THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 666, 2 June 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—TOWN LETTEB. Posted at any Post-office within the colqa, from delivery at or from such Post-office 1 Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepennt Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one dunce ...Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence, JDL—Cdtrtreax Letters. Posted at any Post-office'withln the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-offal 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 lll.—lntebpbovinciai. Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar> 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 "1 ounce over one ounce Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australia n Colonies, and the United Kingdom, v'a Suet and Southcmpton, are chargeable w«<,h a ra 1 of one penny. Newspapers foi the United Kingdom, <?u Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseilllei threepence each. 5 In consequence of newspapers being fr* quently posted in packages of more than, on, number, the same are detained at the Ohio] Post-office, and attention is called to tho fol. lowing postal regulation:— " Newspapers for transmission within thj colony shall be posted in single numbers so put up that the date of publication may h readily seen. Packages of newspapers consist ing of more than one number shall be ti.-eated as bookpackages.