MAILS CLOSE.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 38, 14 February 1871, Page 2

MAILS CLOSE.

For Motveka, Wf-tii*-i-t. Greymouib. and Hokitika —per p.s Ciutrii-s bdwurd. to-morrow, at 2 pm. For Havelock—per Overland to-morrow, at 430 p.m. 1 For Pictnn, W"-hivisjtr-n, and -**outhern*Ports. per Phoebe er Aire-iak-, inimedi -tely on arrival %.. For Stoke, "Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefield, arid Foxhill—Close at Chief Post Of>lcdaily at 2.30, p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, a.m. For Appleby, Upper and Lower "Moutere, "Nga Timote, Motueka, nnd Riwaka —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. Note. —ln consequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed hy Britbli Packets between Brindisi and Alexandria, a reduction in Postage on Letters sent via Brindisi has been effected. The rates of Postage to be charged in New Zealand on Correspondence for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, will therefore be as follbws : — Letters.—JNot exceeding -£- ounce, 9d. ; exceeding -V ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce, ls. 6d.; and so on, 9d for every additional "j ounce or fraction of | ounce. ..^Newspapers under 4 ounces, each 4d.; for every additional 4 ounces, 4d. Book and Pattern Parcels— "Not exceeding 1 ounce, 2d.; exceeding I ounc«3 and not exceeding 2 ounces, 4d.; exceeding -2 ouiices and not exceeding 4 ounces, 73.; exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces, ls. I'd.; and so on, Is 2d for every additional 8 ounces or fr^ctioaot 8 ounces. SYDNEY J.-D^CK, Chief Postmaster.