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Birmingham Guide.
Third Railway Mail, 2h. 15m P.M.—Walsall, Wolverhampton, Penkridge, Stafford, Stone, Eccleshall, Newcastle, Nantwich, Middlewich, Chester, Preston Brook, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester.
Chipping-Norton Mail, 3h. P.M.—Chipping-Norton, Oxford, Shipstone, Stratford-on-Avon, Woodstock.
Shrewsbury Mail, 3h. 30m. P.M.—Bilston, Shifinall, Shrewsbury.
Tamworth Mail, 4h. P.M.—Tamworth.
Fourth Railway Mail, 6h. 45m. P.M.—Wolverhampton, Stafford, Warrington, Liverpool, Manchester.
Banbury Mail, 6h. 50m. P.M.—Solihull, Warwick, Leamington, Southam, Banbury, Buckingham, Brackley, Bicester, Aylesbury, Tring, Berkhamstead, Hemel Hemstead, Watford, Stanmore, Edgeware.
London (Holyhead) Mail, 7h. 50m. P.M.—Barnet, Dunchurch, Dunstable, Fenny Stratford, St. Albans, Stoney Stratford, Towcester,Daventry, Northampton, London.
Bristol Mail, 8h. P.M.—Falmouth, Exeter, Rath, Bristol, Dursley, Gloucester, Cheltenham, Wootton, Droitwich, Tewkesbury, Worcester, Broomsgrove, Salisbury.
London Mail, 1lh, 30m. P.M.—With a second London Bag.

The Letter-Box closes at 7 A.M. for the despatch of the Mails to Holyhead, Yarmouth, Worcester, Leamington, and Stourport; at 7 P.M. for the despatch of the London and Bristol Mails, and half an hour previous to the departure of any of the other Mails.

Deliveries.

The delivery at the Office Window commences at about a quarter after 8 A.M. with the Letters brought by the Bristol, London, and Banbury Mails. Letters brought by the other Mails are ready for delivery in 30 minutes after their arrival, until 7 P.M., at which period the Delivery Window is closed. At half past & P.M. it opens again for the delivery of Letters arriving by the Stourport, third Railway, and Holyhead Mails, and it continues open until 10 PM.

There are two general deliveries by Letter Carriers throughout the town, the first commencing at a quarter after 8 A.M., and the second at a quarter after 5 P.M., except on Sundays, when there is no afternoon delivery. Any delay in the arrival of a Mail occasions a corresponding delay in the delivery.