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Post Office (Repeal of Laws) Act 1837
(1 Vict c.32, 12th July 1837)

An Act to repeal the several Laws relating to the Post Office.
[12th July 1837.]

WHEREAS the Laws of the Post Office, by reason of successive Additions and Alterations, have become intricate, it is expedient that new Enactments should be substituted, exhibiting more plainly and compendiously the Provisions thereof; be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the Authority of the same, That the several Acts and Parts of Acts set forth in the Schedule (A) hereto annexed, so far as the same shall be in force at the Commencement of this Act, are hereby repealed; nevertheless no Act or Part of an Act repealed by any of the Acts hereby repealed shall be revived by the passing of this Act; and no Act or Part of an Act perpetuated or continued by any of the Acts hereby repealed (except such as are herein expressly repealed) shall be repealed by the passing of this Act; and, notwithstanding the Repeal of the Acts hereby repealed, all Acts which might have been done, and all Proceedings which might have been taken or prosecuted relating to any Offences which shall have been committed, or to any Matters which shall have happened, or to any Monies which shall have become due, or to any Fines or Penalties which shall have been incurred, before the Day on which this Act shall come into operation, may still be done or prosecuted, and the Offences may be dealt with and punished, and the Monies may be recovered and dealt with, and the Fines and Penalties may be enforced and applied, as if the Acts hereby repealed continued in force.

II. And in order that no Doubt should remain whether any, or what, if any, former Acts relating in any way to the Post Office continue in force; be it enacted, That all Acts and Parts of Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office, or relating to the Management of the Business of' the Post Office, or relating to the Privilege of' sending and receiving Letters free of Postage or at a reduced Rate of Postage, or relating to Offences against the Post Office, which are punishable specifically by the Post Office Laws, shall be hereby repealed so far as such Acts shall be in force at the Commencement of this Act, save such Acts and Parts of Acts as are mentioned in the Schedule (B.) hereunto annexed, and also save all other Acts expressly made for other Purposes, although they incidentally touch on Matters relating to the Post Office, or although the Provisions thereof are to be carried into effect by officers of the Post Office; nevertheless such Matters and Provisions last mentioned, so far as they are repugnant to or inconsistent with the Post Office Acts in force at the Time, shall be in all respects controlled by such Post Office Acts, unless the contrary shall have been expressed in other Acts.

III. And be it enacted, That all the Provisions in this Act shall be construed according to the respective Interpretations of the Terms and Expressions contained in an Act passed in the present ion, intituled An Act for consolidating the Laws relative to Offences against the Post Office of the Kingdom, and for regulating the judicial Administration of the Post Office Laws, and for explaining certain Terms and Expressions employed in Laws, so far as those Interpretations are not repugnant to the Subject or inconsistent with the Context of such Provisions.

IV. And be it enacted, That this Act shall come into operation on the First Day of August One thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven.

V. And be it enacted, That this Act may be repealed or altered during the present Session of Parliament.


SCHEDULES to which the foregoing Act refers.


SCHEDULE. (A.)

Containing a Description of the Acts and Parts of Acts repealed by this Act.

Date of Act. Title. Extent of Repeal.
First Parliament William & Mary, Sess. 3, c. 3. An Act against robbing of the Packet. The whole.
9 Anne c. 10 An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions. The whole, except so far as relates to the Payment and Appropriation of the weekly Sum of Seven hundred Pounds thereby directed to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, and as relates to Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenue, and except all Annuities and other Payments and Incumbrances to which the Revenue of the Post Office is thereby made liable, and except so far as relates to the Interference with or Participation in Elections of Members of Parliament by Officers of the Post Office.
6 G. 1. c. 21. An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in the Public Revenues of Excise, Customs, Stamp Duties, Post Office and House Money. So much as relates to the Post Office.
4 G. 2. c. 33. An Act for obviating a Doubt which hath arisen concerning the usual Allowance made upon the Delivery of Letters sent by the Penny Post to Places out of the Cities of London and Westminster and Borough of Southwark, and the respective Suburbs thereof. The whole.
22 G. 2. c. 25. An Act to explain and amend so much of an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, intituled "An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War and other Her Majesty's Occasions," as relates to Horses or Furniture to be let to Persons riding Post. The whole.
26 G. 2. c. 13. An Act for the more effectually preventing the fraudulent Removal of Tobacco by Land or Water, and for the Ease of the fair Trader in Tobacco; and for ascertaining the Rates payable for the Portage of certain Utters; and for amending and explaining the Laws relating to the Sale of Spirituous Liquors by Retail. So much as relates to the Post Office.
4 G. 3. c. 24. An Act for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
5 G. 3. c. 25. An Act to alter certain Rates of Postage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne, and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office. The whole, except so much thereof as relates to the Postage on Letters and Packets conveyed by the Post within the British Dominions in America and the West Indies, and to any Felony or other offence committed within such Dominions.
7 G. 3. c. 50. An Act for amending certain Laws relating to the Revenue of the Post Office, and for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Isle of Man, and within that Island. The whole, except so much thereof as relates to any Felony or other Offence committed within the British Dominions in America and the West Indies.
9 G. 3. c. 35. An Act for discontinuing upon the Exportation of iron imported in Foreign Ships the Drawback of such Part of the Duties payable on Iron imported in British Ships; to prohibit the Exportation of Pig and Bar Iron and certain Naval Stores, unless the Pre-emption thereof be offered to the Commissioners of the Navy; to repeal so much of an Act made in the Sixth Year of His present Majesty's Reign as discontinued the Drawback upon Foreign rough Hemp exported; for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State for the Advantages such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act made in the Fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty for preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage, and to explain and amend the said Act. So much as relates to the Post Office, except so much thereof as directs the Payment out of the Revenues of the Post Office of the annual Sum of Fifteen hundred Pounds to or for the Use of the Clerks in the Offices of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
22 G. 3. c. 70. An Act to enable the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces and the Secretary to the Commander in Chief of His Majesty's Forces to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
23 G. 3. c. 69. An Act to enable the Adjutant General of His Majesty's Forces and the Comptrollers of Army Accounts to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
23&24 G.3. c.17.
(Irish Act.)
An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom. The whole.
24 G. 3. c. 6. An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland. The whole.
24 G. 3. c. 8. Sess. 2. An Act for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland. The whole.
24 G. 3. c. 37. Sess. 2. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post within the Kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing Frauds in the Revenue carried on by the Conveyance of certain Goods in Letters and Packets; and for further preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from Postage. The whole, except so far as relates to the Payment and Appropriation of the weekly Sum of Two thousand three hundred Pounds thereby directed to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, and as relates to the Hereditary Revenue.
25 G. 3. c. 57. An Act to exempt Carriages carrying the Mail from paying Tolls at any Turnpike Gate in Great Britain. The whole.
25 G. 3. c. 60. An Act for granting to His Majesty a certain Sum of Money out of the Sinking Fund, and for applying certain Monies therein mentioned for the Service of the Year One thousand seven hundred and eighty-five, and for further appropriating the Supplies granted in this Session of Parliament; and for providing a Compensation to the Clerks in the Offices of the Principal Secretaries of State for the Advantage such Clerks enjoyed before the Commencement of an Act made in the Twenty-fourth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, for establishing certain Regulations concerning the Portage and Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post between Great Britain and Ireland. So much as relates to the Post Office, except so much thereof as respects the Payment out of the Revenues of the Post Office of an annual Sum of One thousand Pounds to or for the Use of the Clerks in the Offices of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State.
27 G. 3. c. 9. An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Port of Waterford in the Kingdom of Ireland, by way of Milford Haven. The whole.
28 G. 3. c. 13.
(Irish Act.)
An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom." The whole.
33 G. 3. c. 60. An Act to enable the Postmaster General to send the Mail to the Dominions of His Catholic Majesty on board of any Vessels authorized by His Catholic Majesty to carry the same. The whole.
34 G. 3. c. 17. An Act for regulating the Portage and Conveyance of Letters by the Carriage called the Penny Post. The whole.
34 G. 3. c. 18. An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Islands of Jersey and Guernsey, and within those Islands. The whole.
35 G. 3. C.58 53. An Act for further regulating the sending and receiving Letters free from the Duty of Postage; for allowing Non-commissioned Officers, Seamen, and Private Men in the Navy and Army, whilst on Service, to send and receive Letters at a low Rate of Postage, and for permitting Patterns and Samples of Goods to be transmitted by the Post at an easier Rate than is now allowed by Law. The whole.
36 G. 3. c. 7.
(Irish Act.)
An Act to further explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom;" and also to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-eighth Year of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled "An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Twenty-third and Twenty-fourth Years of His present Majesty's Reign, intituled 'An Act for establishing a Post Office within this Kingdom.” The whole.
37 G. 3. c. 18. An Act for altering certain Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters in England and Scotland respectively, and of Packets to and from Great Britain, from and to Portugal and the British Colonies in America respectively; and for setting apart at the Receipt of the Exchequer, for a certain Period, out of the Revenues of the Post Office, the annual Sum of Forty thousand Pounds towards defraying the increased Charge occasioned by any Loan raised or Stock created by any Act or Acts passed in the Thirty-fifth Year of the Reign of His present Majesty. The whole, except so much thereof as relates to the Application of the Revenue of the Post Office.
38 G. 3. c. 47.
(Irish Act.)
An Act for the further Amendment of the Acts relating to the Post Office, and for further facilitating Prosecutions under the said Acts. The whole.
39 G. 3. c. 76. An Act for the more secure Conveyance of Ship Letters, and for granting to His Majesty certain Rates of Postage thereon. The whole.
40 G. 3. c. 8.
(Irish Act.)
An Act for granting to His Majesty, His Heirs and Successors, certain Duties and Rates upon the Portage and Conveyance of all Letters and Packets within this Kingdom. The whole.
41 G. 3. c. 7. An Act for repealing the Rates and Duties of Postage in Great Britain, and granting other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof, and on Letters conveyed to or from any Part of the United Kingdom from or to any Place out of the said Kingdom, and by Packet Boats from or to the Ports of Holyhead and Milford Haven. The whole.
42 G. 3. c. 63. An Act to authorize the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets, Votes, Proceedings in Parliament, and printed Newspapers by the Post free from the Duty of Postage by the Members Of the Two Houses of Parliament of the United Kingdom, and by certain public officers therein named; and for reducing the Postage on such Votes, Proceedings, and Newspapers when sent by any other Persons. The whole.
42 G. 3. c. 81. An Act for amending so much of an Act passed in the Seventh Year of the Reign ,of His present Majesty as relates to the secreting, embezzling, or destroying any Letter or Packet sent by the Post; and for the better Protection of such Letters and Packets; and for more effectually preventing Letters and Packets being sent otherwise than by the Post. The whole.
42 G. 3. c. 101. An Act for repealing the Rates and Duties of Postage upon Letters to and from France and the Batavian Republic from and to London, and for granting other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof; and for exempting from the Duty of Tonnage the Ships and Vessels to be employed in conveying the Mails of Letters from France to the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The whole.
43 G. 3. c. 28. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain Rates and Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland. The whole.
43 G. 3. c. 31. An Act for establishing certain Regulations in the Office of Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
43 G. 3. c. 119. An Act for improving the Funds of the Chest at Chatham, and for transferring the Administration of the same to Greenwich Hospital; and for ameliorating the Condition of the Pensioners on the said Funds. So much as relates to the. Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
44 G. 3. c. 84. An Act to permit certain Persons in the Office of Ordnance and the Quarter Master General to send and receive Letters free from the Duty of Postage; and to enable the Board of Ordnance, the Adjutant General, the Quarter Master General, and the Barrack Master General to authorize Persons in their Offices in to send Letters free from the said Duty. The whole.
45 G. 3. c. 11. An Act for granting certain additional Rates and Duties in Great Britain on the Conveyance of Letters. The whole.
45 G. 3. c. 21. An Act for repealing certain Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and granting other Duties in lieu thereof. The whole.
45 G. 3. c. 72. An Act for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy during the present War. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
46 G. 3. c. 61. An Act to authorize certain Public Officers to send and receive Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
46 G. 3. c. 73. An Act for granting Rates of Postage on the conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Gibraltar and the island of Malta. The whole.
46 G. 3. c. 83. An Act for the better Regulation of the office of Receiver General of the Post Office in England. The whole.
46 G. 3. c. 92. An Act to amend Three Acts made in the Thirty-fifth, Forty-first, and Forty-second Years of His present Majesty, relating to the Conveyance of Letters and packets by the Post. The whole.
46 G. 3. c. 142. An Act for the better Regulation of the Office of Surveyor General of Woods and Forests. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
47 G. 3. c. 59. Sess. 2. An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-sixth Year of His Majesty, for the better Regulation of the Office of Receiver General of the Post Office in England. The whole.
48 G. 3. c. 90. An Act to enable the Commissioners for auditing Public Accounts, and the Commissioners for the Affairs of Barracks respectively, to send and receive Letters and Packets on the Business of their Office free of Postage. The whole.
48 G. 3. c. 116. An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from the Island of Madeira and to and from the Portuguese Territories on the Continent of South America. The whole.
49 G. 3. c. 35. An Act for the more convenient payment of Pensions to Widows of Officers of the Navy. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
49 G. 3. c. 45. An Act for more conveniently paying of Allowances on the Compassionate List of the Navy and of Half Pay to Officers of the Royal Marines. So much as relates to the Post Office.
49 G. 3. c. 108. An Act to amend the several Acts respecting the Payment of Wages and Prize Money and Allotment of Wages to Persons serving in His Majesty's Royal Navy. So much as relates to the Post Office.
49 G. 3. c. 123. An Act to explain and amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, for the Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually manning His Majesty's Navy during the present War; and for the further Encouragement of Seamen, and for the better and more effectually providing for the Interests of the Royal Hospital for Seamen at Greenwich and the Royal Hospital for Soldiers at Chelsea; and to extend the Provisions of the said Act to Cases arising in consequence of Hostilities commenced since the passing of the said Act. So much as relates to the Post Office.
50 G. 3. c. 65. An Act for uniting the Offices of Surveyor General of the Land Revenues of the Crown and Surveyor General of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, Parks, and Chases. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
50 G. 3. c. 66. An Act to authorize the Judge Advocate General to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
50 G. 3. c. 74. An Act to grant to His Majesty certain additional Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland. The whole.
52 G. 3. c. 88. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage in Great Britain. The whole.
52 G. 3. c. 132 An Act for explaining, amending, and extending the several Laws relative to the Payment of forfeited and unclaimed Shares of Army Prize Money to the Royal Hospital at Chelsea; and for directing the Mode of making up the Accounts of Pensions paid to the Widows of Officers of the Army. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
52 G. 3. c. 143 An Act for amending and reducing into one Act the Provisions contained in any Laws now in force imposing the Penalty of Death for any Act done in breach of or in resistance to any Part of the Laws for collecting His Majesty's Revenue in Great Britain. So much as relates to the Post Office.
53 G. 3. c. 13. An Act for authorizing the Assistant Secretary to the Postmaster General to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty on Postage. The whole.
53 G. 3. c. 58. An Act to repeal certain Rates and Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post from or to Dublin to or from the several Post Towns in Ireland, and to grant other Rates and Duties in lieu thereof; and to make further Regulations for securing the Duties on Letters and Packets sent by the Post in Ireland. The whole.
53 G. 3. c. 68. An Act to repeal the Exemption from Toll granted for or in respect of Carriages with more than Two Wheels carrying the Mail in Scotland, and for granting a Rate for Postage as an Indemnity for the Loss which may arise to the Revenue of the Post Office from the Payment of such Tolls. The whole.
54 G. 3. c. 119. An Act to repeal certain Duties upon Letters and Packets sent by the Post within Ireland, and to grant other Duties in lieu thereof. The whole.
54 G. 3. c. 169. An Act for making certain Regulations respecting the Postage of Ship Letters and of Letters in Great Britain. The whole.
55 G. 3. c. 103. An Act to regulate the Postage of Ship Letters to and from Ireland. The whole.
55 G. 3. c. 145. An Act to increase the Allowance to the Post Office in Ireland in respect of Packet Boats to Great Britain. The whole.
55 G. 3. c. 153. An Act for granting certain Rates on the Postage of Letters to and from Great Britain, the Cape of Good Hope, the Mauritius, and the East Indies; and for making certain Regulations respecting the Postage of Ship Letters and of Letters in Great Britain. The whole.
56 G. 3. c. 98. An Act to unite and consolidate into One Fund all the Public Revenues of Great Britain and Ireland, and to provide for the Application thereof to the general Service of the United Kingdom. So much as relates to the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
57 G. 3. c. 9. An Act for vesting all Estates and Property occupied for the Barrack Service in the Comptroller of the Barrack Department, and for granting certain Powers to the said Comptroller. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
57 G. 3. c. 66. An Act to amend an Act of the Twenty-second Year of His present Majesty, for suppressing or regulating certain Offices therein mentioned, so far as relates to the Board of Trade; and for enabling the Vice-President of the Board of Trade to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
58 G. 3. c. 45. An Act for building and promoting the building of additional Churches in populous Parishes. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
59 G. 3. c. 108. An Act to amend several Acts relating to the Post Office and Conveyance of Letters in Ireland. The whole.
59 G. 3. c. 111. An Act to repeal so much of an Act passed in the Fifty-fifth Year of His present Majesty as relates to the Postage and Conveyance of Letters to and from the Cape of Good Hope, Ceylon, the Mauritius, and the East Indies; and to make other Regulations respecting the Postage of such Letters and Packets, and other Letters and Packets sent by the Post. The whole.
1 G. 4. c. 89. An Act for imposing additional Rates and Duties on the Conveyance of Letters between Port Patrick in Scotland and Donaghadee in Ireland. The whole.
3 G. 4. c. 105 An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between the Port of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster and the Isle of Man. The whole.
3 G. 4. c. 126 An Act to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England. So much as relates to the Exemption of Horses and Carriages employed or to be employed in carrying the Mails and Expresses from Payment of Tolls.
4 G. 4. c. 49. An Act for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called Scotland. So much as relates to the Exemption of Horses and Carriages employed or to be employed in conveying the Mails from Payment of Tolls, and as authorizes the Trustees of Turnpikes to enter into any Agreement with the Postmaster General as to the Amount of Tolls to be paid for Mail Coaches.
4 G. 4. c. 81. An Act to consolidate and amend the Laws for punishing Mutiny and Desertion of Officers and Soldiers in the Service of the East India Company, and to authorize Soldiers and Sailors in the East Indies to send and receive Letters at a reduced Rate of Postage. So much as relates to the Post Office.
4 G. 4. c. 95. An Act to explain and amend an Act passed in the Third Year of the Reign of His present Majesty, to amend the General Laws now in being for regulating Turnpike Roads in that Part of Great Britain called England. So much as tends to affect the Exemption from Payment of Tolls of Horses and Carriages employed or to be employed in conveying the Mails and Expresses under the Authority of Her Majesty's Postmaster General, either when employed in conveying, fetching, or guarding such Mails or Expresses or in returning back from conveying or guarding the same.
5 G. 4. c. 10. An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Buenos Ayres or other Port or Ports on the Continent of South America. The whole.
5 G. 4. c. 20. An Act to regulate the Conveyance of Packets containing re-issuable Country Bank Notes by the Post, and to charge Rates of Postage thereon; to prevent Letters and Packets being sent otherwise than by the Post; to punish Persons embezzling printed Proceedings in Parliament or Newspapers; and to allow the President of the Commissioners of Revenue Inquiry to send and receive Letters and Packets free from the Duty of Postage. The whole.
6 G. 4. c. 28. An Act for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Liverpool. The whole.
6 G. 4. c. 44. An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Columbia and Mexico. The whole.
6 G. 4. c. 68. An Act to regulate the Conveyance of printed Votes and Proceedings in Parliament, and printed Newspapers, by Packet Boats between Great Britain and Ireland and the British Colonies, and also in the United Kingdom. The whole except so far as respects the Compensation to Officers of the Post Office having the Privilege of Franking.
7 G. 4. c. 16. An Act to consolidate and amend several Acts relating to the Royal Hospitals for Soldiers at Chelsea and Kilmainham. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
7 & 8 G. 4. c. 6. An Act for granting to His Majesty Rates of Postage on the Conveyance of Letters and Packets to and from Saint Domingo and Cuba. The whole.
7 & 8 G. 4. c. 21. An Act to amend the Laws relating to the Duties of Postage in Great Britain and Ireland. The whole.
7 & 8 G. 4. c. 58. An Act to make Provision for ascertaining from Time to Time the Average Prices of British Corn. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
9 G. 4. c. 42. An Act to abolish Church Briefs, and to provide for the better Collection and Application of voluntary Contributions for the Purpose of enlarging and building Churches and Chapels. So much as relates to the Post office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
10 G. 4. c. 26. An Act for transferring the Management of Greenwich Out-pensions, and certain Duties in Matters of Prize, to the Treasurer of the Navy. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
1 W. 4. c. 8. An Act for enabling His Majesty to appoint a Postmaster General for the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. The whole.
1&2 W. 4. c. 43. An Act for amending and making more effectual the Laws concerning Turnpike Roads in Scotland. So much as relates to the Post Office.
2 W. 4. c. 15. An Act to enable His Majesty's Postmaster General to extend the Accommodation by Post, and to regulate the Privilege of Franking in Ireland; and for other Purposes relating to the Post Office. The whole.
2 W. 4. c. 53. An Act for consolidating and amending the Laws relating to the Payment of Army Prize Money. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
2&3 W.4 c. 106. An Act to enable the Officers in His Majesty’s Army, and their Representatives, and the Widows of Officers and Persons on the Compassionate List, and also Civil Officers on retired or Superannuation Allowances payable by the Paymaster General of His Majesty's Forces, to draw for and receive their Half Pay and Allowances. So much as relates to the Post Office and the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets by the Post free from the Duty of Postage.
4&5 W.4 c. 44. An Act to regulate the Conveyance of printed Newspapers by the Post between the United Kingdom, the British Colonies, and Foreign Parts. The whole.
5&6 W.4. c. 25. An Act to extend the Accommodation by the Post to and from Foreign Parts, and for other Purposes relating to the Post Office. The whole.
6 W. 4. c. 21. An Act to provide that Persons in Scotland accused of Letter Stealing shall not be entitled to Liberation on Bail unless in certain Cases. The whole.
6 W. 4. c. 25. An Act for granting an additional Rate of Postage on Letters between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Milford and Waterford. So much as imposes additional Rates of Postage on Letters and Packets conveyed by Post to and from Great Britain and Ireland, or to and from any Part beyond the Seas and Ireland, by way of Milford and Waterford.

SCHEDULE. (B.)

Containing a Description of the Acts and Parts of Acts saved from the Operation of this Act.

Date of Act. Title. Extent of Saving.
5 A. c. 4. s. 1. An Act for settling upon John Duke of Marlborough and his Posterity a Pension of Five thousand Pounds per Annum for the more honourable Support of their Dignities, in like Manner as his Honours and Dignities, and the Honour and Manor of Woodstock and House of Blenheim, are already limited and settled. The whole.
9 A. c. 10 An Act for establishing a General Post Office for all Her Majesty's Dominions, and for settling a weekly Sum out of the Revenues thereof for the Service of the War, and other Her Majesty's Occasions. So much as relates to the Appropriation and Payment of the weekly Sum thereby directed to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer; and as relates to Her Majesty's Hereditary Revenue; and as relates to all Annuities and other Payments and Incumbrances to which the Revenue of the Post Office is thereby made liable; and so much as relates to the Interference with or Participation in the Elections of Members of Parliament by Persons employed in the Post Office.
1 G. 1. c. 78. An Act to enable His Majesty to grant Letters Patent to supply a Defect in a Grant made by His Majesty King William the Third unto Maynard Duke of Schomberg and Leinster, of the annual Sum of Four thousand Pounds out of the Revenue of the Post Office, until the Sum of One hundred thousand Pounds be paid. The whole.
3 G. 1. c. 7. An Act for redeeming the Duties and Revenues which were settled to pay off Principal and interest on the Orders made forth on Four Lottery Acts passed in the Ninth and Tenth Years of Her late Majesty's Reign; and for redeeming certain Annuities payable on Orders out of the Hereditary Excise, according to a former Act in that Behalf; and for establishing a general yearly Fund, not only for the future Payment of Annuities at several Rates to be payable and transferrable at the Bank of England and redeemable by Parliament, but also to raise Monies for such Proprietors of the said Orders as shall choose to be paid their Principal and Arrears of Interest in ready Money; and for making good such other Deficiencies and Payments as in this Act are mentioned; and for taking off the Duties on Linseed imported and British Linen exported. So much as relates to the Payment of the weekly Sum of Seven hundred Pounds out of the Revenues of the Post Office into the Receipt of the Exchequer.
3 G. 2. c. 36. An Act for confirming a Patent granted by Her late Majesty Queen Anne to William Trench, Esquire, deceased, for erecting a Lighthouse upon the Island or Rock called Skerries, and for the better Maintenance of the said Lighthouse, and for making the Duties granted for maintaining the same perpetual. The whole.
5 G. 3. c. 25. An Act to alter certain Rates of Postage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office. So much as relates to the Postage on Letters and Packets conveyed by the Post within the British Dominions in America and the West Indies, and to any Felony or other Offence committed within such Dominions.
7 G. 3. c. 50. An Act for amending certain Laws relating to the Revenue of the Post Office; and for granting Rates of Postage for the Conveyance of Letters and Packets between Great Britain and the Isle of Man and within that Island. So much as relates to any Felony or other Offence committed within the British Dominions in America and the West Indies.
24 G. 3. c. 37. An Act for granting to His Majesty certain additional Rates of Postage for Conveyance of Letters and Packets by the Post within the Kingdom of Great Britain; for preventing Frauds on the Revenue carried on by the Conveyance of certain Goods in Letters and Packets; and for further preventing Frauds and Abuses in relation to the sending and receiving of Letters and Packets free from Postage. So much as relates to the Appropriation and Payment of the weekly Sum of Two thousand three hundred Pounds thereby directed to be paid into the Receipt of the Exchequer, and as relates to the Hereditary Revenue.
27 G. 3. c. 13. An Act for repealing the several Duties of Customs and Excise and granting other Duties in lieu thereof, and for applying the said Duties, together with the other Duties composing the Public Revenue; for permitting the Importation of certain Goods, Wares, and Merchandize the Produce of Manufacture of the European Dominions of the French King into this Kingdom; and for applying certain unclaimed Monies remaining in the Exchequer for the Payment of Annuities on Lives to the Reduction of the National Debt. So much as relates to the Post office.
45 G. 3. c. 43. An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post Office more secure and expeditious. The whole.
46 G. 3. c. 134. An Act to provide for the Security and Expedition of the Conveyance of Letters by the Post in Ireland. The whole.
48 G. 3. c. 48. An Act to enable His Majesty’s Postmaster-General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin. The whole.
48 G. 3. c. 140. An Act for the more effectual Administration of the Office of Justice of the Peace, and for the more effectual Prevention of Felonies within the District of the Dublin Metropolis. So much as relates to the Post Office.
52 G. 3. c. 146. An Act for the better regulating and preserving Parish and other Registers of Births, Baptisms, Marriages, and Burials in England. The whole.
53 G. 3. c. 89. An Act for the more regular Conveyance of Writs for the Election of Members to serve in Parliament. The whole.
53 G. 3. c. 146. An Act to amend an Act made in the Forty-fifth Year of His present Majesty, intituled "An Act to amend the Laws for improving and keeping in repair the Post Roads in Ireland, and for rendering the Conveyance of Letters by His Majesty's Post Office more secure and expeditious." The whole.
54 G. 3. c. 63. An Act to amend several Acts for enabling His Majesty's Postmaster General of Ireland to purchase Premises for the Enlargement of the General Post Office in the City of Dublin. The whole.
55 G. 3. c. 91. (Local Act.) An Act for enlarging and improving the West End of Cheapside in the City of London, also Saint Martin's-le-Grand, Aldershot Street, Saint Anne's Lane, and Foster Lane; and for providing a Site for a new Post Office between Saint Martin's-le-Grand and Foster Lane aforesaid. The whole.
55 G. 3. c. 120. An Act to provide for the taking an Account of the Population of Ireland, and for the ascertaining the Increase or Diminution thereof. So much as relates to the Post Office.
5 G. 4. c. 5. An Act for enabling a Conveyance to be made of Part of a House in Lombard Street vested in the Right Honourable Henry Frederick Lord Carteret, formerly His Majesty’s Postmaster-General. The whole.
5 G. 4. c. 85. An Act for amending an Act of the last Session of Parliament relating to the building, repairing, and enlarging of certain Gaols and Houses of Correction, and for procuring Information as to the State of all other Gaols and Houses of Correction, in England and Wales. The whole.
1 W. 4. c. 27. An Act for enabling His Majesty's Postmaster General to sell the Premises lately used as the Post Office in Lombard Street, Abchurch Lane, and Sherborne Lane in the City of London. The whole.
1&2 W.4. c. 33. An Act for the Extension and Promotion of Public Works in Ireland. The whole.
2 W. 4. c. 4. An Act for more effectually preventing Embezzlements by Persons employed in the Public Service of His Majesty. The whole.
2&3 W.4. c. 86. An Act to amend an Act of the Forty-fifth Year of His Majesty King George the Third relating to Post Roads in Ireland. The whole.
4 W. 4. c. 7. An Act to repeal, at the Period within mentioned, so much of an Act passed in the Fifth Year of the Reign of His late Majesty King George the Third, intituled "An Act to alter certain Rates of Passage, and to amend, explain, and enlarge several Provisions in an Act made in the Ninth Year of the Reign of Queen Anne and in other Acts relating to the Revenue of the Post Office," as authorizes the taking of certain Rates of Inland Postage within His Majesty's Dominions in North America. The whole.
6 W. 4. c. 25. An Act for granting an additional Rate of Postage on Letters between Great Britain and Ireland by way of Milford and Waterford. So far as relates to the Application of the Rates and the Repair of Roads.