THE NEW RATES OF POST.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 27, 10 February 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POST.

W_ publish for general information -^^H Hate of Postage at present; in force :— "3K New Zealand. j^B BoiM of Postage chargeable on I; e^^F papers, rnd Book Packets 'posted i|£ 4B LETTERS. V^N^ 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceedreg aft exceeding J oz, and not exceeding 1 oM • ceeding 1 oz, and not evceeding 2 oz, Bdil i on, increasing fourpence for every iff - ounce or fraction of an ounce. Is" | 2. To the United Kingdom. — By Souag'j lor by direct ship : Not exceeding $ oz, 6dlP ing £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, la ; Btjlf-T j oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 23; and II • creasing one shilling for every additional®^ fraction of an ounce. By MarseilletWL \ ! ceeding £ oz, 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and OMfa ( ■ ing i oz » I s J exceeding J oz, and not ejFi|j U oz, Is 9d ; exceeding f- oz, and not exce&tfej 2s; and so on, being an addition to thewjjg' postage at the rate of threepence per quaj^j I 8. To British Colonies and Foreign Si-, — Not exceeding $ oz, Od ; exceeding J tjfs>p exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, anife ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing jp"T [ ling for every additional ounce or fractpi * ounce. fTJ I * # * Except in the following cases, wh^- ~ : [ rates are payable. j« 4. To the Continent of Europe via p * Not exceeding J oz, Is 6d ; exceedingly^ j not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz,£| exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, inereaSajf • shillings for every additional ounce or kk ' an ounce. »B " 5. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters -4: warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unlej^M for transmission via the United Kinj^~J — ee charged as follows : Not exceeding f?W. xceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 ot^' and so on, increasing one shilling and teiy every additional ounce or fraction of an ££*. 6. To China and the 'Eastern Arching — Letters addressed to Hongkong, PenatJ^.] pore, or any part of China or Japan, thefTi't^ Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Xa??; ' Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable aL '■'s Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding -J- oz,F * exceeding 1 oz, 2a ; and so on, incr&Vj&D" shillings for every additional ounce or $$f ' | an ounce. i?; j 7. To If aval Officers on Foreign 0$ 1 | Letters addressed to officers serving on 0^ of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign Bt^irh — sent through the United Kingdom, arejji' ] as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exce*rjpj£ and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; exceeding not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, inrrpH? shillings for every additional ounce or i^ an ounce. • **' 8. To Naval Seamen and SoldierslTLQl sent to or by seamen and soldiers in HetEsi service will be transmitted within the Cpj? between the colony or any post-office in&Opp dominions, at a charge of onepenuy, prtri" — the following regulations are observed:!]?. \ letter must not exceed half an ounce x\ 2. It must be superscribed with the m'sSV^ writer, his disposition or class in the vesA^; ment, and signed by the officer at the ti&lP 91 mand. 3. The postage must be pre-pai&S— I letter of this description, posted or receiiVtSS Colony, not in accordance with the foreg|® ation, will be treated as an ordinary let'pkrj 9. Free Letters.— Letters on the puS^ < of Her Majesty's Naval and Military w*i. "' exempted from the payment of postage,!?*: | the words, "On Her Majesty's Service/j « . signature of the officer in command of t l 4*^ the service of which the letter is despatATEl i such letters cannot be transmitted by aniE A ! route, or one entailing additional expert' Colonial Government. Letters on the f^ — vice of the General Government of thef-g^' transmitted free by post, if bearing t " On the Public Service only," and ths*r of some officer of the General GovernmifßA rised to frank official letters. ■ ] 10. Registered Letters. — RegistratioifCJjj] in addition to the ordinary postage chafi." _ any other. Except in special cases, as?in table subjoined. newspapers. — To any part of the colony, if publisTHO colony, and posted within seven daysfroisi} jj, tion, free; if not published in the 00I0HL3.J posted within seven days from publisaf* £ Id. 2. To the United jtingdom, via ww* ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the Unitfi/j dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To tlu-K „ of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. T;''Q " Turkey (not through the United Kini^ST! exceeding two ounces, Id; and so on, fT? — of one penny for every additional two o:/- j l L Note. — For the postage chargeablej*jj papers, forwarded to other countries, ti&Jsj! gUnited Kingdom, sec table (A) subjoinEysA BOOK PACKETS. ''■- -I- " 1. To any part of the colony, or to t/rr xj Kingdom via Southampton: — Not excefrSj TZ 1 4-d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceedin&JH Cj exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16|Ki' and soon, increasing eight pence forfi^El tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-pM 2. To the following British colonies-"": Bermuda, British West Indies, CanaA^Cr. Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gan*;*.V \ Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, W: : Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Sco:»t- . Edward Island. St. Helena, Sierra Ifi,^ A couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, '■ ;T Y ~ S ing 4 OZj and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d; y _ 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; viz " increasing one shilling and twopenciijO R half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound.,%ST; Prepayment by Stamps. — All lettec- 1^ and newspapers posted in New ZealaryJJQ] prepaid by affixing postage labels of tlw r „ sufficient value. •*•■■*■ Loose Letters. — All letters received fi^CA seas, at any Post-office in this colony, **V Anot been regularly posted at the place £7?(loose letters), are chargeable with full pi; "V cording to the rates established by thji^Y tables, unless they are letters which itUr pulsory by law to send by post, in wliicT , jj are chargeable with the inland rate of p" ; Book-Packets to be Open for I\^f\ Every book-packet shall be sent open™ 11 ' or sides, and there shall be no enclosur&T E I otherwise closed against inspection semQEN such packet, nor anything printed or wr r ' : '\ I nature of a letter. ~ Contexts. — "With the above limitation"--!, book may contain any number of sepa)^ g maps, prints, or photographs, and any f •.?■;• paper, vellum, or parchment, either prli_ on, or plain, (exclusive of anything iir*?^-** of a letter whether sealed or open,) wi! „'__ ing, covering, or mounting attached 0: : B -SIJ to such book, print, map, or photogra^ . things legitimately appertaining to c IIBS * for the transmission of any enclosed*" artistic matter, but exclusive of glass i)TJT> The names and address of the sender r ' on the cover. v J Ji, li Registration. — Any person can hav6j,p, K - gistered by affixing on it by means o^tjovi labels the amount of the registration H';tion to the proper postage, and present?/* Post-office during office hours, and hour before the closing of the mail bf-jQ 1 desired to be transmitted. Every pr«jjj) be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery tered letter, by entering it on the leti^y o Cl obtaining a receipt for the same on de. the Post-office, however, is not respoffiiT. Hj loss of any letter, whether registered <rg jj j persons sending bank-notes or drafts CE to take the numbers and particulars, : « the notes or drafts in halves, and to se>>? a1 different post. ~^~ Penalties. — Any person sending as err* •" postage letters not liable to exemption, ' . O ' a communication in the nature of a 1« : f~BOC newspaper or book-packet are liable t!i.x-si of £20. „- if Overland Carriage. — No postmasters quired to receive any book-packet for *} j P, by an overland mail, if from its wc jjijl t other cause the packet appear calculat r-y> the carrier. /'"■ Ceosbie Wied, PostmasteQ.