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Packet established between Leith and Lerwick, charge 6d

General Post Office, Edinburgh, April 13, 1758
Raguin Code: NEWS –5801A

NOTICE is hereby given, that there is a packet boat established between Leith and Lerwick in Zetland, for the regular conveyance of all letters and packets to and from that country, the portage for every single letter to be sixpence, and proportionally at that rate, exclusive of any other charge: the first packet to be dispatched from Leith on the first day of May next, and from Lerwick on the first of June, and to be continued regularly every two months respectively, that is, from Leith on the first days of July, September, November, January, March, and May, and from Lerwick on the first days of August, October, December, February, April, and June, wind and weather serving.

Wm. JACKSON, Secretary.