Her Majesty's Mails

4. The rates of postage under the present Act are settled. s. d. For any single letter or piece of paper to any place in England not exceeding 80 miles 0 3 " double letter 0 6 " packet of writs, deeds, &c. per ounce 1 0 " single letter, &c. exceeding 80 miles, or as far north as the town of Berwick 0 4 " double letter 0 8 " packet, per ounces 1 4 From London to Edinburgh and all places in Scotland south of Edinburgh, per single letter 0 6 " " double letter 1 0 " " packets, per ounce 2 0 The other Scotch posts were calculated from Edinburgh, and charged according to the distance as in England. s. d. From London to Dublin, single letter 0 6 " " double letter 1 0 " " packets, per ounce 2 0 From Dublin to any Irish town the charge was according to distance, at the English rate. Any letter from any part of Her Majesty's dominions for London would be delivered free by the penny post, and if directed to places within a circuit of ten miles from the General Post-Office, on payment of an extra penny over and above the proper rate of postage. s. d. The postage of a single letter to France was 0 10 " " Spain 1 6 " " Italy 1 3 " " Turkey 1 3 " " Germany, Denmark 1 0 " " Sweden 1 0 " " from London to New York 1 0