1. Additions are made to the vessels on the American station. Other and cheaper rates of postage are established between London and North America and all his Majesty's territories in America. 2. Concerning letters brought by private ships from any foreign part, no ship or vessel shall be permitted to make entry in any port of Great Britain, or to unload any of its cargo, until all letters and packets brought by such ship, or any passenger on board such ship, are delivered into the hands of the deputy-postmaster of the port, and until the captain shall receive the deputy's receipt for the same. In cases where the vessel "is liable to the performance of quarantine," the first step must be to deliver the letters into the hands of the superintendent of the quarantine, to be by him despatched to the Post-Office. A penalty of 20_l._ with full costs to be inflicted on any master not delivering a letter or packet of letters according to this Act, one moiety to go to the King and the other to the person informing. 3. The roads are to be re-surveyed, under the arrangements laid down in Queen Anne's Act, for the purpose of settling the rates of postage afresh. 4. Letters to be charged according to the post-stages travelled, or shorter distances to be paid for; thus:-- _s._ _d._ For the conveyance of every single letter not exceeding 15 miles 0 1 " " double letter 0 2 " " ounce 0 4 " " single letter, 30 miles and under 40 miles 0 2 " " double letter 0 4 " " ounce 0 8 " " single letter, 40 miles and under 80 miles 0 3 " " double letter 0 6 " " ounce 1 0 And so on. These rates were again altered in the twenty-fourth year of the reign of George III. for the raising of revenue to defray his Majesty's expenses, the alteration, which took effect on the introduction of mail-coaches, consisting of the addition of one penny to every existing charge.[45]