THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Otago Daily Times, Issue 303, 9 December 1862, Page 7

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

We publisb. for general information]; the New Rate "of postage in force from and after April 1,1862 : — '■'^" 'NB;W ZEALAND.

ATES-OF POSTAOE CHARGEABLE ON LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS, AND BOOKPACKETS POSTED" 1 IN THE COLONY ■: - ;,;■ r .LETTERS. . :

—IniiAnd Letters.'

ot exceeding ' ~;-.i .. ' i., 2d. .Exceeding-1 oz.y and riot exceeding loz. ",'; "id' Z'^'*: "-■l:? ZiV'. » ~ 2oz; :,. 8d" And so"on,. increasing fourperice for every additiona. unce or fractibn of an .ounce. ' 1 2.—To "the United Kingdom. - . By Sputhamptpn or by du-ect ship— • Not exceeding' 4 oz..^ :^: ..- ' :., 0d Exceeding A oz.. and riot exceeding 1 6z. !.. Is. a V V oz»-. » >» v"2'oz. '■■"-.■.-.'. 2s. And so on, increasing one shilling for every additional ounce or'fraction of an ounce. ' ; ' .

By Marseilles— . ~ • Not exceeding'|;bz...- .. .. •'„; 9 C ]; Exceeding"! oz., and notexceedirig k oz. :".*; Is'; » hoz. t ;,:...[■; ■'■.„:.: |oz. ' ;lSi?d.* .. ■■:» X°?-> ■»*•;.■'-'. >>'■ lot. ... 2s. And sq on, being an Mditibn' to the ordinary postage at the r.ite of threepence per quarter ounce. > I - ■

3. To BamsH CoioxtEs and" Foreign Countries; Not expeedin^ Jpz•. *.' ~.. '..'.' i.."6d xceeding oz.,aadno,exceeding 1 oz. ' , '..Is. >~ '»:^;;- ; » .'■ ,',, 2'oz.' .. "2s ,Anq so on, increasing one shilling for every additional jounce or fraction of aii,ounce. ' ; . <5S* Except in the folio wing cases, where specialrates are payable.: ; ~ ,; :•'l''■:'-:■'a:

; 41—To the Continest. of Europe via Trieste. Not exceeding i0z..;.. : ■-..+;■■ ' ; •; Is, Od Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ,;.:' 3s '■■■~ 10z.,y; „;,,,. 2oz. ;.. -6s. And so on, increasing three shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an "ounce. '

5. —TO SOTA ANU TaREBT. Letterc will be forwarded tin Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked - for transmission via the United and will be charged as follows:— Not excetding a oz. ... «. ' ... ,]jd Exceeding i oz.. and not exce&dmg l'oz. ' as. lOd And'so on, m increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction o an ounce. 6 —To China astd the Eastern Arohip£i,ago. Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, or any part of China or Japan,'the Phillipine Islands, fava, Sumetra, Borneo, La,buan, the Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows :— Not exceeding £ oz, .. ... ~ ..'1 Exceeding \ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 2s And so on, increasing tyro shilling for every addiional ounce or fraction of an ounce. 7. -To Natal Officers on Foreign Stations^ • Letters addressed to Officers'serving on board any " Her Alajestys ships on a foreign station, when sent through the (Tinted Kingdom are chargeable as follows: — i No exceedin ~ - ~ i*.. * ... .*>, is Exceeding £ oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ' ... 2s „ oz., „ „ 2 oz. %.. 4s And so ,on, increasing tvo shillings for every addi tional ounce' or fraction of an ounce. B.—-T0 Naval SgAijfEN aVd.Soldibrs. «•* . sent to, or by Seamen, and Soldiers in Her Majesty's service will be transmitted within the Colony, and^between the Colony and any Posjt .Office in the British dominions, at a charge of One Penny, provided that the following-regulations are observed :— 1. Each letter must hot exceed half aa" ounce in weight. { , *■> 2. It must be superscribed with the name of the ■' writer, his-description or class in the vessel or-regiment,, and signed by the officer at the ,<-, * ' ,me in command , ' -3. The.postage mpst bo pre-paid. ~ ~ i Every letter-of'this description, "posted or received in this ,Colony not in aecoruaace with the.' foregoing regulation, will be treated as && ordinary cfcter _ '' » - ,*! ' * C ' *^ It 9. —Fbeb Lettbbs. 1 1 * Letters the public'^ service 'of JSetf jMajesty'^ jSaral and Military Itorces/ ale'exempted from the payment < oPpostage,'' if bearing* the words "On Her Majesty's Service,'^ and the^ighature of thejofficer xv command rof * the fprce^on the service Tof irhioh* the .letter^ is* Hd'espatohed. sttch, letters cannotybe terasmifctedj#any irregidar route, oronerentailing* »idditiofial oLthe €6l6nial*sGovernment. . « Lettexs^on the loubli^ge'rvice *>f the General Government ot the>Coiony are tranfioiitted'ireef by if'bearing the words,, '50n the^dbUa Service, onW:* tod-*he feigrfature^f someXofficerlof the Geheral Go> Ter^entrauthorisedtD,"frank*fficialelett®EsJ'> 5^ , v 4 t^ «j '^10.^E»ai3»efisj> ;tBnaEBB. . ? ' legesteatibn Fee -*. s *- £$$*£$ -i &%^ ~'\ «^, Jsin, addition to the/>rdinary postage dhar|galfle'Qn any? 'other, '^ Except in 3pev!ifil^cafie6/a3Exhibited in toble * days from publication' h~i?°^£^/^*i*r#e? (If not published inthe, Coloov, V mf^ O t posted within seven days ffoia-publica*^^. 4

'' 2. To tteFnitedKingdon,t^aSoutliampton,^ **oe by, direct ship: „ \ , ~ * pwu ' « o I• , To -the Touted Kingdpm, awMarseilleT eaxsn. . «; f '■*.". ''' .r.~ ' n-i 3. To the' Continent of' Europe, via Trieste eac" ••• "... '. 91 United 'Kingdom), not exceeding two ounces ' ... • ... ... ; &"*&££ ** ' !«*««« addi ' Note.- Forthe Postage chargeable on Newsta™™, I forwarded toother, countries* through th^fS | Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined;'■ -^ I BOOK PACKETS. 1# T?TnliL?r- rt f the- C o 0l0n7» or to the United Kingdom, via Southampton • * Not exceeding 4oz '...., f ' ::^ ■■: , r 4 , Exceeding 4 02., and not exceeding 8 oz'.'.' 8d And sd'on, increasing'eight pence for^fc/addi lanal half-poand, or fraction of a .p oU nd ■ -2.' To the following British Colonies--"' ' Ascension' • lonian Islands Bemuda ' . Natal British West Indies , New Brunswick Unada Newfoundland Cape of Good Hope* Nova Scofua ' talktand Islands • -Prince Edward Island 2*'5 b» " St. Helena •; gold Coast ' Sierra Leone- - Helgoland ' Vancouver's Island Sot exceeding 4 oz. ... Exceeding 4 oz., and not"exceediiig B'oz. ' *•" is 9 S «oz.. ~ " „ 16 oz. ,;".2s*4d and so on, increasing one suillins Ami two peuce for every half-pound, or fraction of half a-pound. PREPAYMENT BT STAMPS; All letters,, packets, and newspapers .-ponied in Sew Zealand, must be prepaid, by. affixing p^ta^ abels the colony of sufficient value. ° lOOSH LETTERS. All letters received from beyond seas,at any Post OSice in this; Colony, .which have not been re^uhiy posted at the place .of despatch (loose letted are chargeable, with full,postage, according to tl,' rates .established- by the foregoing^ tables! uSesa^they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, m which case they'are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. . -INSOFFIOIENT PATMENT • ■ Letters and packets liable to more than one rate of .postag^^ndaxldresaedto places- within ths Colony or to the United Kingdom, it bearing at least a sffie rate^yill be .forwarded, and charged^ith the post'e deficient, and another single rate as a fine. Lettm and packets., so addressed, and bearing less than a smgfe rate of postage, and : . all letter and packets otherwise; adOressed, not bearing the full uosta-r! chargeable/will be detained and "returned to tile sender maUcases where practicable. Newspapers if posted without prepayment of the. full amount 0' postage chargeable, can neither be forwarded to their destination nor returned to the sender : but will be delivered or forwarded to the person addressed, oil application, within six months, at the office whera same were posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. . • v

REGISTRATION. . Any person can have a letter registered by affixino. on it by means of the proper labels the amount of the cgistration fee, in addition to the proper posta-'p and presenting,, it at .a Post Office (Turing office°hoa^ and at least one hour before the closing of the mail b» winch it is desired to be transmitted. Every m-l caution will be adopted toensure the safe delivery or a ..registered .letter, by entering it on the letter bills aud obtaining areceipt for the same ondeliverv. Astlfe Host Oihce, however is not responsible for ttie loss it any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending bank notes ordrafls are advised to take the numbers and particulars, and to cut the notes or drafts in halves, and to send them by different pOSt" ■ ■ * -.-■■■ . f ■ . .■■■-'"'.,

RE-DIRECTION, . c Letters, newspapers, and packets wil be re-directed from one Post Office to another on the written instructions of the person addressed, but on re-direction are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of post age, to be paid on delivery.

• • /" OVERLAND CARRIAGE. •< No .Postmaster wUI be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by an overland mail it from its weight or any other cause the packet appear calculated to retard the carrier.

PENALTIES. Any^person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to xemption, or enclosing a communication in the nature of a letter in any newspaper 01 book-packet areliable to a penalty of £20.

,•_ i . ••■.. SIZE AND Vf EIGHT, No book-packet or packet of newspapers will be received, nor will any Postmaster be required to receive any letter if it exceed two feet in length, one loot .in width or depth, or three pounds in weidit.

BOOK-PAOKETS TO BE OPEN FOB INBPEOTION* Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ends or sides, and there shall ie no enclosure sealed or otherwise dosed against inspection seat in or with such packet, nor any thing printed ox-written iv the nature of a letter. '

CGNTENTS. With the above limitations, a packet-book may contain any number of separate books, maps, prints. or piiotocrraphs, and any quantity of paper, vellum. or parchment, either printed, written on, or p.nm .(exclusive of . .anything, in the nature of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the binding, coverimr, or mounting- attached or belonging to such book print, map, or photograph, and all things legiti uiately appertaining" to or necessary for the transmission, of any endosed literary or* artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any fo"m. Tlie names and address of the sender may appear on the cover.

CROSBTB WARD, Postmaster-Gnernl