APPRAISEMENT.

when the

Above 507.

Appraisement of Estate and Effects,

value does not exceed 50%. and not exceeding

100

200

026

100 .. 200 500

.. 010 A

500

or upwards

Affidavits

Awards

Bills of Lading

Deeds

SUNDRIES.

General Release

Powers of Attorney

With a progressive duty of 12. for every 1080 words.

SPOILED STAMPS.

The days for claiming the allowance at Somerse House are Tuesdays and Thursdays, from 12 to 2o'ch Persons residing within 10 miles of London must appl within six months from the time when the stamps b came spoiled. Persons not residing within ten mies London are required, within 12 months after the sta are spoiled, to make an affidavit before a Master IX ordinary in Chancery, which affidavit must be stam and the same left at the Allowance office on Mand or Wednesday, and called for on the Monday follow when an Allowance Ticket will be given for the s description of Stamps.

Letters to go INLAND by the morning mails must be put into the General Post Office, St. Martin's-le-Grand, or the Branch Office, Lombardstreet, before half-past eight a.m. The boxes for the evening mails are closed at both of these places at six p.m.; but letters will be received at the office in Lombard-street and in St. Martin's-leGrand until seven p.m., on payment of 1d. with each, in addition to the postage: at the latter office they will be received from seven until halfpast seven, on payment of 6d. with each.

The Branch Offices, in Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and Stone's-end, Borough, are open for the receipt of morning letters until eight a.m.; and for evening letters until six p.m.; but evening letters will be received until a quarter to seven on payment, by stamp, of 1d. with each, in addition to the postage.

Letters may be posted at the Receiving Houses until half-past five p.m.; or, on payment by stamp of the postage, and of 1d. additional with each, until six.

The business of the Money Order Office is carried on in St. Martin's-le-Grand, and at the Branch Offices in Lombard-street, Charing-cross, Old Cavendish-street, and Stone's-end, Borough. The charge for such orders is now 3d. for sums of £2 and under; and 6d. for sums between £2 and £5, which is the highest amount for which an order will be given. All post-towns in England, and the principal post-towns in Scotland and Ireland, as well as most of the Receiving Houses in and around London, are empowered to pay and grant money orders.

When a Money Order has been lost, a duplicate may be obtained by writing to the Secretary of the Post Office in London, giving the date on which the original order was procured; but if it has been stolen and cashed, the Post Office gives no indemnity. Letters will be registered by the Post Office, on payment of a fee of 6d. upon each letter. Letters to go by the FOREIGN MAILS must be posted at the same time as Inland letters. The Foreign Mails are made up in London as follows:

France

Belgium.

Holland

Twice daily.

. Daily.

1. INLAND.

Letters passing between one part of the United Kingdom and another are charged at the uniform rate of 1d., if the weight does not exceed half an ounce: if more than half an ounce and not above one ounce, 2d.; and an additional 2d. for each additional ounce, or fraction of an ounce.

. Wed. & Sat. mornings.

Hamburgh, Sweden, & Denmark Tuesday and Friday.

Guernsey and Jersey

Lisbon, Madeira (via Lisbon),

Spain, and Gibraltar

Malta, Greece, and Corfu
Egypt and India
British Colonies in the West

Indies, (except Honduras and Bermuda,) Foreign Colonies in the West Indies, (except Havannah, and St. Jago de Cuba,) Venezuela, Madeira, and New-Granada

. Ditto.

N.B. (1.) Printed Votes and Proceedings of Parliament. (2.) Addresses to Her Majesty, and Parliamentary Petitions. (3.) Letters and Packets received from, or addressed to, places beyond the limits of the United Kingdom. (4.) Letters and Packets addressed to, or despatched by, the Government departments, or such Officer as may under the former system have had the privilege of franking by virtue of his oflice. And, (5.) Deeds, if transmitted under such regulations as the Postmaster-General may consider necessary to prevent abuse of the privilege. Packets falling under any of these descriptions are free from limitation as to weight, &c.

Mexico, Honduras, Havannah, and Bahamas

Bermuda, St. Jago de Cuba, and

Chagres.

.2d of every month.

2. COLONIAL, BY PACKET.

Letters to the British Colonies by Her Majesty's packet-boats (and not passing through France) are, with certain exceptions, charged at twelve times the rate of Inland prepaid letters.

3. FOREIGN, BY PACKET.

Foreign letters, not weighing more than half an ounce, are charged the single rates of packet postage, from whatever part of the United Kingdom they may be despatched, as given in the table below; except those to the places marked with an asterisk (*), on which an additional 2d. is charged for Inland postage, if not posted at the port from which the packet sails. But the following scale does not apply to French rates on letters to and from France and through France, as the system of charging French rates on such letters continues in force; namely, one French rate for each quarter

China

RATES OF POSTAGE.

month.

Jamaica

Spain

Malta

*Hayti

s. d.

* Brazil

*Buenos Ayres

By Falmouth Packets.

1 0 1 5 21 2 0

10

By Liverpool Packets.

British North America (except Canada) United States

Canada

2 7

2

5

10 1 0 1 2

All letters, Colonial or Foreign, transmitted by private ship, are charged at EIGHT times the rate of Inland letters; except those sent, by Hamburgh Packet, to Hamburgh, Cuxhaven, or Lubeck, which are charged at six times the Inland rates.

NEWSPAPERS.

Printed Newspapers, duly stamped, pass free, by the General Post, to all places within the United Kingdom; except in those cases where they are posted and delivered in London within the limits of the General Post delivery, when they are charged 1d. each.

Newspapers posted in St. Martin's-le-Grand are placed under the same regulations as letters, with respect to the times at which they must be put into the post-office; except that the additional charge for newspapers posted between six and half-past seven p.m. is only a halfpenny. The Receiving Houses are closed for newspapers, in the morning three-quarters of an hour, and in the evening half an hour, earlier than for letters.

Newspapers from the British Colonies are delivered free of postage at any place within the British dominions: those for persons who have removed may be forwarded by post free of charge, provided they are not opened at the place to which they were originally addressed.

Newspapers may be forwarded to the British Colonies and possessions by Her Majesty's packetboats free of postage, or by private ship for a postage of 1d. each. To some Foreign parts also they may be forwarded free; and to others for a postage of 2d. each, to be paid at the time of putting in.

Newspapers to the East Indies are forwarded by the packet via Marseilles, on payment of 3d. with

Newspapers in which any letter, paper, or other thing is enclosed, or with any writing or marks of reference or information upon them, or upon with treble the duty of letter postage. the covers, other than the address, will be charged

Postmasters are authorized and required to examine and search all Newspapers, to protect the revenue from fraud; and the Postmaster General is empowered by the Act of Parliament to proceed against parties attempting any frauds upon the revenue through the medium of Newspapers.

LONDON DISTRICT POST.

The scale of charges is the same as that of the General Post.

There are ten collections and ten deliveries in Town daily (Sundays excepted) at all places within a circle of three miles from the General Post Office; five despatches from, and five deliveries at, all places within a circle of six miles; and three despatches from, and four deliveries at, most other places within twelve miles.

Town letters should be put in at the Receivin Houses as follows:- Over Night, before eight o'clock, for the first delivery. Morning before eight, second delivery. Morning before ten, third delivery. Morning before twelve, fourth delivery. Afternoon before one, fifth delivery. Afternoon before two, sixth delivery. Afternoon before three, seventh delivery. Afternoon before for. eighth delivery. Afternoon before five, nin delivery. Afternoon before six, tenth delivery.

Letters may be put in at the principal Office (St. Martin's-le-Grand) an hour later, up to twelve o'clock; three quarters of an hour later, from one o'clock till six; and an hour later, for the last delivery.

Letters put in on Saturday evenings are de livered in the country districts on Sunday mor ings.

Royal Princes and Princesses.

Ernest Augustus, (King of Hanover,) Duke of Cumber land, uncle to Her Majesty, born June 5, 1771; married May 29, 1815, Frederica Carolina Sophia, daughter of the Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and widow of Fre William, Prince of Solms Braunfels, born March 2.15 Issue: George Frederick, born May 27, 1819; marnet Feb. 18, 1944, Princess Mary of Saxe Altenberg

Adolphus Frederick, Duke of Cambridge, uncle to B Majesty, born February 24, 1774; married May 7, to Augusta Wilhelmina Louisa, daughter of the ite grave of Hesse, born July 25, 1797. Issue: George W liam, born March 26, 1919; Augusta Caroline, Jay ko 1822, (married June 28, 1843, to the Hereditary G Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz); Mary Adelaide, Sor

27, 1833.

Mary, Duchess of Gloucester, aunt to Her Majesty, born April 25, 1776.