THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 406, 18 November 1868, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepennv Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding ohe onnce ~. Twopence < i or every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence, ll.—Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-office wittnn the same province Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopence. Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Fourpence, For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence _, Xl \— INTERPROVIXCIAL LETTERS Posted at any Post-office within the colonj for delivery at or from any I'ost-office in ar, other province within the c jlony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence, Exceeding halt-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Sixpence, tor every ounce or fraction of an ounoe over one ounce ... ... Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. rJon£ a^^th^^ e ? olon >'> the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom, via Sues and Southampton, are chargeable with a rate oi one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, via tVreepenc"'e S , U cn Z : OHepemiy! "* teiile *'

In consequence of newspapers bein<r frequently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chief I ost-offico, and attention is called to the following postal regulation : " Newspapers for transmission within the mt^? Bl^l^ 01 in sin S le "ambers, so putl up that the date of publication may be cadily seen Packages of newspapers consistnAr rO rle le ' e , than oue nu mbcr shall be treated as oookpackages.