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Tuapeka Times, Volume I, Issue 5, 14 March 1868, Page 4

POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS. Mails from Europe and the Australian colonies are at present forwarded from Melbourne on or about the tenth of each month. Should the English mail not . have arrived by that date, another steamer awaits the arrival of the English [ mail in Ilobson's Bay for a period of ninety-six, hours, and even beyond that ' time for any other time not exceeding a ' like period 'of ninety-six hours, if t authorised by the Postmaster- General or 3 his agent, while the mail steamer which 5 arrives in Melbourne on the 10th, con- ) veys the homeward mails from Port 1 Chalmers on or about the 20th of each 5 month. 3 Mails are made up to Dunedin for f transmission to Australia, Southland, the Northern ports of this Province, and the Northern ports of New Zealand, by every steamer leaving for these ports half an J hour previous to their advertised hour of • departure, due notice of which is given in ) the Dunedin newspapers a day or two f previous. c Private Boxes. f Fees— For the first year or portion of a r year, £2 ; for each succeeding year, £1. i The year commences on the first ! January. The Post Office is open to the public every lawful day from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. p Times for Posting Letters. f Letters and newspapers prepaid by p stamps can be posted at the boxes of the ' Chief Post Office and letters only at the 1 receiving houses at any hour of the day fc or night, Sundays included. s Late letters requiring an extra stamp 0 must, be posted at the Chief Post Office, 1 and not at the receiving houses. 3 Registered letters must be presented for registration at least one hour prior to the - time appointed for closing ship mails. Address of Letters. Letters occasionally remain a considert able time in the Post Offices, in conset quence of their being vaguely addressed 1 to Otago, N.Z., and not bearing the y name of the post town in which the per- ; son addressed resides. The address, to c ensure correct and speedy delivery, should always be full, and if for Dunedin, _ the street, &c , should be given as accur rately as possible. All letters and Book t Packets addressed to the United Kingdom, Continent of Europe via United s Kingdom, America, and West Indies, will a be transmitted invariadly by Panama, t unless specially directed to be sent otherwise. 'I LETTERS IN NEW ZEALAND. a I. Town Letters. '' Posted at any Post Office within the a Colony for Delivery at or from such 3 Post Office :— Not exceeding \oz Id. Exceeding \ oz. but not exceeding 1 oz. ... ... 2d. For every oz. or fraction of an oz. over 1 oz. ... ... 2d. rr 11. Country Letters. \\ Posted at any Post Office within the Colony for delivery at or from any a other Post Office within the same Pro0 vince :—: — Not exceeding £ oz 2d. c Exceeding oz. but not ex- » cceding 1 oz. ... ..." 4d. 1 For every oz. or fraction of s an oz. over 1 oz 4d. h 111. Interprovijtcial Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the Colony for delivery at or „ from any Post-office in any c other Province within the i Colony :—: — c Not exceeding £oz 3d. ■> Exceeding k oz. but not ex- ■> ceeding 1 oz. ... ... 6d. s For every ounce or fraction 0 of an ounce over one ounce 6d. s NEWSPAPERS. ' On all Newspapers posted c within the Colony of New Zealand for delivery within r the Colony of New Zealand Id. a A GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS. c Packets of Specimens of Plants intended c for the Colonial Museum will be fore warded free by post, if addressed— c " Specimens of Plants, for Dr. s Hector, Director of Geological Surveys and Curator of o^o'-"- l - 30 - au » "* s Wellington" p I- uJNTED TRADE CIRCULARS OR \j PRICES CURRENT. If published in the Colony and posted in New Zealand |or any part of the Colony, ' or for places be-"* yond seas ... ' ?.. ./. Id. — — — L BOOK PACKJETS. " To any part of the Colony-: — Not exceeding 4 oz. .C ... -4d. Exceeding 4 oz. and not exceeding 8 oz. "... "" ... *^i§d. Exceeding 8 oz. and not exceeding 16 oz. ... Vj _^. 16cL* — And so on, increasing eigSre- T^J j n pence for every additional half pound, or fraction of half a pound C 1 To the Continent of Europe (via Trieste). Not exceeding £oz os. 6d. Exceeding \ oz. and not exceeding \ oz. Is. Od. L Exceeding 1 oz. and not ex- Jceeding 2 oz. 2s. Od. And so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. To Italy, Turkey, and Syria, lonian Islands, <&c, sent through tlte Post Office, Alexandria. Letters will be forwarded to Italy in the mail for Alexandria, thence to lAncona, upon pre-payment of the following rates : — \ Not exceeding oz i" Is. „ loz ' > 2s. -ab For every additional ounce or . T fraction of an ounce • ... 2s. Newspapers, each Id. Registered letters may also be for- ln warded by tliis route for Italy upon pay- ®^ ment of an extra postage at the jrate of 4d. per \ oz. and Is. for registration fee, JSi. in addition to the above rates. .