II. Post and Telegraph Offices.
The General Post Office is in the Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau,
near the church of St. Eustache, but is shortly to be transferred
to a more central position near the Place de la Concorde. There
is also a Bureau Principal in each of the 20 arrondissements,
besides Bureaux Supplémentaires and numerous Boîtes aux Lettres.
The transmission of parcels is undertaken by the Messageries Impériales,
Rue Notre Dame des Victoires 28, the Messageries Générales,
Rue St. Honoré 130, and other companies.
The Post-restante office (corner of the Rue Pagevin and the
Rue Coq Héron) is open from 8 a. m. to 8 p. m., on Sundays
till 5 p. m. In applying for letters the written or printed name,
or passport, of the addressee should always be presented. It
is, however, far preferable to desire letters to be addressed to
the hotel or boarding-house where the visitor purposes residing.
The postage for prepaid letters (10 grammes or ⅓ oz.; ½ fr.
in silver weighs 2½ grammes) within the limits of Paris is 10 c.;
if not prepaid 15 c.; for any part of France, Algeria and Corsica,
prepaid 20 c., not prepaid 30 c. Prepaid letters (7½ grammes
or ¼ oz.) to Great Britain 40 c., not prepaid 80 c.; to N. America
80 c.; Switzerland 40 c.; Rhine 40—50 c.; N. Germany 50—60 c.;
Russia 1 fr. Registered (chargées) letters must be furnished
with two seals and pay double postage. A receipt is given, on
presenting which, in case of loss, a compensation of 50 fr. may
be recovered. Postage for newspapers (always prepaid), which
must be enclosed by a narrow band only, capable of being removed
without difficulty, for France 4 c., for Great Britain 8 c.
The letter-boxes for the evening-trains are emptied as follows:
the ordinary street letter-boxes at 5 p. m.; those of the 20
Arrondissements, as well as the General Post Office at 5. 45. If
too late for the last clearance of the boxes letters may be posted
till 6 for an additional sum of 20 c., and till 6. 15 for 40 c. at
the offices Rue Tirechappe 1, Boulevard Beaumarchais 83, Rue
des Vieilles Haudriettes 4, Rue Cardinal Lemoine 22, Rue
Bonaparte 21, Rue St. Dominique 56, Place de la Madeleine 28,
Rue St. Lazare 11, Rue du Helder 24, Rue d'Enghien 21. For
40 c. additional, letters may also be posted till 6. 30 at the Place
de la Bourse 4, Rue de Cléry 28 and at the General Post Office,
where they are moreover received from 6. 30 till 7 for an additional
sum of 60 c. Letters will likewise be forwarded on the
same evening if posted at the proper railway-stations before 7. 30.
Telegraph Offices are to be found in each of the 20 Arrondissements.
The most convenient are at the General Post Office,
Rue Jean Jacques Rousseau 5; Grand Hôtel du Louvre, Rue
Rivoli 166; Place de la Bourse 12 (day and night); Hôtel de
Ville; Boulevard de Sébastopol 47 (l. bank); the Luxembourg;
office of the minister of the interior, Rue de Grenelle St. Germain 103
(day and night); Place de la Madeleine 7; Rue St. Lazare 126;
Avenue des Champs Elysées 67 (day and night); Rue Fléchier 2;
the Grand Hôtel; Caserne Prince Eugène (Rue de la Douane);
Boulevard St. Denis 16; Station du Nord etc.
