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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 3, 19 May 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAffeU We publish for general information the &fl Hate of Postage at present in foree :— ?*■? ;_j. ■ ? '' < New Zealand. ' ,"!«! :2&zfej of Postage chargeable on Letters, JT^H i papers, md Book Packets posted in the <7o{&fl : . LETTERS'; ' :1. Inland Zetters:— Not exceeding i oilH •exceeding Joz, and not exceeding loz,4d>'i^P iceeding 1 oz, and not evceeding 2 ot,,JJd; airijflß lon, increasing fourpence for everondditiJK ounce or fraction ot an ounce. «isr r^M* 2. To the United Kingdom.— By' Southi^iiiM&jor by direct ship : Not exceeding J oal 6d ; exoaß ing £ 02, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceediaSj oz, and not exceeding, 2 ox,' 2s; and r soonlfl! creasing one shilling for every additional > ounce ;■§ ifraetipn of an ounce. By Marseilles : Not .81 ceeding $ oz, 9d; exceeding £ ox, and not exeeenl ing i oz, Is ; exceeding £ oz, and riot exceedn>K^ oz, Is 9d ; exceeding f oz, and not exceeding] M& 2s; and so on, being an addition to thevordi&^S 3. To British Colonies and Foreign CowfitaSw —Not exceeding £ oz, 6d ;~ exceeding £ oa, and iX? exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz,' and not'iUKi ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on; increasing one &wb ling for every additional ounce or fraction of!li ounce. ■ , •#* Except in the following cases, where spejft rates are payable. . , " 4. To the Continent of Europe via TriesttMi Not exceeding % oz, Is6d; exceeding £ oxJ£R not exceeding 1 oz, 3s; exceeding 1 oz, andmß exceeding 2 oz, 6s; and soon, increasing tlS shillings for every additional ounce or fraction Ml an ounce. ( W£ 5. To Syria and Turkey.— Letters will be tJPwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless nurlftHE for transmission via the United Kingdom, wJK J cc charged as follows: Not exceeding £ oz, Ujlp exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is 10d«3 and so on, increasing one- shilling and teriperice tjfc] every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. l^Ki 6. To China and the Eastern Archipelago^m Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, SjneJjS pore, or any part of China or Japan, the PMllipoj p Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan,-tL < ; ~ Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follow* 0 Not exceeding £ oz, Is; exceeding \ ox., and m !* exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing tin r shillings for every additional ounce or fraction i '~ an ounce. • ■ „; 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations.* 'fl Letters addressed to officers serving on board an \i of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, wAs> » sent through the United Kingdom, are chargea& L, as follows : Not exceeding \ oz, Is ; exceeding |q £< and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; exceeding 1 oz atmj. not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and m onj increasing UX I shillings for every additional ounce or fraction oflf '■"■ an ounce. W— 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. — Letter* sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majesty* j service will be transmitted within the Colony, anjß between the colony or any post-office in the Briti^li ; dominions, at a charge of one pen ay, provided, thai ' ? the following regulations are observed : — 1. Ea]& [r letter must not exceed half an ounce in weight >"• 2. It must be superscribed with the name of tht i writer, his disposition or class in the vessefor regi. \- ment, and signed by the officer at the time in com. -S maud. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. Even -■ letter of this description, posted or received in th» Ql Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing re<*^ : ~~ ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. ° j : 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public service if of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, an i> exempted from the payment of postage, if bearing ' ; the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and tS ;'.■ signature of the officer in command of the force ot Uthe service of which the letter is despatched. But !■* such letters cannot be transmitted by any irregular f * route, or one entailing additional expense on the 'J Colonial Government. Letters on the public ser. > vice of the General Government of the colony ate ? transmitted free by post, if bearing the . wordt, ® "On the Public Service only," and the signature < of some officer of the General Government autlio- > rised to frank official letters. : 10. "Registered Letters. — Registration Pee, li, V in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable 05 i ar.y other. Except in special cases, as exhibited <] in table subjoined. rj NEWSPAPERS. To any part of the colony, if published in the - colony, and posted within seven days from publica- ; tion, free ; if not published in the colony, or not ;. posted within seven days from publication, each, Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southamp. I ton, or by direct ship, free; to the United Kiag. .1 dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3; To the Continent 1 of Europe, via, Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria an 4'~ Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), no] \i exceeding two ounces, Id ; and soon, at the rate J of one penny for every additional two ounces. . ,5 Note. — For the postage chargeable on news- 1papers, forwarded to other countries, through thslv^ United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. ; ft" BOOK PACKETS. "Mb.1. To any part of the colony, or to the Unitedp' Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeding 4 oi.l- ■ 4d; exceeding 4oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Bd;ET exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is 4d;ffi? and so on, increasing eight pence for every addi«B>( tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. m 2. To the following British colonies — Ascension, 1 Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Cape of ItGood Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Goldlj; Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natal, Neilri Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince I" Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Van-1_ couver's Island: — Not exceeding 4oz, 7d; exceed. Ki ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exceeding Ip 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; and so onp increasing one shilling and twopence for evetjlh half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. LI Prepayment by Stamps. — All letters, packets, L. and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must be -t prepaid by affixing postage labels of the colony of f. sufficient value. ;■. '( Loose Letters. — All letters received from beyond i;\ seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which hate 'P not been regularly posted at the place of despatch |v (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, ac- H 1 cording to the rates established by the foregoing I tables, unless they are letters which it is not com* jj pulsory by law to send by post, in which case they jj are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only j ■ Sook-Packcts to be Open for Inspection.-'M-Every book-packet shall be sent open at the endlH or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed <"C* 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 book^ maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, writta on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the natun of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the bind; ing, cove ing, or mounting attached or belonging to such book, print, map, or photograph, and all things legitimately appertaining to or necessarj for the transmission of any enclosed literary ot artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any fora. The names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. . RegiUration.—'kaj person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by means of the props labels the amount of the registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and presenting it ati Post-office during office. hours, and at least one hour before the closing of the mail by,-which it t desired to be transmitted. Every precaution wfl be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of a regi* tered 'etter, by entering it on the letter bills, an! obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery. Aißf the Post-office, however, is not responsible for tkMT loss of any letter, whether registered or atherwfeE, persons sending bank-notes or drafts are adviMiß,' to take the numbers and particulars, and to eimfi the notes or drafts in halves, and to Bend themMßy different post. - . . J. K Penalties. — Any person sending as exempt fijf B| postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclosiß|E~ a communication in the nature of a letter in <*jfl:f newspaper or book-packet are liable to a penaltw i of £20. . . ■ ....,; » Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will be inquired to receive any book-packet for h iiimininiiiMK by an overland mail, if from its weight or <ufl| other cause the packet appear calculated to-tttafl| the carrier. , ■ : ,m Cbosbib Wabd, Postmaster-General S| m h e p r c s sfc A DAILY NEWSPAPEB, .Jb PUBLISHED IN CBRISTCHTJKCIfrK CANTERBURY. K Single Copies to be obtained at the officf'Sb this paper. : ■!? AGEST3 IN INVEBCABGIIL : : E FIT ZGE BALD Air '».. cjft