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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 44, 10 April 1863, Page 4

. raE/iSfB^'BA^^OF" PQOTA^-:-v| Wb publish for ; IC^l Bute of Postage at pregenfc in force :-— ? ';■-'-:;: '■ ■ ■■■'■ :. ■■ NEW) ZitAliiwV. .' -■ : ■. ;; : v •;'.^ -=Jf Ratei qfPottaga ehargli^le;on-X±^rg,ljfr*M*l . Book Pdcktts pasted in thaCplaiigi „v,'j-;;i-,( Meiers.", -,•} , ;-.-i .;'<■'. ;r v '\ .;y 1. . Inland Letter $.— Not ; exceeding : o>, ~ & exceeding £ oz,, and not .exceeding; ['l ortiia; ex^ ■ ceeding 1 oa, and not evceeSuigf 2 .°*> $nNtnd to •• , on, increasing fourpence ;> for ; every ! additional. ,ounce or fraction of an ounce. - ■ •■"*, ~:V * 2. To the United Kingdom.— By, Southampton or by direct ship : Not exceeding ,i «z, 6d ; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, lsj. exceeding 1, : oz, and not exceeding . 2 oz, 2s ; ?r an<l .80 onj' in .'.? creasing one shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce.- : By Marseilles : Not ex»ceeding i oz, 9d ; exceeding £ oz; and not exceed. . ing £ oa, Is ; exceeding J oz, and not exceeding $ , oz, Is 9d ; exceeding f oz, and not exceeding 1 oij. 2s ; and so on, being an addition to the ordinariw postage at the rate of threepence per quarter ouncJr 3. To British Colonies and Foreign CoHntrieM^ — Not exceeding J oz, 6d {exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s; and bo on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. *** Except in the following. cases, where special rates are payable. 4. To the Continent of Europe via Trieste.—* Not exceeding £ oz, Is 6d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 3s j exceeding 1 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 6s; and soon, increasing three shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 5. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked f»r transmission via the United Kingdom, will cc charged as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, lid; exceeding | oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is lOd ; 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,' Singapore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillipin* Islands, Java, Sumatra, Corneo, Labuan, the Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows t j Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding % oz., and not | exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction or 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 through the United Kingdom, are chargeable as follows: Not exceeding £ oz, Is; exceeding $oz and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding loz and not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 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. Kach letter must not exceed half an ounce in weight. 2. It must be superscribed with the name of the writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or regiment, and signed by the officer at the time in command. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. Every letter of this description, posted or received in this Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing regu- ' ation, 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 fro-n the payment of postage, if bearing the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and the signature of the officer in command of the fwrce on the serviceof which the letter is despatched. But such letters cannot be transmitted by any irregular route, or one ent iling add' tional expense on the Coloniil Government Letters on the public service of the General Government of the colony aretransmitted free by post, if bearing the words, " On the Public Service only," and the signature of some officer of the General Government authorised to frank official letters. 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, la,, in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable oa any other. Except in special cases, as exhibited in table subjoined. NEWSPAPERS. 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 within seven days from publication, each, Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southampton, or by direct ship, free ; to the United Kingdom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2(1 ; 4% To Syria and Turkey (nut through the United Kingdom), not exceeding two ounces, Id ; and bo on, at the rate of one penny for every additional two ounces. v Note. — For the postage chargeable on newspapers, forwarded to other countries, through the- I United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. BOOK PACKETS. 1. To any part of the colony, or to the United Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeding 4 oz, 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, 8d ; exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is 4d ; and so on, increasing eight pence for everj addU tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. 2. To the following British colonies — Ascension, Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Cape of Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gold Coast, Heligoland. lonian Islands, Natal, New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Vancouver's Inland: — Not exceeding 4oz, 7d; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d ; and so on increasing one shilling and twopence for every half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Prepayment by Stamps. — AH letters, packets, and newspapers posed in New Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing postage labels of the colony of sufficient value. Loose Letters. — All letters received from beyond seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which have not been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), are chargeable witu full postage, according to the rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. Book-Packets to be Open for Inspection. — Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed or otherwise closed Against inspection sent in or with such packet, nor anything printed or written in the nature of a letter. Contents. — With the above limitations, a packet book may contain any number of separate bo>iks, maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the nature of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the binding, covering, or mounting attached or belonging to such book, print, mr.p, or photograph, and all things legitimately appertaining to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. Registration. — Any person can have a letter regislered by affixing on it by means of the proper labels the ai oant of the registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and presenting it at a Post-office d irin t office hours, and at least one hour before the clrang of the mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will be adop.ed to ens are t -e safe delivery of a registesed letter, by entering it on the lotter bills, and obtaining a receipt for the same oi delivery. As the JE-ost-offce, however, is not responsible for the loss of any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending bank-notes or drafts are advised to take the numbers and particulars, and to cut the notes or drafts in halves, and to send them by different post. Penalties. — Any person sending as exempt from • postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclosing a communication in the nature of a letter in any newspaper or book-packet are liable to a penalty of £20. Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will be required to receive any book -packet for transmission by an overland mail, if from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the carrier. Chosbxb Waed. Postmaster-General. THE "PRES S," T>UBLISHED every Saturday Morning -*- at Christchurch, contains articles upon matters of General and Colonial interest, from the pens of writers in all parts of Nevr Zealand, and new adverfisements only. The " Press " Commercial Circular, published every "Wednesday Morning, contains only trad reports and advertisements, after the firf insertion. Agents of the " Peess " in Invercargill, FITZGERALD & Ofo