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these were altered to 8.30 a.m. to 7.30 p.m. on and from 1st 

 November, 1909. 



Troqueer Road (Maxwelltown) T.S.O. was also opened on 

 the 4th January, 190'9 ; the office being estabhshed in the shop 

 at 10 Troqueer Road, and Miss Brown being appointed Sub- 

 Postmistress. No Money Order, Savings Bank, Annuity, or 

 Insurance business, or telegraph work, is, as yet, transacted at 

 this office, but Postal Orders are issued on a limited scale. There 

 is no Sunday attendance. Originally open from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., 

 the hours of duty were changed on 1st November, 1909, to 8 

 a.m. to 7 p.m. 



On the introduction of the label system for registered letters, 

 packets, parcels, etc., numbers were allocated to these sub-offices 

 as follows :— English Street T.S.O., Dumfries, 1; St Michael 

 Street T.S.O., Dumfries, 2; Milldamhead T.S.O., Dumfries, 3; 

 Laurieknowe, Maxwelltown, T.S.O., Dumfries, 4; and Troqueer 

 Road, Maxwelltown, T.S.O., Dumfries, 5. 



In addition to these Town Receiving Offices and Sub-Offices, 

 Dumfries had under its control a large number of Rural Receiving 

 Offices and Sub-Offices. Very few of these, however, were in 

 existence prior to the introduction of uniform penny postage. 

 There can be little doubt that the developments in the establish- 

 ment of these Rural Sub-Offices were largely the outcome of this 

 far-reaching reform. 



The more important sub-offices were established at Auldgirth 

 Bridge, Closeburn,''^ Colvend,^* Crocketford (previously a penny 

 post office under Dumfries), Dalbeattie (constituted a Head Office 

 on 1st February, 1869), Duncow, Dunscore (previously a penny 

 post office under Dumfries), Haugh of Urr,''^ Isle Toll,''^ Kirk- 

 bean, Kirkgunzeon, Kirkmahoe, Kirkpatrick-Durham,*'* Mous- 

 wald,''^ Newabbey (previously a penny post office under Dum- 

 fries), Old Bridge of Urr,'''' Palnackie,'''' Parkgate (previously a 

 penny post office under Moffat), Preston, Shawhead, Spring- 

 holm,'''' Southwick, and TorthorwaW^ 



43. Now under control of Thornhill Office. 



44. Transferred to Dalbeattie, 1st Feb., 1869. 



45. Now non-existant. 



46. Transferred from Lockerbie on and from 1st January, 1877. 

 A runner from the Dumfries Office previously undertook the delivery 

 to the Roucan. 



