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Caution to post-boys

0018 undated, circa September, 1792?
Raguin Code: –9205

CAUTION to POST-BOYS.

BY the Act of 5th of Geo. III. If any Post-Boy, or Rider, having taken any of his Majesty's Mails, or Bags of Letters, under his Care, to convey to the next Post Town or Stage, shall suffer any other Person (except a Guard) to ride on the Horse or Carriage, or shall Loiter on the Road, and wilfully mispend his Time, so as to retard the Arrival of the said Mails, or Bags of Letters, at the next Post Town or Stage. - Every such Offender shall, on Conviction before One Justice, be committed to the House of Correction, and confined to hard Labour for one Month. All Post-Boys and Riders are therefore desired to take Notice of this, and are hereby cautioned not to fail in the regular Performance of their Duty, otherwise they will most assuredly be punished as the Law directs. And it is hoped and requested, for the Benefit of public Correspondence, that all Persons, who may observe any Post-Boy or Rider, offending as aforesaid, will give immediate Notice to

Johnson Wilkinson, Surveyor of the General Post-Office.