POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VI, Issue 122, 25 May 1871, Page 2

POST-OFFICE NOTICES.

Q MAILS CLOSE. For Wellington, Wanganui, Taranaki, Napier, and Southern Provinces, per s.s. Wanganui, to-morrow, 26th, at 8 p m.

Note.—ln consecuwreaf the .Australian Mails being now conspjflrafiy British Packets between Brindisi aujj*Blexan|ria, a reduction in Postage , i9n"~Eetterß sent via has been effected. The rates of Postage to be charged in New Zealand on Correspondence for the United. Kingdom, t>ti Brindisi, will therefore be as folloVs :—! Letters?— Not exceeding \ ouncej:J9d. ; exceeding \ ounce and not exceeding 1 ounce, Is. 6d.; and so on, 9d for every additional \ ounce or fraction of \ ounce. » : Newspapers under 4 buncesj*each 4d.; for every, additional 4 ounces, 4d". , .; Book and Pattern Parcels.—Not exceeding 1 ounce, 2d.; exceeding 1 ounce and not exceeding 2 ounces, 4d.; exceeding "•!ounces and not exceeding 4 ounceß, 7d.; exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces, Is. 2d.; and so on, Is 2d for every additional 8 buices or fraction 6t 8 ounces. ; .■.■-•:• fapsßY--Jf:i DldK, ?" : ■ ■'< ' J'\JKf ' ' Chief Postmaster. '■■■■

For Stoke, Eichmond, Hope, Spring Grove, Wakefleld, and Foxhill—Close at Chief Post Office ...._ daily at 2.30 p.m.; arrive at Chief Post Office daily, at 11 o'clock, a.m. For Appleby, Upper and Lower Moutere, Nga Timote, Motueka, and Riwaka—Close every Monday and Thursday, at 8.30, a.ra.; arrive every' Tuesday and Friday, at 4 p.m. Also, for Motueka per steamer as opportunity offers. For Wakapuaka—Close every Wednesday and Saturday, at 2.30 p.m.; arrive every Wednesday and Saturday, at 11 a.m.