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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 45, 14 April 1863, Page 4

' THE' "^W^EA^^^'POSTA^ We publish ' for' general ■ information' thei ]Se Bate of Postage at; present in forca :-- :;.;v,J New Zealand. ..,,.. :..'.-:,.";£ Sates of Postage chargeable on Letters, Nei papers, rnd Book Packets posted in «#« Colanij 1. Inland Letters;— Not ■.! exceeding/ j oz£\ exceeding ozj ; and not, exceeding. l;OZy4d;^ ceeding 1 oz, an&.nbVevceeding; 2 bz,; Bd;.^aiiii'j on, increasing fottrpence :; for 'every a€^ltiog| ounce or fraction of an* ounce. .' ■;;.■; Jy] '<H «;j fi'j'f 2. 2b flie JJivited.Kingdpm.-^Bj, Southampfc or by direct ship : Not exceeding J oz, (3d; £xcee ing ■ J"dz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; excCedinjl oz, and not' exceeding ! 2 ozj :2s; > and so on; J creasing. one shilling for every additional ounce* fraction of an ounce. — : — By Marseilles : Not (■ ceeding \ oz, 9&; exceeding £ ox', and not exceS ing | oz, Is; exceeding ;£; oz, and hot exceeding oz, Is 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 M 2s ; and so on, being an addition . to ,the, ordind postage at the rate of threepence per quarter oudJ 3. To British Colonies and Foreign poyinttjjM — Not exceeding oz, 6d ; exceeding £,6'z, and tS exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and not «■ ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing one sM ling for every additional ounce or traction -of » ounce. ■ .■■-- ■■'■"'■"• ; vB *** Except in the following cases, where sprtW rates are payable. ' < ! .; ; '• : '^m 4. To the Continent of Europe via TriesteM Not exceeding £; oz, Is6d; exceeding £;OZ,a« not exceeding 1 oz, 3s; exceeding 1 oz, and tm exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing thißj shillings for every additional ounce or. fraction p an ounce. .'._■ "■ . .^ft 6. To Syria and TurJceyfc— "Letters ■ will beofiß warded vt'a Alexandria and Jaffa unless inariE f«r transmission via the United Kingdom,** ee charged as follows: Not exceeding £ oz," lIK exceeding % oz, and not exceeding 1 oz. Is 1(B and so on, increasing one shilling and tenperice'' every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce.' 6. To China and the Eastern ArcJiipelage Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penangy Sin pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillij Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable ns -folloj Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding J oz., and ; i exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing "t shillings for every additional ounce or fracjaoi an ounce. , " '■ 7. To Naval Officers on "Foreign Station* Letters addressed to officers serving on board WB of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, «K sent through the United JLingddm, are chargeajT as fol'ows: Not exceeding ■£ oz, Is; exceeding* end rot exceeding 1 oz, 2s; exceeding Tozl rot exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing ■; shillings for every additional ounce or fractioiff^ an oance. . Mfi 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers.— "^ B wr sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her MajeS^i service will be transmitted within the Colony, ■fi between the colony or any post-office in the Brißj dominions, at a charge of onepenr.y, providedK 7 ] the following regulations are observed': — 1. IWI/j letter must not esceed' half an ounce in weift'l 2. It must be superscribed with the name of MN writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or 'jli'fl ment, and signed by the officer at the time inwlij mand. 3. Tlie postage must be pre-paid. I»~j letter of this description, posted or received infr"^ Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing t«^J ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. M 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public serMF i of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, li j exempted from" the payment of postage, if beat; the words, "On Her ilajesfcy's Service," and! ,| signature of the officer in command of the forcM : :i the service of which the letter is despatched. K3 si'ch letters cannot be transmitted by any irregEl route, or oie entailing additional expense o^f |1 Co'onial Government. Letters on the public M M v?ce of the General Goverrment of the colonjP^ transmitted free by post, if bearing the vmr "On the Public Service only," and the signal. of some officer of the General Government a»rised to frank official letters. . I 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee». in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable j any other. Except in special cases, as exbmj in table subjoined. W~\ newspapers. ;vj To any part of the colony, if published i !'jj colony> and posted within seven days from pui • . tion, free;- it" not published in the colony, or ]„< posted within 6even days from publication,- jjj ' Id. 2. To the United. Kingdom, via Southi ~M ton, or by direct ship, free; to the United I ;: J| dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To the Conti \M of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syrii \M Tiu-key (not throa.^h the United Kingdom)fcja exceeding two ounces, Id; and so on, at the! « of one penny for every additional two ounces.lr|l Note.— For the postage chargeable ozr-fljfM papers, forwarded to other countries, throug^: United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. If". BOOK PACKETS. ■_ 1. To any part of the colony, or to the T*T Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceedingly ,s 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 ohL exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, ift-j and so on, increasing eight pence for every!, | tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-poundß 'I 2. To the following British colonies —^Asce*| Eermuda, British West Ird'es, Canada, C«i Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, JBj Co-sfc, Heli^olard, lonian Islands, Natal, .'« Brunswick, NewfDurdland, Nova Scotia, ] i 9 Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone,. ~jjM couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, 7d; ei .|H ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is 2d ; exci "|H 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d ; and i ' increasing one shilling and twopence for 'jfl ha'f-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. ,-jjM Prepayment by Stamps. — All letters, pi : J^J and newspapers posted in New Zealand, m ; prepaid by affixing postage labels of the col JH sufficient value. !H Loose Letters.— AH letters received from I ~wM seas, at any Post-office in this colony, whicl not been regularly posted at the place of de j^H (loose letters), are' c'-.argeable with full postaj -:^H cording to the rates established by the fp^S^H tables, unless they are letters which it is no^^H pulsory.by law to send by post, in which caE t^H are chargeable wifcli the inland rate of postajftJ^H Baob'Packets to "be Open for Xnspec Every book-packet shall be sent open at tl -^H or sides, and there shall be no enclosure se ;^H otherwise closed against inspection sent in in L^^| such packet, nor anything printed or writtei nature of a letter. # Contents. — "With the above limitations, a if^| book may contain any number of separate ;^H maps, prints, or photographs, and any q ua V|^H paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, F^^| on, or plain, (exclusive of anything tae H^B of a letter whether sealed or open,) wiih *' I W^^H ing, covering, or mounting attached or D *W'^^| to such book, pvint, map, or photograph, jl '^H things legitimately appertaining to or n 4^^^| for the transmission of any enclosed lit«__^^B artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in anl^^H The names and address of the sender m&yl^^H Registration. — Any person can have a gisteved by affixing on it by means of the _^^| labels the" amount of the registration : fee,; 'I^H tion to the proper postage, and presenting j^H Post-office during office hours, and at 1( ;^^H hour before the closing of the mail by wl '^^| desired •;.-> be transmitted. Every precaut be adop.c "I to ensure the safe delivery of tered letter, by entering it on the letter 1 obtaining a receipt for the same on delivm J^M the Post-office, however, is not responsibljpjj^M loss of any letter, whether registered °^ et pf^H persons sendizi^ b^xxlc.ziofces OP drafts arfll^^^^^l to take the numbers and particulars, anffi^H the notes or drafts in halves, and to BendH^^| different post. „ , . ; : E^^| Penalties. — Any person sending as exeaH^H postage letters not liable to exemption, jOjj*f^^^| a communication in the nature of a 'len newspaper or book-packet axe liable toAftß^^H Overland Carriage. — No postmaster KB^^H quired to receive any book-packet for tw^^^H by an overland mail, if from its wei'V^^^H other cause the packet appear calculat-m^^^H the carrier. ;..; -, , <- |7H^^| Crosbib Wahd. Poshnaates^^^^H