sie | |
| Del | Del Rio | |
| Della | Della Casa | |
| Des | as | Des Cloiseaux |
| Du | Du Bois | |
| La | La Condamine | |
| Le | Le Sage, |