Ireland. Rates and Franks

BY an Act of the last, and also one of the present Session of Parliament, for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland, to take Place on the 1st of August next, all Letters and Packets are to be charged and paid for according to the present Rates of Postage in Great Britain, and the Rates established by the Act of Parliament in Ireland, except to and from certain Persons who, by Virtue of the respective Offices in Great Britain and Ireland, now send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage, provided that all such Letters and Packets so sent shall relate to the Business of their respective Offices, and that there shall be certified on the Outside of such Letters and Packets, under the Hand Writing of such Officers respectively to be On His Majesty's Service, and that such Letters and Packets shall be sealed with the Seal of the Office, or Officer sending the same. And in Case any such Officers shall receive under Cover to them any Letters or Packets intended for or directed to other Persons, all such Officers are required to send the same to the General Post Office in London, or Dublin, in order that such Letters and Packets may be charged with the Duty of Postage; it being the true Intent and Meaning of this Act, that the Privilege of sending and receiving Letters and Packets by such Officers, shall extend to such Letters and Packets only, as relate to the Business of their respective Offices.

It is also enacted, That all Persons may send printed Votes, Proceedings in Parliament, and printed News Papers to and from Great Britain and Ireland, at the Rate of One Penny only for each printed Vote, Proceeding in Parliament, and each printed News Paper, in Covers open at Both Ends, to be paid when they are put into any Post-Office in Great Britain; but the Penny need not be paid before-hand upon Papers from Ireland, as~ it can be received on their Delivery in Great Britain.

It is likewise enacted, That His Majesty's Postmaster-General may authorize certain Persons to send and receive printed Votes, Proceedings in Parliament, and printed News Papers by the Post to and from Great Britain and Ireland, at the Rate of One Penny only for each printed Vote, and Proceeding in Parliament, and each printed News Paper, over and above the printed Price thereon.

All Persons therefore who wish to be supplied with News Papers for Ireland, or from Ireland for Great Britain, may have them regularly sent, by applying by Letter, or otherwise, to the Clerk of the Chester Road, at the General Post-Office in London, or to the Postmaster of any Town in Great Britain, where a News Paper is printed; or to the Secretary of the General Post-Office in Dublin.

The Price of a Paper six Times a Week, at 3d. each, with 1d. for the Postage, will be £5 4s. per Annum; an Evening Paper three Times a Week, £2 12s. per Annum, and so in Proportion for the London Gazettes, other Papers, &c. And by an Act passed in the last Session of the Parliament of Ireland, each British News Paper, &c. will in all Parts of Ireland be delivered at the Rate of 1d. Postage for each; all which, upon an Average, will be less than the Prices heretofore paid for News Papers furnished by the Public Offices in Great Britain and Ireland.

ANTHONY TODD, Sec.