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London, England, 1814-10-12 00:00:00

Persons Licensed to collect I.eters.

SECT. 4. And the Postmaster General 5h..11 and may licenee
Persons to collect Letters to In ha forward,d upon raymer.t t•I
the afotesaid Rates, so as such :ice', Pe! iuns shall ,:uusly
In-ing the Letters to a Post-Ofrre pay the Rv.,
Coffee-house Ketper4, Brokers, an;) others desirous of collecting
Letters et their houses, are hereby required to spply to the Gene-
ral PuetsOffice, in Lombard-street, or W. the several Postmasters
at the Out Ports, for the said Liccucts, which will be delivertil
to them free of any charge whatever.
Apo's in the Kings Dominions and Countries beyond the Seas.

Sec r. 5, For the Security of Lett• n coming to Gnat
and to place them under the operations of this Act, Sect. 5 and
(3, the Postmaster General:, to adthortze Persons Abroad to col-
lect !Atter' frcm Masters of Ships and oche's, and to make them
up in sealed lia:;s.or Parcels addressed to the Pos:master General,
putting into the said Bags orl'arcels a Certificate of the number
Of Letters contained in the same, and an Imptession of the 3t.:si
which shall be used, and the date when sealed, and for the .r rare
and trouble the Masters to whom the rags or Parcels shall be
coo& led for conveyance to GI eat Brir •, shall pay to such au-
thorised Person at the rate of ss. Mettry, for every 60
Letters. and so in proportion for a greater or lessvr number.
'11.4 Packet Agents and Deputies to the Postmaster Geonal
In the King's Dominions, or Countrin beyond the Seat, the Co.
lonial Postmacers, his Maj -sty s Consuls, or Vice-Coustils, or
where there are no Public Officers of these descriptions, any other
Public °Seers or respectable Persons are hereby authcsr.zeil by
the Postmaster General to make up Bags and Parcels of Letters
ln-the Wanner before described.

Masters of Ships.
Seca.. 6. Are to pay as above for the 13ags entrusted to them,
and on delivering the saiae in a perfect state at any Post-Ofilce in
Great Britain, will he repaid by the Pottnsaster the sum at
name), which they shall have so advanced, and also for their two
care and trouble the stun of 1 wo-pence per Letter for evety
;setter or Packet contained in such bags or Parcels.
SeCT. 7. If any Master b11,1:1 open any Bag or Parcel en-
trusted to him, or take out any Letter, ur not d IT deliver the
Bag with the Letters at the Post•Olfici., of the place svitere he
, shall arrive, without wilful or unavoidable delay, every Master
shall forfeit and pay teoco,
tire-r. it. The Masters are required on their arrival id Port,
to sign a Declaration that they here. delisired all Letters on
board according to the Act, and until such Declaration, the Offi-
cers are not to pertnit the Vessel to break Bulk, a:.41 every Mu-
ter wilfully neglecting shall forfeit .C5O.
And with respect to Letters from Great Britain to Countries
abroad, Masters of Vessels are required to take notice. that if
they shall have on board any such Letter ( xcept the Letters of
their Owners)' ',either inclosed in the sealed Bass that will con-
tinue to be male up at tie Genet al Post-Ogive, and at the Out-
Ports, tam having the a Pact walk and sunup, to denote that a
rate of postage has been paid tsar the same (of which scamp im-
pressions are exhibited at every Post-office), such Master shall,
as aforesaid, forfeit the sum of Five Pounds fur every Letter.
And the Officers of the Customs are, under this Act, to admi-
nister an oath to every Master, that lie has not any Letters ua
board contrary to law.