POST-OFFICE NOTICES. MAILS CLOSE.
For Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— per p.s. Charles Edward, this day. at 4 .30 pm. For Picton, Wellington, & South, per s.s. Taranaki immediately on arrival For Westport, Greymouth, and Hokitika— per ss. Murray immediately on arrival of v s an Franc>sco mail. For New Plymouth, Auckland —per s.s. Wellington, on Monday, August 21, at 10 a.m. For Motueka and Golden Bay— per p.s. Lady Barkly, on Tuesday at 11 a.m. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefield, and Foxhill— Close at Chief Post Office daily at 2.30 p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, 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 Wakapuaka— Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.; arrive every Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 a.m. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Nga Timote, Motueka, and 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. — In consequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed by British Packets between j Brindisi and Alexandria, a reduction in Postage j on Letters sent via Brindisi ha 3 been effected. The rates x>f 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. under 4 ounces, each 4d.; for every additional 4 ounces, 4d. Booh 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. I'd.; and so on, Is 2d for every additional 8 ounces or fraction of 8 ounces. SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 196, 19 August 1871, Page 2
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