RATES OF POSTAGE.
Town Letters Posted at any Post Office within the I colony for delivery at or from such ; ost | Office: — | Not exceeding half an ounce ... Id i Exceeding half an ounce, bnt not exceeding one ounce 2d Eor every half ounce over one ounce ... ... ... 2d Country Letters. Posted at any Post Office within the colony for delivery at or from any other I Post Office within the colony ; j Not exceeding half an ounce ... 2d j Exceeding half an ounce, but not | exceeding one ounce ... ... 4d Eor every half ounce over one I ounce ... ... ... 2d t Australian Colonies. : Not exceeding half an ounce ... 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exi-ending one ounce ... ... 4d j For every half ounce ever one I ounce ... ... ... 2d | England and Foreign Countries. | Per Half Ounce. { United Kingdom, via San Francisco and Suez ... ... ... 0d ; United States of America, via : San Francisco ... ... ... fjd , Sandwich Islands, via San Fran- | cis co ... 6d j Canadian Dominions, via San i Francisco ... ... ... gd | British Columbia ... ... i s i West Indies ... ... ... i s : Mexico, via San Francisco ... ]y ,■ Central America ... ... ... ly ; South America, via San Francisco Is j Newspapers. j Posted at any office within the ' j colony for delivery at the same ■ office ... ... ... .... I Posted at any office within the * colony, for delivery at any other I office within the colony ... Id j Australian Colonies ... ... Id : United Kingdom... ... Id | Via San Francisco. United States of America ... Id Sandwich Islands ’ id Canadian Dominions ... ... 2d British Columbia ... ... 2d j West Indies ... ... ... 2d | Mexico ... ... ... 2d Central America ... ... 2d South America ... ... ... 2d j Book Postage. i Posted at any office within the colony for delivery at the same, within the colony, the Australian colonies, or the United King, loin ... l oz ... id “ “ 2oz ... 2d “ “ 4lb ... 4d Ilb ... 8d , Every additional lb, or fractional part of alb ... ... ... gd I Via San Francisco United States, every -t lb ... 4d Sandwich Islands ... Id Canadian Dominions “ ... 6d British Columbia “ ... 6d West Indies “ ... 6d ' , Mexico “ ... 6d j Central America “ ... (Jd South America , (Li ,
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Kumara Times, Issue 736, 7 February 1879, Page 4
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336RATES OF POSTAGE. Kumara Times, Issue 736, 7 February 1879, Page 4
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