| Inland postage to Holyhead | 9d. |
| For the Conway Bridge | 1d. |
| " " Menai " | 1d. |
| Sea postage | 2d. |
In 1820, the sea rate between Portpatrick and Donaghadee had been raised by 2d. for a single letter, between Liverpool and the Port of Douglas by 4d. (1 Geo. IV, c. 89; 3 Geo. IV, c. 105).
[614] 7 and 8 Geo. IV, c. 21; 1 and 2 Geo. IV, c. 35, secs. 19-20; 6 Geo. IV, c. 28.
[615] 6 and 7 Wm. IV, c. 5.
[616] Acc. & P., 1837, l. 106. Rates on foreign letters before, and after the French treaty:—
| Between England and | Before | After | |
| France | 14d. | 10d. | |
| Italy | } | ||
| Turkey | } | 23 | 19 |
| Ionian Isles | } | ||
| Spain | 26 | 19 | |
| by packet | 26 | 26 | |
| Portugal via France | 26 | 19 | |
| by packet | 30 | 30 | |
| Germany via France | 20 | 14 | |
| Switzerland | 20 | 14 | |
| Holland | 16 | 16 | |
| Belgium | 16 | 16 | |
| Russia | } | ||
| Prussia | } | ||
| Norway | } | 20 | 20 |
| Sweden | } | ||
| Denmark | } | ||
| Germany | } | ||
| Gibraltar | 34 | 34 | |
| Malta | } | ||
| Ionian Isles | } | 38 | 38 |
| Greece | } | ||
| Egypt | } | ||
| Brazil | 42 | 42 | |
| Buenos Ayres | 42 | 41 | |
| Madeira | 31 | 31 | |
| Mexico | } | ||
| Havana | } | 36 | 27 |
| Colombia | } | ||
| San Domingo | 26 | 27 | |
| United States and foreign West Indies | 26 | 26 |
[617] This followed to a certain extent the French system of charging postage, which depended more upon weight and less upon the number of enclosures than the English method.
[618] 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 34.
[619] In 1838, it was enacted that the postage on a single letter (not from the United Kingdom or going there) between any two Mediterranean ports or from a Mediterranean port to the East Indies should be 6d. via the Red Sea or Persian Gulf. The Gibraltar rate remained the same (1 and 2 Vict., c. 97).
[620] 7 Wm. IV and 1 Vict., c. 34.