RATES OF POSTAGE.
Town Letters Posted at any Post Office within the colony for delivery at or from such i ost : OfficerNot exceeding half an ou nee ... Id Exceeding half an ounce, bnt not exceeding one ounce ... ... 2d For every half ounce over one ounce ... Id Country Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post Office within the colony : Not exceeding half an onnce ... 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce ... ... 4d For every ' half ounce over one* ounce 2d Australian Colonies. Not exceeding half an ounce ... 2d Exceeding half an onnce, but not exceeding one ounce ... ... 4d For every half ounce over one ounce ... ... ... ... 2d England and Foreign Countries. • Per Half Ounce. United Kingdom, via San Francisco and Suez... ... ... 6d United States of America, via San Francisco ... ... ... 6d Sandwich Islands, via San Fran* Cisco ftj Canadian Dominions, . via San Francisco ... ... ... Sd British Columbia ... ... Is West Indies ... ... ... l a Mexico, via San Francisco ... Is Central America ... ... ... l s South America, via San Francisco ls Newspapers. Posted at any office within the colony for delivery at the same office ... ... ... ... £d Posted at any office within the colony, for delivery at any other office within the colony ... M Australian Colonies ... ... id United Kingdom... id Via San Francisco. . United States of America ... 1* j Sandwich Islands id Cunadian Dominions ... ... 2d* I British Columbia ... ... 2d I West Indies 2d j • Mexico 2d ! Central America ... ... ... 2d South America ... ... ... 2d Book Postage. Posted at any office within the < colony for delivery at the same, I within, the colony, the Anstralian colonies, or the United i Kingdom ... loz ... Id I " 2oz ... 2di £lb ... 4d^ Ilb ... 8d i Every additional lb, or fractional part of alb 8d Via San Francisco. United States, every |lb ... 4d Sandwich Islands " ... 4d Canadian Dominions " ... 6d British Columbia " ... 6d ; West Indies " ... 6d jMexico " ... 6d Central America " ... 6d I South America " *.. 6d
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Kumara Times, Issue 406, 14 January 1878, Page 4
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320RATES OF POSTAGE. Kumara Times, Issue 406, 14 January 1878, Page 4
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