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an ounce. The postage on letters and packages from England was payable in advance. Newspapers were charged a penny an ounce. 3 By an act passed in 1827 it was provided that henceforth all rates for letters conveyed within Ireland should be collected in British currency. The rates themselves and the distances remained the same as had been provided by the act of 1814. The postage collected on letters between the two kingdoms was henceforth to be retained in the country where it was collected. The... rates for letters passing between the two kingdoms were assimilated with the rates prescribed for Great Britain by the act of 1812. In addition to the land rates, 2d. was required for the sea passage to and from Holy- head and Milford and to this 2d. more was added for the use of the 1 Joyce, p. 363. 2 The Calcutta Monthly complained that the new rates had rendered correspond- ence less frequent. "The so-called packet boats are often two or three months slower than private vessels" (London Times, 1818, Oct.
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