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Southland Times, Volume 2, Issue 64, 18 June 1863, Page 6 (Supplement)

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE. We publish for general information the New Bate of Postage at present in force : — New Zealand. " Bates of Postags chargeable on Letters, News papers, md Book Packets posted in the Colony. LETTERS. 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceeding £ oz, 2d exceeding £ 02, and not exceeding 1 oz, 4d ; exceeding 1 oz, and not evceeding 2 oz, 8d; and so on, increasing? fourpence fbjr every additional ounce or fraction ot an ounce. 2. To the United Kingdom. — By Southampton or by direct ship : Not exceeding \ ot, 6d; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, me creasing one shilling for every additional ounce or iraction of an ounce. By Marseilles : Not exceeding £ oz, 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding f - oz, Is 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; and so on, being an addition to the ordinary postage at the rate of threepence per quarter ounce 3. To British Colonies and Foreign Countries. — Not exceeding $■ oz, 6d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is; exceeding 1 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. *%* Except in the following cases, where Bpecial rates are payable. [ 4. To the Continent of Europe via Trieste. — Not exceeding £ oz, Is 6d ; exceeding £ oz, and y not exceeding 1 02, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing three ._ shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of £ an ounce. 1. 6. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters will be for- - warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked a fer transmission via the United Kingdom, will y cc charged as follows : Not esceeding £ oz, lid; exceeding \ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is lOd ; and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 6. To China and the Eastern Archipelago. — Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillipine Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, the ■^ Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows: \. Not exceeding -J- oz, Is ; exceeding £ oz., and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction or an ounce. 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations. — Letters addressed to oiiicers serving on board any of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, when sent through the United Kingdom, are chargeable as follows : Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding \oz and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s j exceeding 1 oz and not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fracti m of an ounce. 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. — Letters sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majesty's service will be transmitted within the Colony, and between the colony or any post-office in the British dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided that the following regulations are observed : — 1 . Each letter must not exceed half an ounce in weight. 2. It must be superscribed with the name of the writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or regiment, and signed by the officer at the time incomj mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. E fery letter of this description, posted or received ia Colony, not in accordance with the foregoi fi g reguation, will be treated as an ordinary lette I . 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, are exempted from the payment of postage, if bearing the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and the signature of the officer in command of the force on the service of which the letter is despatched. But such letters cannot be transmitted by any irregular route, or one entailing additional expense on the Colonial Government. Letters on the public service of the General Government of the colony are transmitted free by post, if bearing the words, "On the Public Service only," and the signature of some officer of the General Government authorised to frank official letters. 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, Is, in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable on > any other. Except in special cases, as exhibited in table subjoined. NKWSPAPERS. To any part ot the colony, if published in the * colony, aud posted within seven days from publication, free; it" not published in the colony, or not f posted within seven days from publication, each, a Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southampton, or by direct ship, free ; to the United Kijg- ' dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ;3. To the Continent * of Europe., via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria and \ Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), not 3 exceeding two ounces, Id ; and so on, at the rate of one penny for every additional two ounces. Note. — For the postage chargeable on news- ' papers, forwarded to other countries, through the * United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. . HOOK PACKETS. 1 1. To any part of the colony, or to the United Kingdom via Southampton : — Not exceeding 4 oz, [ 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, 8d j a exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is 4d ; and so on, increasing eight pence for every addi» tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. 2. To the following British colonies — Ascension, c Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Cape of c Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Gold Const, Heligoland, lonian Islands, NrSal, "New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince ' Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Van- " couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, 7d ; exceedt ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exceeding 3 Boz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d; and so on [. increasing one shilling und twopence for every half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Prepayment by Stamps — All letters, packets, l ' and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must be - prepaid by affixing postage labels of the colony of 1 sufficient value. Loose Letters. — All letters received from beyond ' seas, at any Post-office in this colony, which have not been regularly posted at the place of despatch ' (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, ac--3 cording to the rates established by the foregoing 5 tables, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only , Book-Packets to be Open for Inspection. — Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed or 3 otherwise closed against inspection sent in or with l such packet, nor anything printed or written in the / nature of a letter. c Contents. — With the above limitations, a packet 1 book may contain any number of separate books, maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantity of 3 paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written '■• on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the nature 3 of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the binding, covering, or mounting attached or belonging 1 to such book, print, map, or photograph, and all ' things legitimately appertaining to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or 5 artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. c The names and address of the sender may appear a on the cover. c Hegistration. — Any person can have a letter rerj gistered by affixing on it by means of the proper labels the amount of the registration fee, in addiP tion to the proper postage, and presenting it at a * Post-office during office hours, and at least one 2 hour before the closing of the mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will 5 be adop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of a registered letter, by entering it on the letter bills, and obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery. As " the Post-office, however, is not responsible for the I loss of any letter, whether registered or fitherwise, c persons sending bank-notes '"or drafts are advised g to take the numbers and particulars, and to cut r the notes or drafts in halves, and to send them by different post. 1 Penalties. — Any person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to exemption, or enclosing 3 a communication in the nature of a letter in any s newspaper or book-packet are liable to a penalty c of £20. Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission k. by an overland mail, if from its weight or any n other cause the packet appear calculated to retard 3 the carrier. Ceosbie Waed. Postmaster-General. 1 * ALPHABETICAL LIST OF ARTICLES c Which have received the decision of the •J Commissioner of Customs, as to their liability to duty under the present ta- * riff. t COMPILED FROM OFFICIAL SOURCES Agricultural implements, free j^j Almonds, shelled and in husk, free Anchovies, 4s per cubic foot *» Arrowroot, free Axles, cart and dray, iron (loose), free H Bathbriclcs, free ,'' Bedsteads (iron), 3s per cwt. 6 Bellows (forge), free y Biscuits (fancy), free Bitters (orange), 9s per gallon*