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Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 11, 16 December 1862, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF FOSTAGE.^B We publish for general information the Rate of Postage at present in force :— |9 New Zealand. Rates ofPostags chargeable on Letters, A*«i. papers, md Book Packets pouted in the Colu LETTEKS. mm m 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceeding | o», 3/ exceeding \nz, and not exceeding 1 ox,4d; * ceeding 1 oz, and not evcecding 2 ot, 8d; and . f on, increasing fourpence for every additionsounce or fraction ot an ounce. 2. To the United Kingdom.—Sij Southarnpt'. or by direct ship : Not exceeding J oz, 6d ; excee ' ing | oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, 1b; exceodiDgS^ 02, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, L- ' creasing one shilling for every additional ounce fraction of an ounce.— —By Marseilles .• Not JsO> ceeding \ oz, 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and not excee ; ing i oz, Is; exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding ' oz, Is 9d • exceeding J oz, and not exceeding 1 c J 2s ; and no on, being an addition to the ordina postage at the rate of threepence per quarter out 3. To British Colonies and Foreign Countri"~ — Not exceeding J oz, 6d ; exceediug \ ox, and r ". exceeding 1 or, la; exceeding 1 oz, and not C|tT ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing ono si ling for every additional ounce or fraction of , ounce. , *#* Except in the following cascß, where epwT rates are payable. 4. To the Continent of Europe Tia Tricste.-'Ei Not exceeding £ oz, Is 6d ; exceeding i ot, auc not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, and t, exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, increasing th«-i — shillings for every additional ounce or fracticn ' an ounce. ' 6. To Syria and Turkey.— Letters will be f<F* < warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless mark for transmission via the United Kingdom, w"~~" be charged as follows: Sot exceeding } oz, 11 exceeding £ oz, and dot exceeding 1 oz, Is 1G TJ< and so on, increasing one shilling and tenpence ' ' every additional ounce or fraction of an ounce. • 6. To China and the Eastern Archipelago.Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penaag, Sin»— — pore, or any part of China or Japan, the Phillip!. Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labuan, t £R , Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as follo«if*^ Not exceeding \ oz, Is; exceeding \ oz., and t exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increasing tfj shillings for every additional ounce or traction %~ an ounce. 7. To Kacal Officers on Foreign Stations Letters addressed to officers serving on board **■ > of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign station, vm A sent through tho United Kingdom, are charge&lf* - as follows : Not exceeding J oz, Is ; exceeding j^ 1 and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s ; exceeding lozai > not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and ao on, increasing t> - shillings for every additional ounce or fraction (PC an ounce. 8. To Kaoal Seamen and Soldiers. — Lett* sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Her Majestyservice will be transmitted within the Colony, id between the colony or any post-office in the Britt dominions, at a charge of one penny, provided U HP the following regulations are observed : — 1. £« gfj letter must not exceed half an ounce in weiri 2. It must be superscribed with the name of Up writer, his disposition or class in the vessel or re* ment, and signed by the officer at the time in cm I, < mand. 3. The postage must be pre-paid. EveS. letter of this description, posted or received in tffi Colony, not in accordance with the foregoing ref /^ ation, will be treated as an ordinary letter. 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the public sentr*^ of Her Majesty's Naval and Military Forces, t -^ exempted from the payment of postage, if bean the words, "On Her Majesty's Service," and C~" signature of the officer in command of the f.rce : Hi the service of which the letter is despatched. B"J Q such letters cannot be transmitted by any irregnk route, or one entailing additional expense on til Colonial Government. Letters on the public k ■ vice of the General Government of the colony t - transmitted free by post, if bearing the woriA I '*' Oa the Public Service only," and the signati - T. of some officer of the General Government auti rised to frank official letters. 10. Registered Letters. — Registration Fee, i Q in addition to the ordinary postage chargeable i i£ any other. Except in special cases, as exhibit) iv table subjoined. NEWSPAPERS. To any part of the colony, if published in tto-rj colony, and posted within seven days from publitf ! ■" tion, free; if not published in the colony, or sL r posted within seven days from publication, esei* Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via Southama ton, or by direct ship, free; to the United Xi% dom, urn Marseilles, each, 3d; 3. To tho Con tint of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To Syria f JJ Turkey (not through the United Kingdom),! exceeding two ounces, Id; and so on, at the ri^T of one penny for every additional two ounces. Note. — For the postage chargeable on nt»± papers, forwarded to other countries, through United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoined. 1 _. . BOOK PACKETS. m 1. To any part of the colony, or to tho Unit| ' Kingdom via Southampton: — JSot exceeding4«4d; exceeding loz, and not exceediug 8 oz, B<§ exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, Is 4| ( and so on, increasing eight pence for every adff*A/j tional half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. | <j> 2. To the following British colonies— AscensictfLj Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, (Jape I T Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Gambia, (M* 1 * Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Natal, JuCC( Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Pritf G Edward Island, St. Helena, Sierra Leone, Yd Ta couver's Island:— Not exceeding 4oz, 7d; exewfl- — ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is2d ; exceedi| . 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 oz, 2s 4d ; and co o-. ~ increasing one shilling and twopence for evr* half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. Prepayment by Stamps.— AH letters, pactoM^tM and Bewspapers posted in New Zealand, must" prepaid by adixing postage labels of the colonj C sufficient value. t»q Loose Letters. — All letters received from beye seas, at any Post-office in thU colony, which hi not been regularly posted at the place of desp?. (loose letters), are chargeable wita full postage, i R cording to the rates established by the fureg-x ; "' tables, unless they are letters which it is not co: pulsory by law to send by post, in which caso ti C are chargeable with the inland rate of postage o^p ( Book-Packets to be Open for Inspection. Every book-packet shall be sent open at the ec or sides, and there shall be no enclosure sealed*— otherwise closed against inspection sent in or vn C. such packet, nor anything printed or written in t vj nature of a letter. Cont cuts.— With the above limitations, a pack book may contain any number of separate bo--! maps, prints, or photographs, and any quantity paper, vellum, or parchment, cither printed, wri A M . on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in the natc of a letter whether sealed or open,) with the bin ing, covering, or mounting attached or belonpTto such book, print, map, or photograph, and i things legitimately appertaining to or necesMpQ for the transmission of any enclosed literarj artistic matter, but exclusive of glaas in any for. The names and address of the sender may app* on tho cover. Registration. — Any person can have a letter V, gistered by affixing on it by means of the profH O labels the amount of the registration fee, in si\ . tion to the proper postage, and presenting it *EA.Y< Post-office during office hours, and at least <5 hour before the closing of the mail by which it desired to be transmitted. Every precaution tj be ndop.ed to ensure the safe delivery of a red tered letter, by entering it on the letter bills, ip I*obtaining1 *- obtaining a receipt for the same on delivery. \ ' the Post-office, however, is not responsible forlLD loss of any letter, whether registered or other wi£)^ persons sending bank-notes or drafts are advij . n, to take the numbers and particulars, and to ky&j the notes or drafts in halves, and to send theaty D different post. r~— Penalties. — Any person sending as exempt fiwry postage letters not liable to exemption, orendosC!~ a communication in the nature of a letter in c ' newspaper or book-packet are liable to a peai*^.* of £20. Ai Overland Carriage. — No postmaster will be 7 quired to receive any book-packet for transmis^p-'y by an overland mail, if from its weight or Htf, -, other cause the packet appear calculated to retai* * the carrier. * 1] Crosiue Warp, Postmaster-General — ct: Attention. — A school teecher in AlabamaVj among her scholars one incorrigible little it upon whom "moral Evasion " seemed to have _, effect. One day, out of all patience with tff--misdeameanor on the part of the child, she c*^ . her up to the desk, expostulated with her on : * _ impropriety of her conduct, setting forth the *_Ly j mity of her offences, &c. The little girl paid MwEf attention at first, but at length she seemed to ' " G alise her guilt more fully, and, watching ? :' teacher closely, she seemed to drink in every »& — she said. The lady began to have hope; her * structions were evidently making an impresiJLL At length she made a slight pause — for breatiroK suppose — when up spoke the child, with eyos f*scc upon the teacher, and with the utmost gravi*j?H< " Why, Miss Su«an, your upper jaw don't mo*Tict bit ! "* This was the end of that discourse. J%ce ,