_^__»_-M_a_-a-H---wa-a We learn from Wellington that the Cabinet has decided to establish the system of penny postage throughout the colony, finding it necessary to meet the reductions of the Imperial authorities. It is .estimated that the consequent deficiency of revenue for the first year will be £40,000, but that this apparent loss will be more than recouped, in about three years, by the increased number of letters posted. The wisdom of this course cannot be questioned. It proved an undoubted success in England, when introduced by Sir Rowland Hill, and has been not only a means of iisiisting commerce, but a boon to all classes of the community. The same results which have attended it in the Old Country are certain to follow the change in New Zealand.
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Feilding Star, Volume XII, Issue 141, 21 May 1891, Page 2
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