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Thames Guardian and Mining Record, Volume I, Issue 89, 22 January 1872, Page 4

m IKS Ml m CHRONOMETER HOUSE, SHORTLAND. M. J. WILKES, Practical Watchmaker, OFFERS TO TIIE PUBLIC A STRONG Silver Hunting Watch ... £1 0 0 English Lever Watches Capped and Jewelled, and all recent improvements... CIO 0 Lever Clocks 10 0 Eigiit-day Mantle Clocks all guaranteed for 12 months ] 15 0 Watches Cleaned 0 5 0 ALL KINDS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS REPAIRED AT AUCKLAND PRICES. Established ISG7. TIIE EUROPEAN MAILS. VIA SAN FRANCISCO — 1872. POSTAL RATES. LETTERS . Town let ters posted at any Post Ollice within the Colony for delivery at or from such Tost Oiliee— Not exceeding half an ounce . .Id Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce . . 2d For every half ounce, or fraction of half an ounce above one ounce Id 11. Country Letters posted at any Post Oflicc within the Colony for delivery at or from any Post Oflicc within the Colony— Not exceeding half an ounce . . 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce . . .Id For every half ounce or fraction of half an ounce above one ounce . . 2d 111. Australian Colonies— Not exceeding half an ounce . . .Id For every additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce . . . 3d IV. South Sea Islands (Fijis, Sandwich Islands, Ac;)— Not exceeding half an ounce . . fid For every additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce . . (Jd The rates of postage in New Zealand to be charged on correspondence for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, are as follows: LETTERS. Not exceeding half an ounce . . 'Jd Exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce . . .Is fid And so on, !)d for every additional halfounce, or fraction of half an ounce NEWSPAPERS, Under four ounces, each . id MONEY ORDER RATES. On and after the Ist January, the commission chargeable on Money Orders on the United Kingdom will be as follows : s. cl. Not exceeding £2 . . .10 Exceeding ;!I2 and not exceeding ,C 5 . 2 Exceeding A 5 and not exceeding ;C7 . 3 Exceeding A 7 and not exceeding AlO . 5 BOOK AND PATTERN PARCELS. Not exceeding one ounce. . . 2d Exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two ounces .... 4d Exceeding two ounces and not exceeding four ounces . . . . 7tl Exceeding four ounces and not exceeding eight ounces . . .Is 2d And so on, Is 2d for every additional eight ounces, or fraction of eight ounces. VIA SAN FRANCISCO. The rates of Postage on correspondence forwarded by the Pacific Mail .Service via San Francisco arc as follows : Letters Newspapers Packets Except Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, and Peru, for which the rates are— Not exceeding half an ounce . Is fid For every additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce . . .Is fid United Kingdom same as via Suez. Continent of Europe, &c., via the 'United Kingdom, same as via Suez. If a letter be posted wholly unpaid, the letter must be detained and dealt with according to rule 153. If a letter addressed to any place within* the Colony he not suilicicntly prepaid with postage stamps, but nevertheless bear a postage stamp of the value of one penny, tho letter must he forwarded charged with double the amount of the deficient postage. If a letter liable to more than one rate of postage, and addressed to any place in the United Kingdom, the Colonies of New Mouth Wales, Victoria, Mouth Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, be prepaid with one rate at least, the letter must be forwarded charged with the deficiency and an amount equal to one rate as a fine: but a letter addressed to any other colony or foreign country, if not fully prepaid, must be detained and dealt with according to rule 153. . BOOK PACKETS For places in New Zealand, Australian Colonies, and United Kingdom—