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Otago Daily Times, Issue 381, 11 March 1863, Page 8

6©* Except in the following cases, where spccia ates are payable. 4.—To tub Continent of Europe via Trieste. Not exceed ing \oz .. .. ~ Is. 6d Exceeding £ oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ..3s. ~ loz., „ „ 2 oz. .. 6s. And so.on, increasing three shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. s.—To Syria and Turkey. Letters will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked for transmission via the United Kingdom), and- will be charged as follows:— •■ Not excetding $ oz. ... _. ... lid Exceeding J oz.. and not exceeding 1 oz. Is. lOd. And so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction o an ounce. 6—To China and the Eastern Archipelago. Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, oi any part of China or Japan, the Phillipine Islands, fava, Sumetra, Borneo, irnbuan, the Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follows : Not exceeding oz. ... .. .. •. !■ Exceeding $ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 2s And so on, increasing two shilling for every additonal' ounce or fraction of an ounce. - 7.—To Naval Officers on Foreign Stations. Letters addressed to Officers serving on board any Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, when sent through the United Kingdom are chargeablo follows:— No exceedin 0z.... ... ... ... la Exceeding i oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 2s. ~ oz., ~ ~ 2 oz. ... 4s. And so on, increasing two shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. B.—To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. Letters sent to or by Seamen and Soldiers in Her Majesty's service Will be transmitted within the Colony, and between the Colony and any Post Office in the British dominions, at a charge of One Penny, provided that the following regulations are observed :— 1. Each letter must not exceed half an 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 ths me in command 3. The postage must be pre-paid. Every letter of this description, posted or re« ceivfid in this Colony not in accordance with the foregoing regulation, will be treated as an ordinary etter . ■ • ' • ■ £>. —Free Letters. . ■ Letters on the public service of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, are exempted from the payment of postage, if bearing the words "On Her Majesty's Service," and the signature of the officer in command of the force on the service of which the letter is despatched. But such letters cannot b» transmitted by any irregular route, or one entailing vlditional expense on the Colonial Government. Letters on the public service of the General Government of the Colony are transmitted free by post, if bearing the words, "On the Public Service only,'s and the signature of some officer of the General GoJ vernment authorised to frank official letters. 10.— Registered Letters. Legestration Fee ... ■ ... ■ ■ .. ... la in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable on any other. Except in special cases, as xhibited in table subjoined. f •■ ■■' NEWSPAPERS. :'-. To any part of the Colony, if published -.;■' in the Colony, and posted within seven days from publication .. .V Free. If not published inthe Colony, or not posted withinseven days from publication, each .. .. ■. .. Id, 2. To the United Kingdon, via Southampton, or by direct ship .. .. .. Free. ■ To the United Kingdom, via Marseilles, each ... .. .. " .. 3d. 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, each ... ... ... ... 2d. 4. To Syria and Turkey (not through the United Kingdom), not exceeding two ounces ... ... ... ..". Id And so on, at the rat f one penny for ever addi tioiial two ounces. ... Note.— lor the Postage chargeable on> Newspapers, forwarded to other countries, through the United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. . , ...-." \ BOOK PACKETS ; ; - 1. To any part of the Colony, or o the United Kingdom, via Southampton . Not exceedin? 4oz ... ... ... 4d, Exceeding 4 oz.,laud not exceedingß 0z... Bd. „ Boz., „ „ -.:...16 0z....15.:4$ And so on, increasing eight pence for every additional half-pound, or fraction of linlf-a-pound. 2. To the following British Colonies— Ascension lonian Islands Bermuda Natal British West Indies New Brunswick - ■: Canada Newfoundland . Cape of Good Hope* Nova Scotia Falkland Islands Prince Edward Island Gambia St. Helena '.■'. Gold Coast Sierra Leone ;■. . ■ Heligoland . Vancouver's Island • • Not exceeding 4 oz. ..: .„ '■' ■; ... •7d Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 oz. ;... la.-2d Boz.. ~ '■" „' 16 oz. J ■ ... 2s. 4d. and soon, increasing one shilling and two ponce.for every half-Bound, or fraction of half-a-pound; . * PREPAYMENT BY STAMPS. ■ AH letters, packets, and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing postage abels tl;e colony of sufficient value. LOOSE LETTERS. All letters received from beyond seas,at any Post Office in this Colony, which have not been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, according to the rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which, case they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. INSUFFJOIENT PAYMENT. Letters and packets liable to more than one rate postage, and addressed to places ! within the Colony, or to the United Kingdom, it bearing at least aa ingl» rate, will be forwarded and charged withthe postage deficient, and another single rate asa fine. Letters and packets so addressed, and bearing'less than a single rate of postage, and all letters-and packets otherwise addressed, not bearing1 the full postage chargeable, will .be detamed and returned to the sender in all case 3 where practicable. Newspapers, if posted without prepayment of the full amount of postage chargeable, can neither be forwarded to their destination nor returned to the sender; "but will be delivered or forwarded to the person addressed, on application, within six months, at the office whore same were posted, and payment of the deficient postage in stamps. , : RESIBTRATIOW. Any person can have a letter registered by affixing on it by means of the proper labels the amount of the registration fee, in addition to the proper postage, and presenting it at a Post Office during office hours and at least one hour before the closing of the mail by which it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will ba adopted to ensure the safe delivery ot registered letter, by entering it "on the letter bills, and obtaining areeeipt for the same on delivery. As the Post Office, liowever is not responsible for the loss ol any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending bank notes or drafts are' advised to take the mumbers and particulars, and to cut the notes or drafts in halves, and to send them by different post. contents. " '• With the above limitations, a packet-book may contain any number of separate booss, maps, prints, or photoerraphk, and any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment, either printed, written on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the nature of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the binding, covering, or mounting- attached or belongings to such. book, print, map, or photograph, and all things iegiti mately appertainine to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or" artistic matter, but exclusive of glass in any form. The names and address of the sender may appear on the cover. RE-DIRECTION. 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-directjoa are chargeable with a new and distinct rate of post age, to be paid on delivery. •■ ■ ■ ■ ■ OVERLAND CARRIAGE. ■'•■'. No Postmaster will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by an overland moil, 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 commuaicationin the nature of a letter in any newspaper book-packet areliable to'a penalty of £20. • ; SIZE AND WEIGHT. . ~- -' ' No book . ket or packet, of newspapers will' be received, any Postmaster be required to recefve any i it exceed two feet in length, one oot in width or depth, or three pounds'in weight. BOOK-PACKETS TO BE OPEN •■>» INSPECTION. Every book-packet shall be et it jpenat the ends or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed ;6r otherwise closed against inspection .sent.in or with such packet, nor any thing printed or'written in the nature of a letter. CROSBIE WARD. Postmaster-Gneral.