The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical StudySmith, A. D. (Alfred Daniel)
History
The Development of Rates of Postage: An Historical and Analytical Study
Smith, A. D. (Alfred Daniel)
Postal rates
To Bourdeaux, Rochel, Nants, Orleans, Bayon, Tours, and {Single 0 9
places of like distance, Carriage paid to Paris {Double 1 6
{Treble 2 3
{Ounce 2 0
Letters brought from the same places into England {Single 1 0
{Double 2 0
{3/4 Ounce 3 0
{Ounce 4 0
The Carriage of Letters Outwards--
To Norembourgh, Bremen, Dantzick, Lubeck, Lipswick, and {Single 1 0
other places of like distance, Carriage paid to Hamburgh {Double 2 0
{3/4 Ounce 3 0
{Ounce 4 0
Paris {Single 0 9
{Double 1 6
{Treble 2 3
{Ounce 2 0
Dunkirk, Ostend, Lisle, Ipers, Cambray, Ghent, Bruxels, {Single 0 8
Bruges, Antwerp, and all other parts of Flanders. {Double 1 4
Sluce, Flushing, Middleburgh, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Delph, {Treble 2 0
Hague, and all other parts of Holland and Zealand. {Ounce 2 0
All Merchants Accounts, not exceeding a Sheet, Bills of Exchange,
Invoices, Bills of Lading, shall be allowed without rate in the price of
the Letters, and also the Covers of the Letters not exceeding a Sheet,
to Marseilles, Venice, or Legorn, towards Turkie.
* * * * *
The said Office is managed by a Deputy, and other Officers to the Number
of seventy seven persons; who give their actual attendance respectively,
in the dispatch of the business.
Upon this Grand Office, depends one hundred eighty two
Deputy-Post-Masters in England and Scotland; most of which keep Regular
Offices in their Stages, and Sub-Post-Masters in their Branches; and
also in Ireland, another General Office for that Kingdom, which is kept
in Dublin, consisting of Eighteen like Officers, and Forty-five
Deputy-Post-Masters.
The Present Post-Master-General, keeps constantly, for the transport of
the said Letters and Pacquets;
{France, two Pacquet-Boats.
Between England and {Flanders, two Pacquet-Boats.
{Holland, three Pacquet-Boats.
{Ireland, three Pacquet-Boats.
And at Deal, two Pacquet-Boats for the Downs.
All which Officers, Post-Masters, Pacquet-Boats, are maintained at his
own proper Charge.
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