THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 663, 26 May 1870, 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 ... Unepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ...Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence. lI.—COUNTET IIETTEBB. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-office within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuce Exceeding half-an-ounee but not ' exceeding one ounce Fourpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence in.—lntebpbovincial Lettebs Posted at any Post-office within the colon* for delivery at or from any Post-office in arS other province within the oalony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpence. tor every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Sixpence NEWSPAPERS Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Colonies, and the United v s a Suez and Southampton, are chargeable w'*li 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 thai one number, the same are detained at the Chief Post-office, and attention is called to the fol. lowing postal regulation: " Newspapers for transmission within the colony shaU be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be readily seen Packages of newspapers consist mg of more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.