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London, England, 1814-09-26 00:00:00

l'eYsons Licensed to collect Letters.

Sect. 4. And the Postmaster-General Shall and may Li-z
cpsePersOns to collect Letter, to be so forwarded upon Pas--
inept of the aforesaid Rates, so as such licensed Persons shall
tpreviously bring the • Lette:s to a Post-Office and pay the
Rates,—and all Coffee-house Keepers, Brokers, and others
desirous of Collecting Letters at their'lLuses, are hereby
required to apply to the, General Post-office, in Lombard,
Street, or to the several Postmasters at.the Out Ports, for
the said Licences, which will be delivered to tlrein free of any'
Charge who.tever.

Ageints in the Kins's Dannini nc and Cuuntt•ies teycnl the

Seas

Sect. 5. For the Security of Letters coming to. Great 13ri-
tain,'aud to place them under the Operation of this Act,
5 and tl, the Postaut,ter-Gcneral is to' authorise PersUns
Abroad, to collect Letters front Masters of Ships a,141 otht'rs,
anti to malic them up in s'eeiTetlCl3ligs 4;1 Parcels adj!rel,:ed to
the PuNtinmer CietteroLputting into the Said /tags or Parcels
a C .itiEcate of the Number of Letters containe.! in the .wile,
alp.; an impression of the Seal which shall be used, and the
Date when sealed, and-' for their Care and Trouble the Mits.-
ters to whion the fs,,p of Parcel-cshall be confided for Con-
v,yance to Great Ilritajn,,shrdt pay to such. authorized Pia-
son at the ILI! e of.3s. Britisn Moue y, for every 50 Letters, and
so in propot ion tor a greater or lesser Number.

The Pac%et Agents and Deputies to the POstmast(ir General
in the D01171111()IIS, 91' Countries beyond the Seas, the
Co! Vostinasters„. his.Majes v's consu is, or I.TOe Co4suli,
or ivbere there are no Publie Officers of these DescriptiOns,
any Other:Vnbiie Officers or respectable-Verson will be autho-.
risen b 1 the,Postinaster General to make up Bags and Parcels'
of Letters in the manner before,described.

Sect. 6„ Masters of Ships are to try as above for the Bags,
earn:4.2d to -them, and on delivering the same in a perfect
State at any POstLOllicc in Great Britain, will be rvpaid by the,
Postmaster the Sum of Money Which t. 114 shall have so 'ad-
vaneed, and also. for their own Care and 'front;le the Sum of
Two-petire per Letter for every Letterer Packet contained in
such Bags or Parcels.
Sect.,7. If any Master shall open any Bag or Parcel en-
trusted to him, or take out any Letter, or not duly deliver the
Bag with the Letters at the Pus' Oflice, of the Place where he
shall arrive, without wilful or unavoidable Delay, every Mas-
ter shall forfeit and pay. Silo:'.
Sect. 8. If any Person whatsoever shall send any Letter or.
Packet by,any Ship or Vessel of which he shall nut be the
Owner, or it any Master shall have on board or carry any
Letter not being the Letter of his Owners, without such offi-
cial Mark thereon, the Person so offending shall forfeit and
pay 61. for every such Letter or Packet.

Sect. I 1,• The Masters are required on their Arrival 'in
tlisign a
_Deelaeation that they' hare delivered ail Let-
terS on hoard at:Cord:her to the Act, and until such Oeclava-
tion, the Officers are ntit,tu permit the Vessel to break Bulk,
and every Mitster'wilfully neglecting shall forfeit 501.
And With -respect to Letters from Great Britain to Coon-
tries'abroad, rflasters of Vessels are required to take Notice,
that if they shall have on board any such Letter Texcept t he
, Letters of their Owners) neither inclosed in the sealed 'Hags
that will continue to he made up at the General Post-o;ficc,
and at the Out Ports, nor having the official Mark-and Stamp,
to denote that a hate of Postage has been paid for the same
of which Stamp Impressions are exhibited everyPost-Of-
lice), such •Master snail as aforesaid forfeit the Sum of Five
Pounds for every, Letter. And the Officers of the Customs
are, under this Act,. to administer an Oath to every Muster,
that he has not auy Letters on board cuntrkry to Law.