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1790-1799

-- 9 616 NEWS (General Post Office, Wednesday, December 28, 1796)

THE Post-Boy, in his Way from Epsom to Kingston, with the Bags of Letters from Horsham, Ryegate, Dorking,
Leatherhead and Epsom, of Tuesday the 27th Instant, for London, having stopped at the Bull's Head at Ewell to take up
the Bye Letters, had the Mail cut from the Pillion, and the above-named Bags taken away.
Whoever shall apprehend and convict, or cause to be apprehended and convicted, the Person or Persons who stole the
said Mail and Bags, will be intitled to a Reward of FIFTY POUNDS; or if any Accomplice will surrender himself and make
Discovery, whereby the Person or Persons who stole the said Mail and Bags may be apprehended and brought to Justice,
such Discoverer will be intitled to the said Reward of FIFTY POUNDS, and will also receive His Majesty's most gracious
Pardon.
ANTHONY TODD, Sec.

-- 9 61 7 NEWS (General Post Office, December 31, 1796)

By an Act passed in the present Session of Parliament, entitled, "An Act for altering certain Rates of Postage for
conveyance of Letters in England and Scotland respectively, and of Packets to and from Great Britain, from and to
Portugal, and the British Colonies in America respectively; and for setting apart at the Receipt of the Exchequer, for a
certain Period, out of the Revenues of the Post Office, the annual Sum of £20,000 towards defraying the encreased Charge
occasioned by any Loan raised, or Stock created, by any Act or Acts passed in the 35th Year of the Reign of his present
Majesty." (Cap. 18.) ·
The Rates of Postage upon Letters to and from all places within that part of Great Britain called England, the
Dominion of Wales, and the Town of Berwick upon Tweed, granted by any former Acts, are, from and after the 5th of
January, 1797, to be repealed, and the following Rates are from thenceforth to take place, viz.

POSTAGE OF A SINGLE LETIER IN BRITISH PENCE:
From any Post-office within that part of Great Britain aforesaid, to any place within the same,
not exceeding 15 miles from such office •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 3d.
Above 15 miles, and not exceeding 30 miles •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 4d.
Above 30, and not exceeding 60 miles •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 5d.
Above 60, and not exceeding 100 mi Les • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 6d.
Above 100, and not exceeding 150 miles •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 7d.
And 150 mi Les and upwards • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Bd.
And by the same Act, One Penny for every single Letter, and so in proportion, is after the said 5th of January to be
paid for Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Scotland, in addition to the Rates of Postage now payable for such
Letters.
By the same Act, the present Rates of Postage upon Letters from and to London, to and from Portugal, and the British
Colonies in America, are from and after the said 5th of January, 1797, to be repealed, and the following Rates are from
thenceforth to take place, viz.

POSTAGE OF A SINGLE LETIER IN BRITISH PENCE:
From any part of Great Britain to Portugal, and from thence unto Great Britain, a Packet Postage of 12d.
From any part of Great Britain to any part within the British Dominions in America, and from thence
unto Great Britain, a Packet Postage of •••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••••• 12d.
And over and above these Rates, all Letters to and from Portugal, and the said Dominions in America, from or to
Great Britain, are to pay the full Inland Rate of Postage, according to the distance, such Letters are conveyed within
England, Wales, and Berwick upon Tweed, and with the Rate of Postage now payable, together.with the additional Rate of
Postage, according to the distance such Letters are conveyed within Scotland.
No Letter or Packet, together with the Contents thereof, is to be charged more than as a treble letter, unless the same
weighs an ounce, when it is to be rated as four single letters, and so in proportion for every quarter of an ounce above that
weight, reckoning each quarter as a single letter.
Single Letters sent from, and directed to Non-commissioned Officers, Seamen, arrd Privates, employed in his Majesty's
Navy, Army, Militia, Fencible Regiments, Artillery, and Marines, upon their own private concerns only, whilst such persons

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