THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 709, 10 September 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—-Town Lu', r TEB. Posted at any' Post-offico within the col from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepen Exceeding half-an-ounce but .not excoeding one ounce ... Twopei For every ounce or fraction of iin ounce over one ounce ... ... Twopei IT.— Country Lkttbiis. Posted at any Post-offico withui the col for delivery at or from any other Post-o within the same provinceNot exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopei Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Fourper For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpen lll.—lnterprovinciat. Letters. Posted at any Post-office v ithin the coli for delivery at or from any Vost-offiee in ( other province within the olony— Not exceeding half an ountt-, Twopei Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Fourpei For every ounce or fraction of . m ounce over one ounce ... ... Sixpei NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, th;i Austral Colonies, and the United Kingdom, v-'a S and Southampton, are chargeable V'*ii a t of one penny. Newspapers foi the United Kingdom, Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseil threepence each. In consequence of newspapers being quently posted in packages of more than number, the same are detained at t lie Cl Post-office, and attention is called to the lowing postal regulation:— "Newspapers for transmission witWn colony shall be posted in single numbers, put up that the date of publication may readily seen. Packages of newspapers. ions ing of more than one number shall be lien as bookpackages.