THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 46, 17 April 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

we puoiisn ior general lniormanon me jmi Rate of Postage at present in foree :-— ' ' *)■ '..-■- '.-. NEW ZIAIAKD.. , Jj. 4 . wi Rates of Postage chargeable onilJfaere, Ne^m papers, md Book Packets posted iii Hie ColowJj'M LETTERS. *-*■ 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceeding _ os, SjT exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 4d; ex J ceeding 1 oz, and not evceedmg £ o_, Sd; an jl mL on, increasing fourpence for every Mditionjjf ounce or fraction bt an ounce. v '■ 2. To the United Kingdom. — By Southamptoi (j or by. direct .ship : Not exceeding £ oz, 6d; exc&d. , ing £ ov, and not exceeding 1 oa, Is; exceeding \ - oz, and hot exceeding 2 oz, 2s; and so on, in i creasing one shilling for every additional ounce oi £ fraction of an ounce. By Marseilles •• Wot et, 8 ceeding J oz, 9d; exceeding \ oz, and not exceed ing £ oz, Is; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding [) oz, ls 9d ; exceeding J oz, and not exceeding loi v 2s ; and so on, being an addition to the- ordinar '„ postage at the rate of threepence per quarter ouncj jp I 3. To British Colonies and Foreign Countrit, *■ — Not exceeding £ oz, 6d ; exceeding £ oar, and no > V exceeding loz, Is; exceeding' l oz, and not ex ~ ceeding 2 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing one shi f '. ling for every additional ounce or fraction of a fr ounce. * * # * Except in the following cases, where speci rates are payable. " 4. To the Continent of Europe yip. Triestei 9*. Not exceeding £ oz, ls 6d ; exceeding £ oz, an re ~ not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, and n< exceeding 2 oz, 6s; and so on, increasing thr* f. shillings for every additional ounce or fraction t "] an ounce. I 6. To Syria and Turkey.— "Letters will be fo jf warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless mark -^ for transmission via the United Kingdom,** |V cc charged as follows: Not exceeding £ oz, 11 - • exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is Ift - . and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence f • •" every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. «ji 6. To China and the Eastern Archipelago. Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Sii^ lEI pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillip; Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, , UY-s Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as folio*** . — Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding £ oz., and i ijJJ exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing t A ; T shillings for every additional ounce or fraction k ™ an ounce. M 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations Letters addressed to officers serving on board c — — of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, m , E sent through the United Kingdom, are charge, "jg jj as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, ls ; exceeding j and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding loz i not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and fio on, increasing \ c shillings for every additional ounce or fractioi ** an ounce. ON] 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. — Let sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majes ' service will be transmitted within the Colony, )ppos between the colony or any post-office in the Bri dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided », M the following regulations are observed : — 1. I^pc letter must not exceed half an ounce in wei 'tf%B. 2. It must be superscribed with the name of """^ writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or i 08IXI ment, and signed by the officer at the time in< mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. 1 'Pftl letter of this description, posted or received in yj" Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing i (S'ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. HMJ 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public sc l y-stjb of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces \f e fj ie exempted from the payment of postage, if be the words, "On Her. Majesty's Service," ant j^Jun signature of the officer in command of the for ,_, R the service of which the letter is despatched. &"• such letters cannot be transmitted by any irre ABroute, or one entailing additional expense oi Ii Colonial Government. Letters on the publif ' vice ofthe General Government of the colonlAMl transmitted free by post, if bearing the i EE op "On the Public Service only," and the sigi { . T of some officer of the General Government fl _ rised to frank official letters. IKG 10. Registered Letters.— Registration Fe ULTI in addition to the ordinary postage chargeal Q-gg any other. Except in special cases, as cxi ' " in table subjoined. *** NEWSPAPERS, — To any part of the coloiy, if published LOU colony, and posted within seven days fnom pi [ j^ tion, free ; if not published in the colony, < .grpEEI posted within seven days from publication \ nr , n -j., ld. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Sout WP OSIu ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the United ;, __ dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To the Coi *• "*■• of Europe, via Trieste, each* 2d ; 4. To Syi . V A Turkey (not through the United Kingdoi q exceeding two ounces, ld ; and so on, at tl ; ■& *jf j) of one penny for every additional two ounce p-sieee Note. — For the postage chargeable on _ papers, forwarded to other countries, throj j j £ United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. ,_ ' . BOOK PACKETS. VPTTT?r 1. To any part of the colony, or to the sTKEE 1 ] Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceedii 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 W. H exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, ( y A J and so on, increasing eight pence for evei nr tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pou jjt y 2. To the following British colonies — As Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia I J.ffl Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natf ppq Brunsw ; ck, Newf jundland, Nova Scotia, ? ™L~,' Edward Islacd. St. Helena, Sierra Leon j%*~%i co aver's Inland : — Not exceeding 4 oz, 7d; ■'•■" VEI ing 4 oz, and rot exceeding 8 oz, Is 2d ; c ~ 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; an< p. CLA] increasing one shilling and twopence ES A I half-po.md, or fraction of half-a-pound. BUT Prepayment by Stamps — All letters, rnp^— and newspapers posted in New Zealand, 1-KJiET, prepaid by affixing postage labels of the ___ " sufficient value. aIPPINC Loose Letters. — All letters received froi seas, at any Post-office in this colony, wl ! Waited not been regularly posted at the place of — (loose letters), are" chargeable with full po J f BLA( cording to the rates established by tbe i^-oo m? tables, unless they are letters which it is S^X-VJ** pulsory by law to send by post, in which " "* MJ are chargeable mth the inland rate of pos f lO Ui) '<■ Book-Packets to be Open for Im }yi)SD W, Every boo'c-packet shall be sent open a or s'des, and there shall be no enclosure l, RLAC otherwise closed against inspection sent T I C such packet, nor anything printed or wri AND ES nature of a letter. Cpstom 1 Contents.— •With the above limitation book may contain any number of separ rr AjL/rjurr maps, prints, or photographs, and any i ™«JmJ«x paper, vellum, or parchment, either print 4 IN A R on, or plair, (exclusive of anything in b or Waii of a letter whether sealed or open,) wit Late " Eobi ing, covering, or mounting attached o* to such book, print, map, or pbotogra AND Pj things legitimately appertaining to o m «. for the transmission of any enclosed * -M artistic matte:', but exclusive of glass « yy x WA^ The names and address of the sender i "~**?^F' .* on the cover. tfextPolia Registration.— Any person can have — gistered by affixing on i^ by means of P. *V 7. Tfl labels the amount of the registration jg jj * tion to t>e proper postage, and presen _„ _ Post-office during office hours, and J__J______ hour be.'bi'e the e'e^ing of the mail tyn/rpq •» . desired lo be transmitted. Every pn (UX| » •**• * be adon.c Ito ensure the safe delivei FAMILY tered ?'- ier, by entering it on the let NERAL M: obtaining a receipt for the same on i Tat-stk the Post-office, however, is not respffl , loss of any letter, whether registered [jj g_ «» persons sending bank-notes or drafts y ' ' to take the numbers and particular A o 1 Ji* B tbe notes or drafts in halves, and to t aio> different post. . fOLICI Penalties. — Any person sending a ! — Cossair's 1 postage letters not liable to exemptioi ■ a communication in the nature of a [J l *, jj < gj]jg newspaper or book-packet are liable r?Qm .j~ OveJland Carriage.— -No postal Hiveetc quired to receive any book-packet 0, S8I <««S Iff EI3 by an overland mail, if from it* j *f* Gotbi other cause the packet appear calt^ Ahchiteci the carrier. ( j "' „__ — Ceosbie Ward. Postmai *• BBQA"