THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 649, 23 April 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colonjl from delivery at or from such Post-office Mot exceeding hnlf-an-ounce ... Onepenny] Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... Twopence] For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ~. ... Twopencel ll.—Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony' for delivery at or from any other Post-office wiihin the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... TwopeuceJ Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpence. For every ounee or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence Hl.—lnterprovincial Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar/ other province within the oalony Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpence. For every ounce or fraction of an" ounee over one ounce Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Colonies, and the United Kingfim, v : « Suez and Southampton, are chargeable w'th a rate of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, via Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseilles, threepence each. In consequence of newspapers being frequently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chiei 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 be readily seen. Packages of newspapers consist ing of more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.