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Kumara Times, Issue 2675, 18 April 1885, Page 4

RATES OF POSTAGE VIA SUEZ AND BRINDISI. By an order in Council dated 28th October, 1881, the rates of postage on correspondence transmitted via Suez and Brindisi are in future to be as follow 1. That, on and after the fifteenth'day of November next, the rate of postage to be paid on all letters, book-packets, and newspapers transmitted from New Zealand to any pkce in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland by way of Suez and Brindisi shall be and the same is hereby fixed as herein set forth, that is to say— On all letters, one shilling per halfounce or fraction of half an ounce : On all book-packets and parcels, threepence for every two ounces or traction of two ounces j On all newspapers, twopence each. The said postage shall, in all such cases be prepaid m New Zealand by postage stamps, to be affixed upon the covers o the letters, book packets, or newspaper; so sent;* 2. That on all correspondence receivec m New Zealand in mails despatched fron the United Kingdom on and after tin date aforesaid, and which has not beei prepaid in postage-stamps at the foregoim rates, a surcharge equal to the equivalent of the difference between the rates afore said and the postage actually affixed U the correspondence shall be made. The said postage shall be payable on al such letters, book-packets, and newspaper; on delivery in the colony to the pasonsi to whom the same are addressed.