POSt-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 43, 20 February 1871, Page 2

POSt-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE. For Motueka and Golden Bay— per p.s. Lady Barkly, to-morrow, at 4.30 p.m. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefleld, and FoxlriU— -Close at Chief Post Office daily 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, and lliwaka — Close every Monday and Thursday, at 5.30, a.m.; arrive every Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Also, for Motueka per steamer as opportunity offers. For Tadmor and Wangapeka — Close every Tuesday and Friday, at -2.30 p.m., and arriye every Tuesday and Friday, at 11 a.m. Note. — In consequence of the Australian Mails beincr now conveyed by British Packets between Brindist and Alexandria, a reduction in Postage on Letters sent via Brindisi lia3 been effected. The rates of Postage to be charged in New Zealand on Correspondence for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, will therefore be as follows : — Letters.— Not exceeding £ ounce, 9d. ; exceeding | ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce. Is. 6d. ; and so on, 9d for every additional £ ounce or fraction of •£ ounce. Newspapers under 4 ounces, each 4cL; for every additional 4, ounces, 4d. Book and Patterh. Parcels . — Not exceeding 1 ouneeL2d. ; exceeding^ ounce and not exceeding 2 oujjras, 4d. ; exeeedingVi ounces and not exceedinnJMflfaceg. 7d. ; exceedrog. 4 ounces and not HHHHk 8 ounces, Is. ?d.; and so on, Is 2d for HgftHHHKHtional S ounces or fraction of S ounces. SH^BHbhI Chief Postmaster. *&&B^^BBBB^^BKBSSS^~ ' ■— —^—^— H^BHheTAIL MARKET.— February 20. W^^^HE^F per 1b j Bread, 21b loaf, 4d 3^HHB@P§ 0 Bd I Butter, fresh, 9d per lb IHBf^BsjP ! Cheese, col., Is m^HBHB^ i Ducks, 7s per pair BhHHBhI i Fowls, 4s to 5s bBBBkBBm Turkeys, 6s to 7s each u^HH^^Bwper doz. j Onions, 2d per lb W^BBBb. Geese, ss. each. |9||^H^KRod and I-lounseU qu&te fine silk fm^^H^H^ r at £^' J r er ton> Redwood's, £15. ra9B^^BV s 6d to 5s 9d per bushel; barley, 4s 6d fgnHHIRi 4s to 4s 6d. S^^Hj^ftatoes, 14 lb. for Is. Od. ; Ehubard, ; Lettuce and Eadish, 2s to 4s lii^^Hß>; Turnips, 3d per bunch ; Carrots, @BJH 4d. per lb. per dozen. ■Harries, 9d per lb. MMrarots, Is per dozen. j9Ry,|b/. per ton. fflfeer; 6/ per hhd; 8s per dozen. I Kricks, per 1000 4/; Lime, per bushel, 3s Od. ] ffeoards and Scantling— White Pine, per 100 feet, 9s to 10s; Eed Pine, Iss; Totara, 18s to 20s; Eimu, 12s 6d. Palings— V.D.L., 6ft., 225.; sft., 18s. Shingles— V.D.L., 21s. 6d. P . . The fojlowbg, from the Ballarat Star, is au extract from a letter received by a gentleman in Ballarut from a relative in the Government service at Fyzabad, Oude India : — "England must withdraw troops from India if she enter into any war, and I do not care to see my family in India when the troops are withdrawn, more especially in a war with Russia. The native sympathies are even now expressed in favor of Russia. Imagine a schoolboy saying to his master, * What's the use of teaching me English "j why don't you teach me Russian, it will^ be much wore useful to me.' This was the speech of a ; native boy in Lucknow. The natives iv entering into bonds of all sorts now enter the proviso — * So long as the British rule may last in tbis country.' I have a good deal of intercourse with them, and am conwiaced that they now consider; the end of British rule more certain than they did during the mutinies ; and more are desiof it.