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Otago Daily Times, Issue 390, 21 March 1863, Page 8

Car; Except 'in tbe following cases, where spcci iilfes are payable. ... "4.-'-To the Continent of Europe via Trieste. Not exceeding \oz .. .. .. Is. 01 Exceeding | oz., and not exceeding I oz. .. 3s. ~ 1 ox., „ „ 2oz. ... 6s. And so on, increasing three shillings for every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. : fi. —To Syria and Turret. , Letters will be forwarded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless marked for transmission via thp United Kingdom), and will be charged as follows:— Not exceeding £ oz. ... .. - ... lid I Exceeding 4 oz.. and not exceeding 1 oz., ls. lOd. And so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence for every additional ounce or fraction o an ounce. 6—To China and me Eastern Arouipelaoo. w I Lette?s addressed to Hongkong, Penang, Singapore, ; oi any part of China or Japan, the Phillipine Islands. I fava, Sumetra, Borneo, Labuan, the Moluccas, and , Siam, are chargeable as follows : Not exceeding i oz. .. .. .. ..Is Exceeding J oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. .. 2s And so on, increasing two shilling for every additional onuee or fraction of an ounce. ' 7.-—To Naval Offioers on Foreign; Stations. Letters addressed to Officers serving oh board any Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, ichen sent i through tlie United Kingdom, are chargeable follows: — No exceedin 0z.... ... - Is Exceeding £ oz., and not exceeding 1 oz. ... 2s. „ oz., ~ „ 2 oz. ... 4s. And so on, increasing two sliillings for every addi* j tional ounce or fraction of an ounce. • B.—To Naval Seamen and Soldiers. ' Letters sent to or by Seamen ancl Soldiers in Her i Majesty's service will be transmitted within the Colony, aud between the Colony and any Post Office in the British dominions, at a charge of One Penny, 3 provided that the following regulations aro observed :— 1. Each letter must not exceed half an ounce in ' weight. - 2. It must be superscribed fell the name of the y writer,_ his description or class in the vessel or regiment, aud signed; by the officer at the c me in command o .8. The postage must be pre-paid, j Every letter of this description, posted or received in this Colony not 'iri accordance with the ' foregoing regulation, will be,treated as an ordinary j etter .... ; 9.—Free 0 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 ofthe officer ia command of the force on the service of wliieh the letter is despatched, ■ But such letters cannot be transmitted by any. irregular route, or one entailing idditional expense on the Colonial Government. Letters on the public service of the General Gof verniuent of the Colony are transmitted free by post, if bearing the words, "On the Public Service-only,'; and the signature of somo officer of the General UoJ '.' vernment authorised to frank official letters. s 10.— Registered Letters. ' Legcstration Fee ... ... .. ... Ia in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable on any other. Except in special coses, as xljibiled in table subjoined. " NEWSPAPERS. To any part of the. Colony, if published in the Colony, and posted within seven days from publication .. .. Free. If not published iiillie Colony, or not posted within seven days from publica- '. tion, each .. ... .. • • Id, 1 2. To the United Kingdon, iria Southampton, . or by direct ship .. ..''..- .. Free; I To the United Kingdom, via Marseilles, '. 1 each ... ..... .. .. Bd, ' 3. To the Continent of Europe, via Trieste, 5 each:. ... ... .... ... ; 2d. 3 4. To Syria and- Turkey (not through the r United Kingdom^ not exceeding two i ounces ... y... '-: vi. ... Id " And so on, at the rat f one penny for ever addi tional two ounces. r ."■''■ V f Note.- For the Postage- chargeable on Newspapers. | forwarded to other countries, 'through the United 5 Kingdom, see table (A) subjqined." BOOK PACKETS • 1. To any part of the Colony, or o the United Kingdom, via Southampton Not cxceedinu 4oz .... ... ~i ' 4d, Exceeding 4flz., and not exceedingß 0z... Bd. •■!-• „ ;.-8oz„ - •„-' : ■■„ 16 0z... ls. 4d; And so 'on, ,increasing eight pence for every additional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. ; 2. To the following British Colonies— ■ Ascension lonian Islands Bermuda Natal 1 British West Indies New Brunswick Canada Newfoundland Cape of Good Hope* Nova Scotia- • Falkland Islands Prince Edward Island 1 Gambia St Helena ■ Gold Coast Sierra Leone Heligoland . Vancouver's Island 1 Not exceeding 4 oz. .... ... ... 7d Exceeding 4 oz., and not exceeding 8 oz;. ... ls. 2d Boz.. ~ , ,„ 16 oz. ... 2s. 4d. and soon, increasing one shilling and two pence for every balf-nound. or fraction of halt'-a-pound, PREPAYMENT BY STAMPS. All letters, packets, and newspapers posted in New Zealand, must be prepaid by affixing postage abels the colony of sufficient value. L 0033, LETTERS. All letters received from beyond 3eas,at any Post Ofiice in tins Colony, which have not been regularly posted at the place of despatch (loose letters), are chargeable with full postage, according to tho rates established by the foregoing tables, unless they are letters which it is not compulsory by law to send by post, in which ease they are chargeable with the inland rate of postage only. INSUFFICIENT PAYMENT. ' Letters aniVrPiTekets liable to more than one rate postage, and .addressed to places within the Colony, or to the United Kingdom, it bearing at least as ingle i rate, will be forwarded and charged with the postage deficient, and another single rate as a fine. Letters , and packets so addressed, and bearing less than a single rate of postage, and all letters and packets ; otherwise addressed, not bearing the full postage i chargeable, will be detained and returned to the ■ sender in all eases where, practicable. Newspapers, ■ if posted without prepayment ofthe full amount o Sostage chargeable, can neither be forwarded to their estination nor returned to the sender; but will be I delivered or forwarded to the person addressed, on ■ application, within six months, at the office where !, same were posted, and payment of the deficient i postage in stamps. I REGISTRATION. i 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 ofthe mail by whicli it is desired to be transmitted. Every precaution will be adopted to ensure the safe delivery ol I. registered letter, by entering it on the letter bills, and obtaining areceipt for the same ondelivery. As the 1 Post Office, however is not responsible for the loss ol \ any letter, whether registered or otherwise, persons sending bank notes or drafts are advised to take the J numbers 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 books, maps, prints, ' or photographs, 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 belonging, to such book, print, map, or photograph, and Si things legiti i niately appertiiuiiitr to or necessary for the transmission of any enclosed literary or* artistic matter, but exclusive of glass iv 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 ofthe 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 will be required to receive any book-packet for transmission by an overland mail, from its weight or any other cause the packet appeal calculated to retard the carrier. PENALTIES. Any person sending as exempt from postage letters not liable to xeinption, or enclosing a commu.iica« tion in the nature of a letter in any newspaper book-packet areliable to a penalty of i'2o. SIZE AND WEIOHT. No book ket or packet of newspapers will.be received, any Postmaster be required to receive any i it exceed two feet in length, ons oot iv width or depth, or three pounds in weight. BOOK-PACKETS TO BE OPEN PMt INSPECTION. Every book-packet shall be ieat )pen at the ends or sides, and tliere shall be no enclosure sealed or 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,