There are SIX Collections and Deliveries of Letters, in Town daily, (Sundays excepted) and there are two Dispatches from and Three Deliveries at most places in the Country, within the Limits of this Office.
The Hours by which Letters should be put into the Receiving Houses in Town, for each delivery, are as follow:
| FOR DELIVERY IN TOWN. | |||
| Delivery. | |||
| Over Night by ......... | 8 | o’Clock for the | First |
| Morning ............... | 8 | ............... | Second |
| ....................... | 10 | ............... | Third |
| ....................... | 12 | ............... | Fourth |
| Afternoon ............. | 2 | ............... | Fifth |
| ....................... | 5 | ............... | Sixth |
| FOR DELIVERY IN THE COUNTRY. | |||
| 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.:—