THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 407, 19 November 1868, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony train delivery at or from such Post-office— Aot exceeding hal£-an-ounce ... Onepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding olie onnce ... Twopence. Jjor every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence. 11. COUNTUY LETTERS. Posted at any Post-office within the colony tor delivery at or from any other Post-office witlnn the same province Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuce, Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Pourpence. tor every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce .... Fourpence •»"•—ANTERPROVINCIAI, I-ETTEKS 1 osted at any Post-office within the eolonj for delivery at or from any I'ost-oifice in a C j other province within the o >lony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence. Exceeding hal±-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ...- ... Sixpence, toi every ounce or fraction of an ounoe over one ounce ... ... -Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. For places within the colony, the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton, are chargeable with a rate of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, via Panama or Suez, one penny; an d Marseilles, threepence each. ' In consequence of newspapers bciii" frequently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chief i ost-office, and attention is called to the following postal regulation : " iSewspapers for transmission within the colony shall be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be readily seen Packages of newspapers consistmg oi more than one number shall be treated as bookpaekages.