POST-OFFICE NOTICES.
MAILS CLOSE. For Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— per s.s. Murray-, to-morrow, Tuesdaj', at 11 a.m. For Motueka and Golden Bay— per p.s. Lady Barkly, to-morrow, at 12 noon. Note.— The next home mail, outwards, via San Francisco, leaves Nelson on Monday, 7th August. The next home mail, inwards, will arrive ia Nelson on Thursday, 17 th August, and each fourth Thursday thereafter. For Wakapuaka— Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.; arrive every Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 a.m. Note.— ln consequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed by British Packets between Brindisi and Alexandria, a reduction m 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. j 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 4&; ior 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 ot 8 ounces. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 185, 7 August 1871, Page 2
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230POST-OFFICE NOTICES. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 185, 7 August 1871, Page 2
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