POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 33, 8 February 1871, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE. For Wanganui, Lyttelton, and Dunedin — per Wallabi, to-morrow, at 4.30 p.m. For Wanganui— per Wanganui, to-morrow, at 4.30 p.m. Note. — The next Mail for India, China. Cape of Good Hope, the United Kingdom, the Continent of Europe, via Suez and Brindisi, will close at Nelson, per s.s. Alhambra, expected about the 10th inst. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefield, and Foxhill— Close at Chief Post Office daily at 2.30, p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at i 1 o'clock, a.m. For Wakapuaka — Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30, p.m.; arrive every Wednesday and Sit urday, at 11 a.m. For Tadmor and Wangapeka — Close every Tuesdsv ;-nd Friday, at 2.30 p.m., and arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 11 a.m. Note. — In consequence of the increasing difficulties -which attend the transmission through France of overland mails, addressed via Marsailles, the Postmaster- General of London has determined nn sending mails so addressed, until further louYe via Brindisi, Brenner, Prussia, and Belgium. Tie rates of postage to be charged iv Nr-w Z* a! ind on correspondence for the United Kin-.'.-o <i. vii Marseilles and Brindisi, will, therefi.'re^ba^B io:Jows : — Kates via Marseilles and Brindisi. Letters. — Not exceeding -_- ounce, ls. 3d, ; exceeding _.- ounce anfLjffit exceeding 1 ounce, 2s. 6d. ; exceedingjwpunce and not exceeding 1 \ ounce, 3s. 9d ;.jMfct« on ls. 3d.' for each -J ounce or fraction of \ ounce. Book and Pattern Parcels, — Not exceeding 1 ounce, 2d. ; exceeding 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces, 4d. ; exceeding 2 o»^ces and not exceeding 4 ounces, 7d. ; exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces, ls. 2d. Newspapers under 4 ounces, each 4d. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.