LETTERS INLAND LETTERS

Otago Daily Times, Issue 214, 27 August 1862, Page 6

LETTERS INLAND LETTERS

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| I..'ticr^ ; .'lit to or l>y Soani'.-ti n«-l Sjldiers in Her I Maj-oty's service will l»e Inmsajitte 1 within the | ('./luuy*, an I '.etwi'C.i the Colony an 1 any Post Office j ia the iV/tU.-Ai dominiu.'is, at a charge of One Penny, j pivjvMe 1 tliat thi following regulations are ot>- | H-.rvel : — | 1. Kielt Ivttcr must nut exceed half an ounce ia j weight. 2. It mint l>e superscribed with the name of the ! ■wnt.-r, lii.s description or «;l&*s itj the ve.aei • or regiment, nn.i signed l>y thy otiifcr at the j wi<i it» c tuuuruil j ICvery JotUT t'f this ucsii'iption, poskni or i-e----j Cfivt; I in thw ('olony not in ix; )rd:tnce with the force; jing lv^ulatiou, will be tre.vteil as au ordiuarv ftter 9.—Fkek Letteiis. Letters on the public service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military I'ore.is, are exempte 1 from the j payuit'iit of I'jsta^e, if k-ariug; tlie woivls "On Her j Majesty's .Service," an ! the .signature of tiie oilicer in ejannaud of the force on the service of which the letter is de.-paU.-hcd. But such letters cannot 1-e ♦.rausmittcil by any irregular revile, or one entailing llilittnnal oxp-:<se on the ('olnnial Government. Leltenj on tho public service of the licnwal («o----j yi-ruin^nt of the (Juloitv are transmitted free by post, if bearing th-i words, il Ou the Public Service only,'' and the .signature of some officer of the General Uovernment authoi-i-M-d to frank official letters. 10.—Ukoisteuei' Lettkrs. LegeKtraiion Fee ... ... .. ... Is i In additiiin to tin1 or.Hnary ))o.st;tvje eharereable on any letter. Except in special*cases, us exhibited iv table we^ubjoined.

I NEWSPAPERS. 1. To any mrt of the Colony, if published in the ('oionv, and posted within seven I days from mililieatiou .» .. Free, ll* not published iuthe Colon v, or not posted within seven days from publication, each .. .. .. .. lii i 2. To the United JCingdon, r/« Southampton, j or by direct ship .. .. .. Free. To the United kingdom, via Marseilles, each .. .. .. -.3d. 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, f each ... ... ... ... 2d. ■ j 4. To Syria and Turkey (not through the • j United Kingdom), not exceeding two j ounces ... ... ... ... Id And ro on, at the rat f one penny for ever addi ■ j tional two ounces. 'I Note.- For the Postn^o chargeable on Newspapers, ■ forwarded to other countries, through the United 1 I Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined.

a Southampton Xot exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 0z... Bd. „ 8 oz., „ „ 16 0z... Is. 4d. And so on, increasing' eight pence for every additianal half-poun-1. or fraction of half-a-pound. 2. To the following British ColoniesAscension lonian Islands Bermuda Natal British West Indies New Brunswick Cana'la .Newfoundland Cape of Good Hope* Nova Scotia Falkland Islands Prince Edward Island Gambia ;>t. Helena CJold Coast Sierra Leone Heligoland Vancouver's Island ffot exceeding 4 oz. ... ... ... 7d Exceeding -i oz., and not exceeding 8 oz. ... Is. 2d 8 oz.. _~ „ 16 oz. ... 2s 4d. and ho on, increasing one shilling and two pence for every kilf pound, or fraction of ba'f-a-pound. PRF.PATMEXT BY STAMPS. I All letters, packets, and newspapers posted in NW Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing postage labels the colony of sufficient value. LOOSE LETTEES. All letters received from beyond seas,at any Po3t Office in this Colony, which have not been regularly |jost«d at the pl.'iee of .despatch (loose letters)", .are chargeable with fall postage, according to the rates established by the foregoing tables, anles3 they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send l.y post, in which case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. INSCmCIKST VATMEST. Letters and packets liable to more than one rat* of postage, and address] to places within the Colony, or to the United Kingdom, if bearing at least a single rate, will be forwarded and charged with the postage deficient, and another si-igU rate as a Hue. Letters and packets so addressed, and bearing less than a tingle rate of postage, and all letters and packets other*'j.s»; ad'lre.-ise-l. not }>eariiisr tlie full postage char liable, wiii b.- <lcta red and returned to the sender s)i a!l cxsps where practicable. Newspapers, if posted without prepayment of the full amount of postage chrtr.^w.ble, cau neither be forwarded to their d»tiaHti.Ki nor returned to the sender ; but will be delivered or forwarded to tins j<en-:ori addressed, on application, v.ithin six month.B?, at the oince where «i;r.'.* were jyi-to-l, and payment of the deficient po.st:t;re in fttaiuj,.i. fiE^ISTRATIOX. Any person can have a i<-tter r.tristend by affixing I on it fry tnentK of the proper labels the amount of the : ro;riitration f> .-?, in a'!lit:o:i f«> the pif>per postage, and |)rtsent!Rir it at a i'o<t OJiic* <iuring ofiiee hours, a»<i at lefL^t on*; hour l>*'for<'the rlo^insr of the mail by v.!ii'.*h it i« d*s-in«i to b*,-trasj^suittol. Every prec:tuti:Hi will bft a'iopt <i So ensure tiie s:de delivery of ■ a r> ;rL>u-r«-d I'ttf-r, by emeriucr it on the letter bills, • ntul obfaiwiiijr are:'.-ipt for the tame on delivery. Asthe • j Post Office, liov.'tHc-r is not responsible for the loss oi ' j a;»y ktu-r, wheiher re^iAtert-d or otherwise, persons ' j leiidiu; bank note* or draft? are nuhi^ed to take the : j nuinhi-r* and particulars, and to cut the notes or • j i rafts in lialvts, aud to send them by difierent f post » RE-DIKHCTIOS. 1 Letters, Tjpw-spaptTs. and packets v.il be re-directed > frum oae Post O:tice to another on the written in- - j ttructions of the pcr-on addroK-il, but on TT-direetion - are charifcJibk- with a n»*w awl distinct rate of postage, to be paid on deliver}-. % I'KXAL.TIK.S. j Any iKTiMJii sendiu^r a> exeiupt from postage letters i not liable to x--mptiuji. ».*r enclosinir a communica- | tiosi in t!:«.' nature «f a k-tter in any newspaper or j h-yjk -packet ? it liable tv a {Xruaitv of i>2o. I fcIZK AXI» WKIGHT. S N<» )KK>k-pack<-t it packet of newspapers will b* j n.ei'ivtf'l, n;r v.'ili any Ptj>tni:i>tcr \m required to re- « S ccive any i<-ttfr if it exe;-c 1 two f«t-t in length, one . | foot in width or dopth, or three pounds in weiirht. j B»K-PAC^i:rs ?•■> hZ O:>EK luX INSPECTION. j Kv.rv l>>y>k-ji'ifk*-i shaH be sent open at the ends i or sides, and th«-rt- shoil b? no enclosure sealed or otherwi'f clo^*<i against ii»>{K*etion sent in or with sued pwket, nor any tSiiiiij j>riutcd or written in the j I nature uf a ifttci. | COKTF.NTS. !* i the above liniitaxioas, a packet-book tnay j , cuif.U'.iit :my natntur of st*ji:trate tx>jk>, maps, prints, 1 or pii.»t.iL'i"'.;iit>, ar.il any fjuautity of paper, vellum, j <ir jiatrhjtsvsit, cither printed, vritxen uu, or p.ain, i cx*'h:*iv«;' of auythiii^ in the nature of a Jetter 1 w3ii.-ih'.T 4*;a!«'«! or o;i;»n, } with the bindinsr, coverinsr, '• j >r uii.ui.lmj: aitacbwi or bcJonsrisisf to such book, -• j })iii.r, mriM, or photojrraph, aud all things legiti- •': j rii'if«ly appert.iininir to or n«-ev<ssary for the trans:i' ; ■»!»-!-<i» of any «'ii<-' 1 «»-» >d liffrary vr artistic matter, | hut exclusive ofrl;i--« ia r.ns- form. Tue names and , j a<Jdri>-> of the *-«-:i.ler may appear ou the cover. J- : OVEHLAVn CAKUI.VOU. ; X« Pn--iinast»-r will i>e n-quirvl to receive any '• ; btok-parkirt for iraasmj-v.oa by an ovt-rlaad mail, ii ■■*• ; frosu i!> weight or any oxht-r caase the packet ape« i uf»r cnlrnl ae«i t.i rttant X'\" carrier. = ' C!:<)<»IK WARD. Po,».na<tpr-General.