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1790-1799

H you are ever seen Sleeping while on Duty, you will be dismissed, as you will be for disobeying any Part of these
Orders.
THOMAS HASKER.
N. B. The above Orders have been all given before; but I have now the particular Commands of the Postmaster
General to repeat them, and to desire you will read over your Instructions.

- 9 3 0 5 NEWS (General Post-Office, April 5, 1793)

THE Post-Master General, to forward the Objects of the Act of the 30th of His present Majesty, which established
legal Quays and Markets at the New Port of Milford Haven, have removed the Post-Office from Hubberstone to Milford.
ANTH. TODD, Sec.

-- 9 3 0 6 0025 (General Post-Office, Manchester, April 8, 1793)

HIS MAlEsTY's POSTMASTER GENERAL Having been pleased to settle and establish A PENNY Posr OFFICE in the
Town of Manchester, and the Suburbs thereof and Places adjacent;
Notice is hereby given, that Offices are opened for the receipt of Letters and Parcels, not exceeding four Ounces
weight, at the following Places:
1st. Deansgate - near ??? Street 3d. High Street near Turner Street
2d. Salford - near Trinity Chapel 4th. Bank Top near Piccadilly

And also at the principal Post Office in Back Square from which Places Deliveries will be made all over the town
Three Times a Day, viz. Eight in the Morning - Half past Twelve at Noon - and Six in the Afternoon. - Before which Times
Letters should be put into the above Offices, in order to be sent by the quickest Conveyance - for the carriage of which, one
Penny will be charged in the Town, and two Pence for such as are for the Places adjacent, and within the Penny Post
delivery.
Letters intended for the General Post for London, and all Parts may, on payment of one Penny with them, be put into
any of the Four Receiving Houses ???? the principal Office at the proper times for their being circulated by the several
Post without Delay. The Receiving Houses will be open from Seven in the Morning till Ten at Night, for that Purpose; and
the Postage both on Foreign and Inland paid Letters, will be received at them, the same as at the Principal Office.
Letter Carriers will be despatched regularly every Day (Sundays excepted) with the Letters to and from Middleton,
Ashton-under-line, Staley-Bridge, Oldham, Saddleworth, and other Places, of which due Notice will be given.
It is the Wish of the Post Master General rather to prevent than to punish. Therefore that the unwary may be made
acquainted with the Penalties they are subject to, by illegally conveying Letters within the Precincts of the Penny Post
Delivery, the following Extract of 5th Geo. 3d. is added by their Lordships order.
"And be it further enacted by the Authority aforesaid, that when any Penny Post Office or Offices shall be settled and
established in any Cities, Towns, Suburbs, or Places adjacent, within the Kingdoms of Great Britain and Ireland, and the
British Dominions in America, no Person or Persons whatsoever shall make any Collection of Letters or Packets in or near
such City, Town, Suburbs, or Places, where such Penny Office or Offices shall be established, without Licence or Leave of
the Postmaster General for the Time being; upon Pain of incurring the Forfeitures and Penalties to be forfeited and paid by
Persons collecting, receiving, carrying, recarrying, and delivering Letters contrary to the Act, made in the Ninth Year of the
Reign of Her late Majesty Queen Anne; to be recovered in Manner as by the said Act is directed, and with Full Costs of
Suit."
N. B. The Penalties to be incurred by the 9th Queen Anne, are FivE POUNDS for every Letter, or Packet, illegally
collected, carried, or delivered, whether for Hire or not, and ONE HUNDRED POUNDS for every Week such Practices are
continued.
GEO. WESTERN, Surveyor G.P.O.

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