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1790-1799

Hours by which they must be put in for Places in the Country will be Eight in the Morning, and Two and Five in the
Afternoon.
From most Parts of the Country within the Delivery of the Penny Post there will be Two Posts to London every Day,
(Sunday excepted). The Hours of Dispatch will be specified in a Label affixed in the Office at each Place.
The Two Chief Penny Post Offices are in Abchurch-Lane, Lombard-Street, and Gerrard-Street, Soho; the other
Principal Offices being laid aside.
ANTH. TODD, Secretary.

- 9 4 0 7 NEWS (General Post Office, June 7, 1794)

NOTICE is hereby given, that letters are now dispatched three times a day to the following places, viz. Peckham,
Deptford, Greenwich, Lewisham, Lee, Eltham, Blackheath, Woolwich, Bow, Stratford, West Ham, Plastow, East Ham,
Barking, Ilford, Leytonstone, Wanstead, Walthamstow, Leyton, and Woodford.
And two deliveries of letters are given to the places undennentioned, viz. Sydenham and Charlton, in Kent; Bromley and
Old Ford, in Middlesex; and Woodford Bridge, Chigwell, and Chingford, in Essex.
Letters going to any of the above Places, must be put in at Penny Post Receiving Houses in Town, by eight o'clock in the
Morning. and two o'clock in the Afternoon; or they may be put in at the Principal Office for Westminster, (held in Gerrard-
street, Soho) by half past eight in the Morning, and half past two in the Afternoon, or into the Chief Office in Abchurch lane,
Lombard-street. by nine in the Morning, and three in the Afternoon; and such as are intended for the Places first mentioned,
having three deliveries a day, must, besides the hours above stated, be put into the Receiving Houses by five in the Evening, into
the Office in Gerrard-street. by half past five, or into the Chief Office, in Abchurch-lane, by seven o'clock
By an Act passed in the present Sessions of Parliament, the Rates of Postage for Letters sent by the Penny Post are as
follow:
For every Letter or Packet passing from any part of the Cities of London or Westminster, the Borough of
Southwark, and their Suburbs, to any other part of the said Cities, or Borough, &c ••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1d.
For every Letter or Packet passing to, or from parts within, to, or from, parts beyond the Cities of
London or Westminster, the Borough of Southwark, and their Suburbs, and within the District of the
Penny Post, such Letters or Packets not passing to or from the General Post •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2d.
For every Letter or Packet passing from any part beyond the Cities of London or Westminster, the Borough
of Southwark, and their Suburbs, and within the District of the Penny Post, to any other part beyond
the said Cities or Borough, &c. and within the said District ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 2d.
In any of the above Cases the Postage may be paid either at putting in, or on Delivery, at the option of
the Writers.
For every Letter or Packet put into the Penny Post, to be forwarded to the General Post-Office, and from
thence to be conveyed by that Post ••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 1d.
In the latter Case the Penny must be paid at putting in, and is not left to the option of the Writer.
For every Letter or Packet, first passing by the General Post, and then passing by the Penny Post Cover
and above the General Postage) • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 1d.
N. B. No Letters or Packets, exceeding four Ounces in Weight can be sent by the Penny Post, unless such Letters or
Packets shall first have passed by, or shall be intended to pass by, the General Post.
The further extension of the New Regulations in the Penny Post will be advertised as the same are carried into effect.
ANTHONY TODD, Secretary.

-- 9 4 0 8 NEWS (General Post-Office, June 14, 1794)

MAILs for the Islands of St. Lucia, Martinique, and Guadaloupe, will be made up regularly at this Office, the lst and
3rd Wednesday in every month, and sent by the Packet Boats, in the same manner that Mails are made up and dispatched
by the Packets for the other Leeward Islands belonging to the Crown of Great Britain in the West Indies.
ANTHONY TODD, Sec.

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