POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 198, 22 August 1871, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

MAILS CLOSE. For Stoke, Richmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefleld, 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. Note.— ln consequence of the Australian Mails being now conveyed by British Packets between Brindisi and Alexandria, a reduction in Postage on Letters sent via Brindisi haa 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 J ounce, 9d. ; exceeding J ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce, Is. -6d. ; and so on, 9d for every additional £ ounce or fraction of 4 ounce. Newspapers "under 4 ounces, each 4d.; for every additional 4 ounces, 4d. Book and Pattern Parcels.— Wot exceeding 1 ounce, 2d. ; exceeding 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces, 4d. ; exceeding . ounces and not exceeding 4 ounces, 7d. ; exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces, Is. 2d.; and so on, Is 2d for every additional 8 ounces or fraction of 8 ounces . , SYDNEY J. DICK, Chief Postmaster, j