POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 174, 26 July 1870, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE. For Taranaki and Auckland — per s.s. Phoebe, to-morrow, Wednesday, at 4.30 p.m. The next Home Mail via San Francisco tvil leave Nelson on the 4th of August, by the s.s. Airedale. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster. For Waimea-west — Close every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at 2,.°»0 p.m. ; arrive every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 11 a.m. For Wakapuaka — Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30, p.m.; arrive every Wednes day and Saturday, at 11 a.m. For Tadmor and Wangapeka — Close every Tuesday and Friday, at 2.30 p.m., and arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 11a.m. For Anauri — By every opportunity via Christchurch or Blenheim. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Nga Timote, Motueka, and Eiwaka —Close every Monday and Thursday, at 8.30, a.m.; arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Also for Motueka per steamer as opportunity offers Notice— Payments of Premiums on G overn meat Life Assurance Policies, may be made through any Money Order Office in Great Britain or the Australian Colonies, on the days noted in the Policies ; but the Government reserves to itself the right of requiring payments to be made in Great Britain three months, and in the Australian Colonies, one month in advance, should it be deemed necessary. Postage for the Australian Colonies (except Western Australia) to be as follows, from and after the Ist instant, viz : — Not exceeding § oz., 3d. ; not exceeding 1 or., 6d. ; not exceeding l§ ©z., 9d. ; and so on increasing 3d. for every £ oz." The progressive rates of postage on letters posted in New Zealand for delivery in the Australian Colonies, or Great Britain, or British Colonies or Possessions, not exceeding § oz., one rate ; exceeding £ oz., but not exceeding 1 oz., two rales ; exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding If oz., three rates ; and so on for every additional $ oz. or fraction of half-an-ounce, one rate.