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Lyttelton Times, Volume VII, Issue 435, 3 January 1857, Page 6

ornaments, chair, small tea and dinner service, coffee and tea pots, rocking chair, several tubs, pails, dripping-pan, candlebox, knives and forks, kettle, 3 boilers, 2 saucepans, pair hallows, 2 blankets and matfcrass, <fee. PUBLIC NOTICE. Lyttelton and Christchttjich LocalPosts. ON and after Thursday, the Ist January, 1857, letters posted in ■Christchurch before half-past eight A.M., will be delivered to residents along the line of route of the mail cart, and in the town of Lyttelton by one o'clock. Letters posted in Lyttelton before half-past 2 p.m., will be delivered to residents along the line of route of the mail cart and in the town of Christchurch the same evening. Letters directed to houses situated in the towns of Lyttelton and Christchurch will be delivered at the houses to which they are directed ; all other letters will be left at the respective post offices till called for. The post office in Christchurch will be opened for the receipt of letters at 8 a.m., will close afe half-past 8 for making up and despatching the mail at 9 a.m., will re-open at 11 A.M., and be closed for the day at 4 p.m. KAIAPOI AND CHKISTCHUECH LOCAL POST. Letters addressed to Kaiapoi and places northward must be posted in Lyttelton before half-past 2 p.m., On Wednesdays and Saturdays. In Christchurch, before half-past II a.m., On Mondays and Thursdays. Letters for Lyttelton or Christchurch from Kaiapoi must be posted before half-past 8 a.m. on Tuesdays and Fridays, for despatch from Kaiapoi by the 9 o'clock mail on those days. Letters arriving from sea at Lyttelton will be forwarded and delivered by the Local Posts in the same manner as letters posted in Lyttelton. Letters posted at Kaiapoi and Christchurch for places beyond Lyttelton will be forwarded by the Local Posts to places within the") , „ „ Colony of New lon prepayment of the Zealand, j Looal po^ge; to places beyond the"") on prepayment of the Colony of New f local postage, with the Zealand, f postage payable on J such letters. These regulations apply to newspapers as well as letters. It is requested that, where practicable, all letters and papers be prepaid. KATES OJT POSTAGE BY THE LOCAL POSTS. On every letter not exceeding half-an-ounce in weight— Cine Penny. On every letter exceeding • half-an-ounce in weight—then the sum of One Penny for every half-ounce or fractional part of half-an-ounce, according to the weight of such letter. On all letters sent by post, or being re»directed and again forwarded by the post, there" shall be charged and paid a new and distinct rate of postage for the re-direction, in addition to all other rates of postage payable thereon, according to the scale and rate of postage hereinbefore mentioned. No letter or packet exceeding sixteen ounces in weight shall be forwarded by the post, except letters to and from the places beyond the seas, and letters to and from the Governor, letters on the Public Service or to and from any of the Government Offices or Departments. NEWSPAPERS. Printed newspapers shall be conveyed for a j charge of one penny each, provided they be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, and there be no writing thereon; or upon the cover of the same, except the name and adjL* dress of the person to whom sent, and that^jp^ paper or tiling be enclosed in or with" any'sxuSi paper. And any. paper or packet which shall te contrary in any respect to the conditions hereby required to be observed shall be charged with the rate of postage to which it would have been liable as a letter. Printed prices current and commercial lists,not exceeding two ounces in weight, shall be forwarded through the post, under the same regulations and privileges as newspapers. W.L.HOWARD, Postmaster. Lyttelton, Dec. 30,1856.