THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 708, 8 September 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

1. TI.WN IJETTES. ' ■ Posted at any Post-office within the from delivery at or from such Not exceeding hnlf-an-ounee ... Exceeding lialf-an-ounce but not excoeding one ounce ... TwormS For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Tw°wl 11. Country Lkttrrs. 1H Posted at any 1 ..i-office within tlie cgJfijH for delivery at or from any other within the same province— Not exceeding lialf-an-ounce ... Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounco Fourp||^B For every ounce or fraction of ail ounce over one ounce ... Foura^^B 111. INTERI'ROVINCIAL LKTTERS.gaM Posted at any Post-office within the cdlcH for delivery at or from any Post-office >nl9H other province within the c >lony— Not exceeding half an ounce, TwoumM Exceeding lialf-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce FourpjjsH For every ounce or fraction of an ißsi ounce over one ounce Sb:ps|M NEWSPAPERS. 9 Forplaces within the colony, tlie AustrajM Colonies, and the United Kingdom, v : -.i and Southampton, are chargeable w\h of one penny. M Newspapers foi tlie United IviiigdomfH Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseaß threepence each. nl In consequence of newspapers quently posted in packages of more tliafoH number, the same are detained at the Cafl Post-office, and attention is called to lowing postal regulation : M " Newspapers for transmission withinjHj colony shall be posted in single put up that tlie date of publication readily seen. Packages of newspapers ing of more than one number shall be IrJ as bookpaekages. V