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POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

ENGLISH Mail.

Previous Day :--

5 P.M., Money Order Office closes.

6 P.M., Post-office closes except the Night Box, which remains open all night. Day of Departure:

7 A.M., Post-office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting

of all correspondence.

10 A.M., Post-office closes except for Late Letters. Registry of Letters ceases. 10.15 A.M., Letters may be posted with Late Fee of 18 cents extra Postage, until

11 A.M., when the Post-office closes entirely.

11.30 A.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to the United Kingdom via Brindisi or to Singapore may be posted on board the Packet. Late Fee, 48 cents extra postage.

11.50 A.M., Mail is finally closed.

Previous Day

FRENCH MAIL.

5 P.M., Money Order Office closes. Post-office closes except the Night Box,

which remains open all night.

Day of Departure :—

7A.M., Post-office opens for sale of Stamps, Registry of Letters, and Posting

of all correspondence.

10 A.M., Registry of Letters ceases.

11 A.M., Post-office closes, except for Late Letters.

11.10 A.M., Letters (but Letters only) addressed to United Kingdom or to Singapore

may be posted with Late Fee of 18 cents extra postage, until

11.30. A.M., when the Post-office closes entirely.

Day of Departure:-

AMERICAN MAIL.

2 P.M., Registry of Letters ceases (Registration fee, 8 cents.) 2.30 P.M., Post-office closes.

2.30 P.M., Correspondence may be posted on board the Packet with Late Fee of

12 cents extra Postage, until

2.50 P.M., when the mail is finally closed.

Prepayment is compulsory, and correspondence must be specially directed either Vid San Francisco or Per U. S. Packet, or with the steamer's name.

Correspondence to New Zealand via Torres Straits.

A considerable amount of Correspondence being received directed to New Zealand via Torres Straits it is notified that the New Zealand Post-office has declined to receive Mails by that route, hence there is no alternative but to forward such Correspondence via Galle.

Persons who are anxious to avail themselves of the Torres Straits Steamers to communicate with New Zealand should address their letters, &c., to the care of an Agent at Sydney.

Bankers and the Mercantile community are requested to post all Letters, &c., as early as practicable, especially when sent in large numbers, as facility is given to the Post-office in the discharge of its duties, and greater security afforded to the public by such a course: whereas great inconvenience, and frequently confusion, occurs through the whole of the correspondence from many of the large Firms being sent to the Post-office at the last moment before closing the mails for Europe, by both the English and French Packets.