THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 645, 14 April 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—Town Lettks. Posted at any Post-office within the CO from delivery at or from such Post-office-Not exceeding half-an-ouncc ... Onepe Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... Twope For every ounce or fraction of an ounce ovor one ounce ... ... Twope ll.—Country Letters. ■ Posted at any Post-office within the co for delivery at or from any other Post-< within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twope Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpe For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpe lll.—lntervuovinciai, Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the col for delivery at or from any I'ost-office in other province within the ojlony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Throepe Kxcceding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpe For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Sixpe NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Austral Colonies, and the United Kingdom, v J a SI and Southampton, are chargeable w'ih al of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom! Panama or Suez, one penny; ond Marseifj threepence each. In consequence of newspapers being quently posted in packages of more than number, the same are detained at the C Post-office, and attention is called to the lowing postal regulation:— " Newspapers for transmission within colony shall be posted in single munben put up that the date of publication maj readily seen. Packages of newsr>apers eon ing of more than one number shall bo trei as bookpackages.