THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 450, 9 January 1869, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the coloni from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepennj Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding ohe oince ... Twopence! For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over crie ounce Twopeuci 11. COUNTKY LETTEhS. Posted at any Post-office within the coloir, for delivery at or from any other Post-offio within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeue< Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpenc< For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence HI.—LntERI'UOVI.XCIAL i-ETTEHS. Posted at any Post-office within the coloni for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar other province within the r >lony Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpence tor every oimce or fraction of an ounoe over one ounce ... ... Si X p en c NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australia. Colonies, and the United Kingdom vii Sue and Southampton, are chargeable with a rat, of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, ] Lanama or Suez, one penny; an d Marseilles threepence each. In consequence of newspapers bein £ fo queuuy posted in packages of more than on number, the same are detained at the Chie Post-office, and attention is called to the fol lowing postal regulation:— " Newspapers for transmission within th colony shall be posted in single numbers \ put up that the date of publication may \ readily seen. Packages of newspapers consul mg ot more than oue number shall be treate as bookpackages.