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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 33, 18 May 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES ( OF. P.OST^R We publish for general information t\^mi Rate of Postage at present in force :— **■§ New Zeaiahd. ' . r ,'B Rates of Postage chargeable on Lettertfmk papers, rnd Book Packets posted in the cMp 1. Inland Letters.— -Not exceeding -J- « \g exceeding £ oz," and not exceeding loz 4 ■« ceeding 1 oz, and not evceedina 2 o», &L', "" on, increasing fourpence for* everJ^Mj ;1 ounce or fraction oi an ounce. j 2. To the United Kingdom.— By Southi \ or by direct ship : Not exceeding £-oz, 6d; < m i°g \ ° z > aad n <>* exceeding 1 oz, Is; exeet -, oz, and not. exceeding 2 oz,' 2s j' and "so ( creasing one shilling for every additional oa - traction of an ounce- — -By Marseilles .• 5 ceeding £ oz, 9d; exceeding i oz, and note; t ing £ bzj. Is ; exceeding £ 02, and not exce^ S oz, Is 9d; exceeding f oz, and not exceedin. fl 2s; and so on, being an addition to the oi S postage at the rate of threepence per quarter ( s 3. To British Colonies -. and Foreign Cpi^i — Not exceeding £ oz, 6d; exceeding £ 0z,3« exceeding 1 oz, Is;.,exceeding : l 02, and njK ceeding 2 02, 2s ; and so on, increasing oim\ ling for every additional ounce or' fraction F ounce. ' "■■ • '/_ - : ''' ■' ■'" Tf *** Except in the following cases, where* rates are payable. ' " t .Jjfe 4. To the Continent of Europe ma, Trm*'* Not exceeding $ oz, Is 6d;" exceeding £ off not exceeding 1 oz, 3s; exceeding 'l oz, an#M exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasinglir shillings for every additional- ounce or fxact * an ounce. ■•'. 5. To Syria and Turkey.— Letters '.will I ?. warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless m '( for transmission -via the United Kingdon B eechaiged as follows: Not exceeding J bz, ft exceeding oz, and not exceeding 1 c*,, % '€. and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpen f every additional ounce or fraction of an puniu % 6. To China and the Eastern Archijtei •" Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, j ? pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phi! ■ ■ Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan T Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as fol Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding £ oz., an 51 exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasini T shillings for every additional ounce or fracfi ft an ounce. _ 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Statk i" Letters addressed to officers serving on boan „ of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station] K sent through the United Kingdom, are charg :' as follows : Not exceeding oz, Is ; exceedin ~ and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s j exceeding 1 < not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasini > shillings for every additional ounce or fracft an ounce. 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. — I* ■ sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Maj " service will be transmitted within the Colonj ' between the colony or any post-office in theJJ • dominions, at a charge of ore penny, provide i. the following regulations are observed : — 1, * letter must not exceed half an ounce in wi 2. It must be superscribed with the name c 0, ■« .liter, his disposition or class in the vessel or ~ ment, and signed by the officer at the time in maud. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. ] >( letter of this description, posted or received i Colony, not in accordance with the ftnregoing ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter, 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public at "" of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Force^ exempted from the payment of postage, if be [ ? the words, "On Her Majesty's Servtce," am J signature of the officer in command of the foi the service of which the letter is despatched. „ such lettera cannot be transmitted by any irre " route, or one entailing additional expense on ,■< Colonial Government. Letters on the public vice of the General Government of the colonj transmitted free by post, if bearing the m "On the Public Service only," and the sign of some officer of the General Government a G rised to frank official letters. 3 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fet in addition to the ordinary postage chargeab! _ any other. Except in special cases, as exhi in table subjoined. newspapers. ' To any part of the colony, if published i colony, ond posted within seven days from pul tion, free ; if not published in the colony, ot posted within seven days from publication,! ~ Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southi ton, or by direct ship, free; to the United! [ dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d; 3. TotheCont y of Europe., via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria - Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), exceeding two ounces, Id; and so on, at the I of one penny for every additional two ounces, I « Note. — For the postage chargeable on A:: papers, forwarded to other countries, throu^ % United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. J" BOOIC PACKETS. '* 1. To any part of the colony, or to the Hi Q Kingdom via Southampton : — Not exceeding 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is - and soon, increasing eight pence for every 1 .; tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound , 2. To the following British colonies — Ascei *• Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Ca Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, i A Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natal, Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Pi Ed >vard Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, 1 co aver's Island: — Ifofc exceeding 4 oz, 7d ; ca si ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exc« _ 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; and sot increasing one shilling and twopence for mZ half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. f^ Prepayment by Stamps- — All letters, pac and newspapers posted in New Zealand, ma '1 prepaid by affixing postage labels of the cota B: sufficient value. Loose Letters. — All letters received from Iw J seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which not been regularly posted at the place of desj . (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage cording to the rates established by the fore» tables, unless they are letters which it is noti " pulsory by low to send by post, in which case are chargeable with the inland rate of postage! 1 Book-Packets to he Open for Inspectw ( b Every book-packet shall be sent open at the or sides, and there shall be no enclosure scale ~ otherwise closed against inspection sent in or T such packet, nor anything printed or written i \ nature of a letter. | Contents. — With the above limitations, a pal book may contain any number of separate bj| maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantii - paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, wr : on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the u « of a letter whether sealed or open,) with thet • ing, covering, or mounting attached or belon to such book, print, map, or photograph, an " things legitimately appertaining to or nece for the transmission of any enclosed literal J artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any f The names and address of the sender may ap on the cover. Registration.— Any person can have a letfc gistered by affixing on it by means of the pr labels the amount of the registration fee, in 1 I tion to the p~ oper postage, and presenting it Post-office during office hours, and at least hour before the closing of the mail by which desired to be transmitted. Every precaution - be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of at tered letter, by entering it on the letter bilM f pbtainiDg a receipt for the same on delivery, the Post-office, however, is not responsible tolg loss of any letter, whether registered or etheifj persona sending bank-notes or drafts are sim to take the numbers and particulars, and ,t»the notes or drafts in halves, and to send t\W, different post. life Penalties. — Any person sending as exempiC postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclP' a communication in the nature of a letter isl newspaper or book-packet are liable to a pep of £20. W Overland Carriage. — No postmaster wIIMB quired to receive any book-packet for transnJp by an overland mail, if from, its weight <M" other cause the packet appear calculated todp the carrier. .■■* Ceosbib Waed. Postmaster-GensT m H E I» R E SB A DAILY NEWSPAPER, PUBLISHED IN CBRISTCmfIHfc CANTERBURY. f Single Copies to be obtained at the o^K this paper. n Agekts in Invercabgiii. : p FITZGEEALD aki> CB