POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 110, 11 May 1871, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE. The next home mail from New Zealand to Europe and America via fSan Francisco, will leave Nelson by s.s. Phoebe, on Tuesday, May 16. For Stoke, Richmond Spring Grove, Wakefield, and Foxhill— Close at Chief Post Offic daily at 2.30 p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, a.m. For Wakapuaka — Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.; arrive every Wednesday 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 11 a.m. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Nga Timote, Motueka, and lliwaka — 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. — Inconsequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed by British 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 follows : — Letters.— Not exceeding £ ounce, 9d. ; exceeding fc 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 4d.; for every additional 4 ounces, 4d. - Book and pattern Parcels. — Not exceeding 1 ounce, 2d. ; exceeding 1 ounce and not-exceeding 2 ounces, 4d. ; exceeding 2 ounces and not exceeding 4 ounces, 7d. ; exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces, Is. ?d.; and so on, Is 2d for every additional 8 ounces or fraction, of 8 ounces. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.