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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 189, 11 August 1871, Page 2

Note. — Inconsequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed by British Packets bet-ween '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 -_ ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce, ls. 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, ls. ?d.; and so on, ls 2d for every additional 8 ounces or fraction ot 8 ounces . SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.

WANTED, a SHARP BOY. Apply to E. BARNES, 1548 At the Corner. NELSON RETAIL MARKET.— August 11. Beet, 2d to 6d per lb Bread, 2lb loaf, 4Jd Mutton, 2Jd to 4d Butter.fresh, ls 2d per lb Pork, 5d to 6d Cheese, col., 5d to -3d Bacon, 8d Ducks, 5s to 6s per pair Ham, ls Fowls, 3s to 4s Lard, 9d Turkeys, 4s to 6s each Eggs, ls 2d per doz. Onions, 3d per lb Geese, ss. each. Flour. — Rod and Hounsell quote fine silk dressed flour at £18 per ton. Redwood's, £18. Rutherford's, £18. Wheat, 6s per bushel; barley, 4s to*4s 6d; oats 3s 3d to 3s 6d. Apples, 6d per lb. Oranges, 3s per doz. Pears, 6d per lb. Hay, 4/. 10s. per ton. Beer, 6/ per hhd; 8s per dozen. - Bricks, per 1000 4/; Lime, per bushel, 3s Od. Boards and Scantling— White Pine, per 100 feet, 9s to 10s;. Red Pine, 15s; .Totara, 18s to. 20s; Bimu, 12s"6d. Palings— V.D.L., 6ft., 225.; sft., 18s. Shingles— V.D.L., 21s. 6d.