THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 29, 17 February 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Wa publish for general kiforraatj«j^^B Hate of Postage at present in force,:«^^| NgW ZEAtAKIV ~~ ; ''.^H Sat4s of Postage chargeable ,o» . Lei^^M faptrt, mi Book Packets p»stsd in^^M LSTTEBSV ' ■ . - V'^H 1. Inland Letters.— Hot exendnu^H exceeding \ oi, and not exceeding IJ^H ceeding 1 ox, and not evceedinp 2 oSjlj^^H on, increasing fourpenco for «Tcr*^H ounce or fraction of an ounce. t^^H 2. To the United Kingdom.— Bf &^H or by direct ship : Not exceeding \ os^^^H ing \ oz, and not exceeding 1 os, ls;'^^| oz, and not exceeding 2 ox, 2s ; *o^^| creasing one shilling for every additioq^^H traction of an ounce.— —By MarseilU^^M ceeding \ oz, 9d; exceeding \ ox, and^^H ing\ oz, Is; exceeding J oz, and not'^^H oz, Is 9d ; exceeding | oz, and not exc^^H 23 ; and so on, being an addition to. t)^H| postage at the rate of threepence per qu^^| 3. To British Colonies and ForeigJ^KL —Not exceeding £ oz, 6d ; exceeding }^^B exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 ox, U^^H ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasittj^^H ling for every additional ounce or fr^^H ounce.' ' ' ;^^H %* Except in the following cases.^^^H rates are payable. :^^H 4. To the Continent of Europe ▼U^H| Not exceeding \ oz, Is 6d ; exceedi^^H not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 o^HB exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, incr^Hj shillings for every additional ounce or^^H an ounce. '^^M 5. To Syria and Turkey.— Letter* warded via Alexandria and Jaffa Un^H| f«r transmission via the United £i^H| ee charged as follows : Not exceedin^^^H xceeding i oz, and not exceeding l^^B and so on, increasing one shilling and t^^H every additional ounce or fraction! of ag^H| 6. To China and the Eastern Ar^^S Letters addressed to Hongkong, Pei^^H pore, or any part of China or Japan, t^^H Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, I^H| Moluccas, and Siam, are. chargeabkv^Hl Not exceeding j oz, Is; exceeding .|-,c^B| exceeding 1' oz, 2s; arid so on,'incj^^H shillings for every additional ounce oi^^H 7. To Kdval Officers on Foreign Letters addressed to officers serving ob^H| of Her Majesty's ships 'on; a foreign it^H| sent through. the United Kingdom, an^^H as follows: Not exceeding ij- oz, Is ; n^^H and not exceeding 1 os,':2s ; excfled^^E not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and »o on, in^^K shillings for every additional ounce or^Bj an ounce '' : - 8. To Naval Seamen and Solditi^mjk sent to or by seamen and soldiers in H(^^B service will b'e transmitted within the (^H| between tlie colony or any post-t-ffice ' ic^^H domiriiobs, afacharge ; of onepentjy, pi^H the following regulations are obsemd^Kl letter must not'exceed half an ounci^^B 2. It must be snperscribed' with the ! i^^H writer, his. disposition or ( class inthe,Tl^^H ment, an^ signed by the officer at tfcet^H| mand. 3. The postage, must be pre>p^^B letter of this, description, posted or, r/i^^H Colony, not in accordance with the fort^H| ation, will be treated as an ordinary v l^H| 9. Free Letters.— tetters, on' the p^^H of Her Majesty's Na'val and Military ''^H exempted from the payment 'of postagej^E the words, "On Her Majesty's Servt«;^H signature of theofficer intommand of^Km the service of which -the letter , is desptt^Bl such letters cannot be transmitted by u^Hjj route, or one entailing additional expei^H| Colonial Government. Letters on the^HH vice of the General Government of the^H transmitted free by post, if bearing I^^E " On the Public Service only," and thi^Hj of some officer of the General Governors! rised to frank official letters. • ' 10. Registered .LeWenj.— Registratis^Hj| in addition to the. ordinary postage .ch^^K any other. Except in special cases, '>^B| in table subjoined. ' NEWSPArERS. ,^E To any part of the colony, if publi^Bi oolon\-, and posted within seven days fr^^B| tion, free; if not published in the c.olo^H posted within seven days from pubfic^Hl Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, t>ia^H| ton, or by direct ship, free; to the Ut^Hl dom. via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To t!|(^B| of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. Ti^Hl Turkey (not through the United Kin^R exceeding two ounces, Id ; and so on, i^Bi of one penny for every additional two oi^Bf Note. — For the postage chargeable^B papers, forwarded to other countric«, : t!^Hp United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoiiu^Bt BOOK PACKETS. . . .^H| 1. To any part of the colony, or to i^^g Kingdom via Southampton'':— Not excet^Ki id ; exceeding 4 oz, and 1 " not oxcee*liiij^^E exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16^B| and so on, increasing eight pence forf^^K tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-i^H 2. To the following British coloniet-^K Bermuda, British West Indies, Canad^K Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gam^K Coast, Oelignland, lonian Islands, A'^Bl Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scot^K Edward Island, St. Helei a, Sierra I<<^K§ couver's Island :^-Not exceeding 4 o|,J^B| ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, ls2d;^H 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 ox, 2s:4d';. >^H| increasing one shilling and twopen«^K half-pound, or fraction of half-a-poundi^H| Prepayment by Stamps.— AM ietta^Hi and newspapers posJed in New Zoalii^E prepaid by affixing postage labels of tht^H sufficient value. ' - !-'^^R Loose Letters.?- -All letters received fr^H sens, at any Post-office in this colony; ', l^H not been regularly posted at the place : i^B (loose letters), are chargeable witii full p^Hj cording to the rates established by the^H tables, unless they are letters which iti'^Hj pulsory by law to send by post, in wliict^H are chargeable with the inland rate of p«^H Book'Packets to be Open for I~»^H Every book.packet shall be sent open or sides, and there shall be no cnclosurt^B otherwise closed against inspection sent^^B siu-h packet, nor anything printed or wri^^f nature of a letter. ' - '^^M Contents'.— 'With the above limitation^H book may contain any number of sepai^H maps, prints, or photographs, and any^^B paper, vellum, or parchment, either. priril^K on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in of a letter whether sealed or open.) witf^H| ing, covering, or mounting attached. pr^H to such book, print, map, or photograp^K things. .legitimately. appertaining_t«, or^B for the transmission of any enclosed artistic matter, .but exclusive of glass in^B The names and address of the sender oHi on the cover. H| Registration.— kay person can hftvei^« gtstered by affixing on it by means of labels the amount of the registration f^K tion to the proper postage, and presenti^Hj Post-office during office hours, and at^B| hour before the closing of the mail by^Ki desired to be transmitted. Every pfec^H be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery tered letter, by entering it on the l°tt e (H| obtaining a receipt for the same on d&'^Hfi the Post-office, however, is not respotuil^H los3 of any letter, whether registered of^H persons sending bank-notes or drafts *^B| to take the numbers and particulars, *^K the notes or drafts in halves, and to sen^Hf different post. Penalties.— Any person sending as e^^g postage letters not liable to exemption, <*^K a communication in the nature-of a lets^E newspaper or book-packet are liable to Overland Carriage.— -No pnstmaster^^B quired to receive any book-packet for H^H by an overland mail, if from its wei2^B| other cape the packet appear calculate^H the carrier. <^B C&osbib Ward, Postmastcr-^H