THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 551, 7 September 1869, 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 ... Onepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding ohe o>ince ... Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce TwopeEce. 11. Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-offico within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopence, Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpenee For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... FourDenep . —INTERPROVINCIAr. LETTERS Posted at any Post-office within the colon* for delivery at or'from any Post-office in an » other province within the olony Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... Sixpence For every ounce or fraction of an" * ounce over one ounce ... ... Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom, v'a Suea and Southampton, are chargeable w'ih a rats of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom via Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseilles, threepence each. In consequence of newspapers being few. quently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chiel Post-office, and attention is called to the following postal regulation:— " Newspapers for transmission within the colony shall be posted in single numbers so put up that the date of publication may' ba readily seen. Packages of newspapers consistuig or more than one number shall be treated as oookpackages.