POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume V, Issue 235, 5 October 1870, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

mails close. Eor Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— per s.s. Murray, to-morrow, at 8 a.m. For Picton, Wellington, and Southern Ports — per s.s. Stormbird, to-morrow. From Ist October, a Postoffice will be opened at Bedstead Gully, Collingwood, at the store of Mr. E. Toll. Note. — The postage of letters and papers for Honolulu and North America, is now the same as for the United Eangdom, viz , 6d. for letters, and ld, for papers. Notice.— The following is the rate of postage from this day: — Country letters posted at any office for delivery at any other office in the Colony 2d. per half ounce; for delivery at the office where posted ld. per half ounce. Postage for the Australian Colonies (except Western Australia) to be as follows, from and after the Ist instant, viz :— Not exceeding J oz., 3d. ; not exceeding 1 oz., 6d. ; not exceeding lj oz., 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 rates ; exceeding 1 oz., and not exceeding 1£ oz., three rates ; and so on for every additional £ oz. or fraction of half-an-ounce, one rate. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.