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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 50, 1 May 1863, Page 4

THE NKCraTES OF POSTA(>^ Wb publisher 'general information the K Bate of Postagte at.present in foree :— ' _ s ...» If sir Zsjllahit. -> Rates6fToHige ckargeabli tm Letter*, 2fi% papein, mi Book Packet* posted m the Col*, '• '" „' " LETTERS. "■ , 1. Inland Letters.— TSot exceeding J og, t exceeding i oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 4d; •, ceeding 1 oz, and not ereeeding 2 oz, Bdj. anj, -on, increasing fourpence for ever/ additvj ounce or fraction oi an ounce. ~M 2. To tie United Kingdom.— Bj< SouthanmJ or by direct ship: Not exceeding J oe, 6dj exdF^ ing i oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; excee^J oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so onjjfl creasing one shilling for every additional ounce J fraction of an ounce. By Marseilles t Not J ceeding ~J 02, 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and sot esfeeS ing \ oz, Is; exceeding } oz,_and not exceedin»i oz, Is 9d ; exceeding f oz, and not exceeding vM 2s; and so on, being an addition to the ordiij postage at the rate of threepence per quarteroto 3. To British Colonies and foreign CowUri —Not exceeding $ oz, 6d ; exceeding £ oz, ando exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and not x « ceeding 2 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing one stj ling for every additional ounce, or fraction of 1 ounce. , * # * Except in the following cases, where spej rates are payable. , f 4. To tJie Continent of Europe via TriesttM Not exceeding $ oz, Is6dj exceeding \ oz, J" not exceeding 1 oz, 3s j exceeding 1 oz, and ij exceeding 2 oz, 6s; and so on, increasing QJ| shillings for every additional ounce or fraction! an ounce. I 5. To Syria and Turkey.— -Letters will be v' "warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marl f«r transmission via the United Kingdom;:! cc charged as follows: Not exceeding i-Qz, 11 exceeding J oz, and not exceeding Idfy lslj and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence ; every additional ounce or- fraction of an ounce. . 6.. To China- and the Eastern Archipelago, Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Sita pore, or any part of China or Japan,' the Phillm Islands, Java; Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan; 1 ! Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as folloi Not exceeding J oz, Is; exceeding ± oz.,- and \ exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing t x shillings for every additional ounce or fraction , an ounce. ,■•,■•■ v i--7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Station ■ Letters addressed to officers serving on board 1 „ of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, «1 ;' sent through the United Kingdom, are charge* 1 ! as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding] v and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; exceeding 1 oz J; not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing il i shillings for every additional ounce or fractiooP 1 an ounce. I8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers.— leVJsent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majesf" service will be transmitted within the Colony, J between the colony or any post-office in theßril dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided! • the following regulations are observed :— l. B letter must not exceed half an ounce in weij •_ 2. It must be superscribed with the name of " writer, hi 3 disposition or class in the vessel or r< "" ment, and signed by the officer at the time mcc >. mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. £1 >( letter of this description, posted or received in Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing re ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. - 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public sen of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, exempted from the payment of posUge, if beai K1 the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and !I signature of the officer in command of the force the service of which the letter is despatched. ' 1 r such letters cannot be transmitted by any irregi route, or one entailing additional expense on Pi Colonial Government. Letters on the public I vice of the General Government of the colony! transmitted free by post, if bearing the wo ■: "On the Public Service only," and the signal of some officer of the General Government ant f rised to frank official letters. j 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable — any other. Except in special cases, as exhib in table subjoined. . , NEWSPAPERS. ■*■ To any part of the colony, if published in _ . colony, and posted within seven days from publ !* tion, free ; if not published in the colony, or ; posted within seven days from publication, c 7?. Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Souths ' ton, or by direct ship, free ; .to • tho- United. X 1 ] dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. TotheConti 1 of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria — Turkey (not through the United Kingdom)! exceeding two ounces, Id ; apd so on, at tbeV^, of one penny for every additional two ounce^Pß^ Note. — For the postage chargeable on im ~"~ papers, forwarded to other countries, through United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. •* BOOK PACKETS. 1 V 1. To any part of the colony, or to the T7i p< Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeding' 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, li — and so on, increasing eight pence for every a tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Irn 2. To the following British colonies— Ascen» Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Caj Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, 1 T. Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natal, I Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Pf Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, 1 couver's Island: — Not exceeding 4oz, 7d; eifAi mg 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exec* — 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; and boiAJ increasing one shilling and twopence for *p^ half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. r Prepayment by Stamps. — All letters, p« „_ and newspapers posted in New Zealand, mti ■*/ J prepaid by affixing postage labels of the colo J^ sufficient value. ' Loose Letters. — All letters received from b A.I seas, at any Post-office iri this colony, which jj not been regularly posted at the place "of desj j (loose letters), are chargeable with full postagi cording to the rates established by the fore] tables, unless they are letters which it is not . pulsory by law to send by post, in which case are chargeable with the inland rate of postage E ' Boole-Packets to be Open for Intpecti P Every book-packet shall be sent open at the or sides, and there shall be no enclosure seal -^^ otherwise closed against inspection sent in 01 un. such packet, nor anything printed or written I Q nature of a letter. J Contents.— With the above limitations, nm book may contain any number of separate ■ maps, prints, or photographs, and any quani paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, nJ on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the Jr q of a letter whether sealed or open,) with ther ing, covering, or mounting attached or belcl to such book, print, map, or photograph, a things legitimately appertaining to or neci for the transmission of any enclosed litaiAK artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in anj The names and address of the sender may 1 on the cover. Registration. — Any person can have a let gistered by affixing on it by means of the | labels the amount of the registration fee, i| A J tion to the proper postage, and presenting i Post-office during office hours, and at lea hour before the closing of the mail by wMfcj|- A j desired to be transmitted. Every precautiir * be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of «J tered letter, by entering it on the letter Wj RC obtaining a receipt for the same on deliver the Post-office, however, is not responsible R8 A loss of any letter, whether registered or eti persons sending bank-notes or drafts are 1 to take the numbers and particulars, and the notes or drafts in halves, and to send tl different post. ■ . / Penalties. — Any person sending as exetf) _. . postage letters not liable to exemption, or emf A I a communication in the nature of a letter F newspaper or book-packet are liable to a A of£2o; ■■'-■■. Inn Overland Carriage.— "No postmaster quired to receive any book-packet for transr by an overland mail, if from its weight l ; other cause the packet appear calculated ftL -^ ' the carrier. = tyros Cbosbib Wabd. Postmaster-Geif m H E PR E Sro A PAILY ITEWSPAPEB, PUBLISHED IN CHRISTCHU HOB CANTERBURY. . ■ Single Copies to be obtained at the < lEN! this paper. ; ' **^ > - '■ • . 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