To SYRIA AND TURKEY

Otago Daily Times, Issue 138, 25 April 1862, Page 4

To SYRIA AND TURKEY

Letters will lie forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa (unless marked for transmission via the' United Kingdom), and will be charged as follows: —

Not excelling A oz. ... ... ... ... lid. Exceeding £ oz7.and.not exceeding 1 oz. Is. lOd. And so on, increasing one shilling and tenpen'ce for every additional ounce or fraction of nn ounce. 6.—To China ai:d tiie Eastern Archipelago. Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, or any part of China or Japan, the Fliillipine Islands. Java, Sumetra, Borneo, Labuan, the Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows : — Noti exceeding £oz. ... .. .. ..Is. Exceeding J oz., and not exceeding 1 oz.. .. 2s. And soon, increasing two shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 7.—To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations. Letters addressed to Officers serving on board any of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, when sent througft, the Unitvd Kingdom, are chargeable as follows:— ' . Not exceeding 4 0z.... .... ... ... Is. Exceeding i oz~, and not. exceeding. 1 oz. ... 2s. „ 1 oz., ■~ „ 2 oz. ... 4s. And so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. , S.—To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. Letters sent to or by Seamen and Soldiers in Her Majesty's service will be transmitted within the polony, and between the Colony and any Post Office in the British dominions, at a charge of One Penny, provided that the following regulations are observed :— 1. Each letter must not exceed half an ounce in ■ • weight. 2. It must be superscribed with the name of the ■writer, his description or class in the vessel or regiment, and signed by, the officer at the time in commacd 3. The postage must be pre-paid. ■ Every letter of this description, posted or received in this Colony not- in accordance with, the foregoing regulation, will be treated as'an ordinary letter. 9. —Free Letters. Letters on the public service of; Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, are exempted from the payment of postage, if bearing the words "On Her Majesty's Service, and the signature of the officer in command of the force on the service of which the letter is despatched. But such letters cannot foe transmitted by any irregular route, or one entailing additional ex2Jense on the Colonial Goveminen't. Letters on the'public .service of the General Government of the Colony are transmitted free by post, if bearing the words, " On. the Public Service only,'' and the signature of some officer of the Generalwovernment authorised to frank official letters. 10'.—Registerkd Letters. Regestration Fee ... ... .. ... Is. In addition to the ordinary postage chargeable on any letter. Except in special cases, as exhibited in table (B) subjoined. NEWSPAPERS. 1. To any part of the Colony, if published in* the Colony, and posted within seven days from publication " .."'',; Free.'

If not published in"the Colony, or not posted withiu seven days from publication, each .. .. .. Id. 2. To the United Kingi'oii, »in Southampton, or by direct ship .. .. . .. Free. To the United Kingdom, via Marseilles/ each .. •• • • • • 3d. 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, each 2d. 4. To Syria and Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), not exceeding two ounces ... ... ... ■•- l'b And so on, at the rate of one penny for every additional two onnces. Koto.—For the Postnge chargeable on Newspapers, forwarded, to other countries, through the united Kingdom, sue table subjoined.