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Ship Letters may he forwarded by the Parties themselves.
Scat. 3. The Postmaster-General shall receive Letters di-
rected to Places Abroad, both within the King's Dominions
and Kingdoms and tlountriee beyond the Seas, from Persons
who may be desirous to forward them themsekes upon Pay-
ment of a third of the Packet Rates, and shall mark the
Postage and return the Letters to the Persons, wlio may
forward them by any Vessels, not being P.icket 13.)ats, with-
out Penalty.

Persons Licensed to collect tellers.

- Sect. 4. And the 'Postniaiter-General shall and may Li-
cense Persons to collect Letters to be so for Warded upon Pay.
ment of the afaiosaid Rates, so as such licensed Persons shall
previously bring the Letters to a Post-Odice and pay the
Rates,—and all ,Coiree-houst:. Keepers, Brokers, and others
desirous of collecting Letters at theii.flouses, are hereby
required to- apply to the General Post-Olice, in Lombard-
street, or to the several Postmasters at the Out Perts, for
the said Licences, which will be delivered to them free of any
Charge whatever. ,

.Agents in the King's Dominions and Countries beyond the
Sens.

Sect. 5. Forthe Security of Letters coming to .Great Bri-
tain; and to place them undenthe Operation of this Act, Sect.
5 and t;,
.the Postmaster-General is to authorise Persons
Abroad to collect Letters from Masters of Ships and others,
and to crake them up in sealed Bags' m Parcels, addressed to
the Postmaster General, putting into the said Bags (ki Parcels
a cert;ticate of the Number of Letters contained in the same,
and aa Impression of the Seal which shhll he used, .stid the
Date when sealed, and for their Care and Troublethe Mas-
ters to whom the !lags of Parcels shall be contided for (2on-
vevance to Great Britain, shall pay to such authorizes! Per-
son at the Rate of as. liriliShilloory, for every 50 Letters, and
so in proportion for a greater or lesser Number.
The Packet Agents and Deputies to the Postmaster General
in the King's Dominions, or Corntries beyond the Sezis; the
ColOuial Postmasters, his Majesty's Consuls, or Vice Consols,
or Where there are no Public Onicers of these Descriptions,
any other Public Officer: dr respectable Person will Ite nothJ.
riser! by the PiAitniasit ; :t'eneral to ~tethe. rp Bag tin
of Letters in the manner before described. • • -

Masters of Ships
Sect. 6: Are to pay as above for the Bags entrusted to
them and on delivering-the same in a i:erfect State at any
Post:-llffice in Great Britain, will be repaid by the Postmaster
the ,_;um of Honey which they shall have so advanced, and
also for their own Care and Trouble the Sinn of Two-pence
per Letter for every Letter or Pachet contained in such Bags
or Parcels.

Sect. 7. If any NLAster shall open any Bag or Parcel en-
trusted to him, or take out any Letter, or not duly-deliver t be
Jag with the Letters at the Post Office, of the Place wl'ere he
shall arrive; without wilful of unavoidable: Delay, every Mas,
ter shall forfeit and pay Soot. .
Sect. it. The M.isters are required on their Arrivain.i
Port, to-sign a Declaration that they have delivered all Let-
ters on board according to the-Act, and until such Declura-
thin, :the (hikers are 'not to permitthe 'Vessel to break Buik,
and every Master wilfully neglecting shall forfeit out.
And with •resprtt to Letters frona Great Britain to Coun-
tries abroad, Masters of Vessels are required to take Notice,
that if they shall have on board any such Letter (except the.
Lettersi of their Owners) neither inelased-its the ceaierl Bags
that will continue to be tuadeup-at the General Past-Otiio,
and at the Out Ports, nor lotting the otlicial'Math :Lod Sturnp,
to denote tbata liate of POstage hat been paid for thet.,arue
of which-Stamp Impressions -are ierthibited at every Poit-Of-
ficei),.such Master shall as aforesaid forfeit the. Sum of Five
Pounds .for every Letter. And the Officers .of the (htstofl
are, under this Act, to adminiter en Oath to every Master,
that he -has not any Letters on boarifeontrary to Law.
• • Officars of the Cutstoms.
Sect. 9. The principal Officers of the.. Customs .at every
Port are required to search Ships for Letters on .board, con-
trary to the Act, anti to seize them, and they are to he Intl-
tled•to a Moiety of the Penalties. •
Sect. 10. Stich Officers are required to administer an Oath
tnevery Master outward bound, that he has not any betters
oil bunt which have nut paid the Rates, nut being the Letters
of the Oahters.

A Declaration is to be signed by every Master arriving from
abroad, as explained in that part of tli;s- Advertisement imme-
diately addressed to them ; and until such Declaration the
OtlieerS are not 'to permit the VesSel to break • Btillt, and
(See. 12.) if any Collector, Comptroller, or priocipal Officer,
hereby re:l-aired to prohibit any Ship or Vessel breaking Bulk
until the Provisions of this Act be complied;with, shall permit
such Ship Or Vessel to break Bnlk, such Collector, Comptrol-
ler, or Oil-leer so permitting :such Ship or Vessel to break
Bulk, shall forfeit or pay. the Suns of Twenty Pounds; one
Moiety thereof to be paid to the Informer.
Merchants, 13rolteri,'and the Public, •
• Sect. S. Will take notice, that if any Person whatsoever
shall send any Letter or Packet by any Ship or Vessel of
which he shall not be the Owner, or if any MaAer shall
have un board or carry any Letter not being the Letter of his
Owners, without such otticial Mark thereon, the Person so
offending- shall 'fbrfeit and pay 56. for every such Letter or
,
Packet.

Sect. 14. Any Person Who shall, forge or counterfeit the
Stamp Mark of Postage, or Designation, to be put upwythe
Letters by Authority of tl►e Postroaster-General, with intent
to avoid the Postage, will be guilty an Mistlt tneanor.
• Sect. 18. The several Penalties of thii Act to be recorercxl
in any Court of itecor►i with full Costs ; a Moiety to be
.pahl
to the King., and the other to any Person who will inform and
Foe for the same.

Sect. Hi. This- Act does flat extend to restrain the East
India Company nor their Directors, from sending and receiv-
ing from tdieir Governments kod Servants atirtind, Packets,
Letters, and Papers relating to the Affairs of the Company,
and of their Governments ;throa t! in the 'manner accustomed.;
'but • all 'Letters-that are not the ()tlicial Letters and_ Pucl;ets
of the East India Company, are liable to the ltates and Ite-
gulations of thy, Act.
This Act will he pot. in execution at the Gent,r,il Post-
Office, Loudon, amid at all Post Offices. in Great .iritain, on
the 1111 of Octidier, and ill places abroad as soon as
may he afterwards.
The Postneester General will feel it hit Duty to enforce Pay-.
ment of the Penaltie on every Breach of: thelaw::•

By Commalid of-the PoAtninsfer General,
FRANCIS IItE,ELIZiti, 4c-cretarjr,