Page 4 Advertisements Column 7

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 16, 2 January 1863, Page 4

! 7 ". "* *-■ ; -r-7, : .'■ ■ '■ ' g THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE. fj Wb publish for general information tho Heir $ Bate of Postage at present in force : — * New Zgalakd. \ Hates of Postage cliargeable on Letters, Newt* -i papers, rod Book Packets posted in the Colony, j : LETTERS. 1. Inlattd Letters. — Not exceeding £ oz, 2d - exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 4d ; ex« '■ ceeding 1 oz, and not evceeding 2 oz, 8d j and so % on, increasing fourpence for every additional % ounce or fraction of an ounce. / I. 2. To the United Kingdom.— -By Southampton f or by direct Bhip : Not exceeding % oz, 6d ; exceed- k ing \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 ' oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, in« [; creasing one shilling for every additional ounce ot 'A fraction of an ounce By Marseilles : Not ex- it ceeding \ oz, 9d; exceeding \ oz, and not exceed- p ing \ oz, Is; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding £ ; ; i oz, Is 9d ; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, '{, 2s ; and so on, being an addition to the ordinary [<; postage at the rate of threepence per quarter ounce J V. 3. To British Colonies and Foreign Countriet. * — Not exceeding -J oz, 6d j exceeding \ oz, and not ! exceeding 1 oz, Is ; exceeding 1 oz, and not ex- \ i ceeding 2 02, 2s; and so on, increasing one sbil- ii ling for every additional ounce, or fraction of an i i ounce. ■'? * # * Except in the following cases, where special * rates are payable. ' 7 4. To the Continent of Europe via Trieste. — i Not exceeding £ oz, lsGd; exceeding £ oz, and ;i not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, and not jf exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing threo I shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of i an ounce. 5. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked for transmission via the United Kingdom, will be charged as follows : Not exceeding oz, lid; exceeding J oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is 10(1 ; and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce . 6. To China and, the Eastern Archipelago.— Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singa- i pore, or any part of China or Japan, the PhillipTuo Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, the Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding £ oz., and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction oi an ounce. . f • 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations. — t Letters addressed to officers serving on board any of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, when sent through the United Kingdom, are chargeable as follows: Not exceeding oz, Is; exceeding £oz and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding 107 and , not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounse. 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers.-— Letter* * sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majesty's service will be transmitted within the Colony, and between the colony or 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 tho writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or iegi. M ment, and signed by the officer at the time in com. v? mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. Every letter of this description, posted or received in this Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing reguation, will be treated as an ordinary letter, 0. 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 be transmitted by any irregular route, or one entailing additional expense on the Colonial Government. Letters on the public service of the General Government of the colony aro j " transmitted free by post, if bearing the words, " On the Public Service only," and the signature of some officer of the General Government autho. rised to frank official letters. 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, I", 'F in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable on any other. Except in special cases, as exhibited in table subjoined. NEWSPAPERS. w To any part of the colony, if published in th, colony, and posted within seven days from publua lion, free; it" not published in the colony, or nn _ posted within seven days from publication, eacli, Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southarap. ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the United King ~\ dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To the Continent.-,.---of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ;4. To Syr[j, snd j Turkey (not through the United Kingdo^\ not , exeeediug two ounces, Id; and so on, at tae rate- _ of one penny for every additional two ounces. "^ Note. — For tho postage chargeable on new *. K papers, forwarded to other countries, through th' United Kingdom, see tahle (A) subjoined. J BOOK PACKETS. S 1. To any part of the colony, or to the Unite Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeding 4 o^ ( <k~ 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, 8d S exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 10 oz, Is -kl f"l and so on, increasing eig-ht pence for every adefr J tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. — 2. To the following British colonies — Ascension Bermuda, British West Indies, Cauada, Cape o Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Go 1 Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natal, Net , "¥ Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Puiih , 1 Edward Island. St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Vat couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, 7d ; exceei ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is 2d ; excewlir , 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d ; and so 0" } increasing one shilling and twopence for evei Jl half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Prepayment by Stamps- — All letters, packed — and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must b prepaid by affixing postage labels of the colony c sufficient value. / Loose Letters. — All letters received from beyon •£ seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which hay not been regularly posted at the place of despatc ' (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, o cording to the rates established by the foregou; „ -*- tables, unless they are letters which it is not col I pulsory by law to send by post, in which case th are chargeable with the inland rate of postage onl; Book-Packets to be Open for InspectionEvery book-packet shall be sent open at the en or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed • otherwise closed against inspection sent in or \u such packet, nor anything printed or written in t ' -mature of a letter. w{ Contents. — "With the above limitations, a pad' book may contain any number of separate bon. _, maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantity paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, wi lit on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the na'i. A of a letter whether sealed or open.) with the br XJ ing, covering, or mounting attached or belong! to such book, print, map, or photograph, and' things legitimately appertaining to or nece m' ._, for the transmission of any enclosed literan 1-^ artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any for -*- The names and address of the sender may app> ' on the cover. Registration. — Any person can have a letti r gistered by affixing on it by means of the pro t tj labels the amount of the registration fee, in ac ( J_ tion to the proper postage, and presenting it a Post-office during office hours, and at least < f hour before the closing of the mail by which i desired to be transmitted. Every precaution ' , be adop.cd to ensure the safe delivery of a re" **VT tered letter, by entering it on the letter bills,' > \] obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery, the Post-office, however, is not responsible for loss of any letter, whether registered or others^ persons sending bank-notes or drafts are adv _, to take the numbers and particulars, and to r ~ the notes or drafts in halves, and to send thej^f different post. F>i [ Penalties. — Any person sending as exempt f&t p postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclo^i* ** a communication in the nature of a letter in ij-| TM newspaper or book-packet are liable to a pent-; JL of £20. ": EX Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will be f .,, quired to receive any book-packet for transmit by an overland mail, if from its weight or£-? Q other cause the packet appear calculated to re^ \ - the carrier. ■*> A Cbosbie Ward, Postmaster- Genew The King op Portugal's M ,».sttiACi '* p. The following are the principal < aondit : '--*TT of the contract of marriage between ; : V King of Portugal and the Princess J\feyPia: — "Ist. The sum allowed by ■ King of Portugal to his consost is iQ\;4, 60 contols of reis (350,000f.J per annf^-rj 2nd. The guarantee for the payment is " : Jj Majesty's civil list; 3rd. If the Pnv'-' 1 ? of Italy becomes a widow 3he shal { allowed a handsomely-furnished palae^j addition to the allowance, but if she;:^ to a foreign country to live, shall rec-;^*p>i? the allowance only ; and 4th. If > t*-* King becomes a widower without child -^S all the personal property of the prb ' " shall revert to her own family." *