[210] _Rep. Commrs._, 1837, xxxiv, 9th rep., app., no. 1; _ibid._, 1829, xi, pp. 310-311; _London Times_, 1825, Dec. 6, p. 2. [211] London _Times_, 1835, Jan. 24, p. 3. [212] _Rep. Commrs._, 1837, xxxiv, 9th rep., app., nos. 30, 63, 64. The regular collections of Twopenny Post letters were made at 8 A.M., 10 A.M., 12 M. and 2, 5 and 8 P.M. Deliveries were made at the same hours in the morning, at noon, and at 2, 4 and 7 o'clock in the afternoon. A letter posted at or before 8 A.M. was sent for delivery at 10 A.M. and so on. The letters collected were taken to the General Office by horsemen to be sorted. Two sets of men were employed, one collecting while the other delivered.[213] There was an additional "early delivery" as it was called. The carriers on the way to their own "walks" delivered letters to subscribers, who paid 5_s._ a quarter for the accommodation thus afforded. The postage for letters so delivered was not paid until the carriers called again on their regular delivery.[214] In 1837 the times of the regular deliveries were changed to every second hour from 8 A.M. to 8 P.M. and collections were made at the same hours.[215] In the Threepenny Post limits, there were on an average three deliveries a day but those towns which had a General Post delivery received only two a day from the Threepenny Post. Letters were sent by horsemen or mail carts for delivery. The same receiving-houses were used for General and Threepenny Post letters.[216] [213] _Ibid._, 1837, xxxiv, 9th rep., app., no. 1; London _Times_, 1835, Jan. 24, p. 3. [214] _Rep. Commrs._, 1829, xi, p. 50; _Parl. Deb._, 1st ser., xxxi, col. 943; _Acc. & P._, 1826-27, xx, p. 397. [215] _Ibid._, 1837-38, xlv, 265, p. 6. [216] _Rep. Commrs._, 1837, xxxiv, 9th rep., app., no. 1. The Dublin Penny Post was remodelled in 1810. The deliveries, which had been only two a day, were increased to four and then to six, additional letter carriers were appointed and receiving-houses established. The penny delivery extended to four miles around the city. There was a 2_d._ rate for letters beyond the four mile radius.[217] Previous to 1835, the boundary of the Edinburgh Penny Post was a circle with a radius of 1-3/8 miles from the Register Office. Some Scotch mathematician must have been consulted when in 1835 the boundary was made an ellipse with its foci a furlong apart, the distance from each focus to the most remote part of the circumference being 1-5/16 miles. Outside this ellipse, there was a 2_d._ rate. There had been three deliveries a day, raised in 1838 to five.[218] [217] _Ibid._, 1829, xii, p. 73; 7 Wm. IV, and 1 Vict., c. 34. [218] _Rep. Com._, 1837-38, xx, 2d rep., app. E, no. 31. Before 1837 Penny Posts had also been established in Newcastle and Glasgow.[219] [219] _Rep. Commrs._, 1837, xxxiv, 9th rep., app., no. 14.