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CHRONOMETER HOUSE SHORTLAND. M. J. WILKES, Practical Watchmaker, QFFERS TO THE PUBLIC A STRONG Silver Hunting Watch ... £4 0 0 English Lever Watches Capped and Jewelled, and all recent improvements... 610 0 Lever Clocks 10 0 Eight-day Mantle Clocks all guaranteed for 12 mouths 1 13 0 Watches Cleaned 0 5 0 ALL KINDS OF WATCHES AND CLOCKS REPAIRED AT AUCKLAND PRICES. Established 1867. THE EUROPEAN MAILS. VIA SAN FRANCISCO— IB72. VIA SUEZ—-1872. Arrive at Melbourne. January 18 February 15 March 14 April 11 May 9 June 6 July 4 August 1 ~ 29 September 26 October 24 November 21 December 19 Leave Melbourne. January 2 „ 30 February 27 March 26 April 21 May 19 June 16 July 14 August 1L September 8 October 8 November 5 December 9 December 31 POSTAL RATES. LETTERS . Town letters posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from such Post Office— 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 Office within the Colony for delivery at.or from axy Post Office within the Colony— Not exceeding half an ounce . . 2d Exceeding half an ounce, but not exceeding one ounce . , . 4d For every half ounce or fraction of half an ounce above one ounce . . 2d 111. Australian Colonies— Not exceeding lmlf an ounce . . 3d 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 . . Gd For every additional half ounce or fraction of half an ounce . . (id The rates of postage in New Zealand to be charged on correspondence for the United Kingdom, via Brindisi, are as followsLETTERS. Not exceeding lmlf an ounce . . 9d Exceeding half an ounce and not exceeding one ounce . . .Is Gd And so on, 9d for every additional halfounce, or fraction of half an ounce NEWSPAPERS. Under four ounces, each . 4d MONEY ORDER RATES. Oil and after the Ist January, the commission chargeable on Money Orders on the United Kingdom will be as follows: — s. d Not exceeding £2 . , i Exceeding £2 and not exceeding £5 . 2 Exceeding £5 and not exceeding £7 . 3 Exceeding £7 and not exceeding £lO . 5 BOOK AND PATTERN PARCELS. Not exceeding one ounce . . 2d Exceeding oue ounce and not exceeding two ounces . . . . 4d Exceeding two ounces and not exccediug four ounces . . . . 7d 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 correspoude forwarded by the Paciiic Mail Service San Francisco are as follows Letters Newspapers l’ac If-,-.., . i qr.-ll lialf-oz. Each. Sandwich Islands . Gd Id United States . Gd Id 4 Canadian dominions 8d 2d t British Columbia ,1s 2d G West Indies . Is 2d ( Mexico . . lg 2d G Central America .Is 2d G South America .Is 2d G Except Bolivia, Chili, Ecuador, aud P for which the rates arc— Not exceeding half an ounce . Is For every additional half ounce or frael of half an ounce . l s United Kingdom same as via Suez. Continent of Europe, Ac., via the Uni Kingdom, same as via Suez. If a letter be posted wholly unpaid, letter must be detained aud dealt with cording to rule 153. If a letter addressed any place within the Colony be sufficiently prepaid with postage stamps, nevertheless bear a postage stamp of value of one penny, tho letter must be warded charged with double the arnouu the deficient postage. If a letter liabh more than one rate of postage, and add re: to any place in the United Kingdom, Colonies of New South Wales, Victoria, So Australia, Tasmania, Western Australia, prepaid with oue rate at least, the lei must be forwarded charged with the ficiency aud an amount equal to one rate a fine; but a letter addressed to any ot colony or foreign country, if not fully j paid, must be detained and dealt with cording to rule 153. BOOK PACKETS For places in New Zealand, Austral! Colonies, and United Kingdom— Not exceeding one ounce One ounce to two ouuccs Two ounces to four ounces 1 Four ounces to eight ounces Every additional eight ounces .