THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

Southland Times, Volume I, Issue 28, 13 February 1863, Page 4

THE NEW RATES OF POSTAGE.

We publish for general information th^K Eate of Postage at present in force :•—• "^H New Zealand, -j't '.^H Bates of Postage chargeable on .Lyterjj^R papers, md Book Packets paste g/% the C^f. LETTERS. :^H 1. Inland Letters. — Not exceeding f^B exceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz,BKp ceeding 1 oz, and not evceeding 2 oz, 8d;Bf ; on, increasing fourpence for every adjßf 1 ounce or fraction of an ounce. t£r~ 2. To the United Kingdom.— By SoutljKl or by direct ship : Not exceeding £ oz, 6djjßJ; ing £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, Is ; escJy oz, and not exceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and sc^t creasing one shilling for every additional JR5* fraction of an ounce. By Marseilles -mb* ceeding \ oz, 9d ; exceeding \ oz, and Pot IS ing £ oz, Is ; exceeding % oz, and not excjjfe: oz, Is 9d ; exceeding £ oz, and not exceedi^g^ 2s ; and so on, being an addition to the JKN postage at the rate of threepence per quarySLf 3. To British Colonies and Foreign C<JB>r ■. —Not exceeding £ oz, 6d ; exceeding £02 K|[. exceeding 1 oz, Is ; exceeding 1 oz, and 'SaPr ceeding 2 oz, 2s ; and so on, increasing mBsT ling for every additional ounce or fractioj§jr* ounce. k|^ * # * Except in the following cases, where*?"; rates are payable. p?»j 4. To the Continent of Europe via 2yjjj|~ Not exceeding £ oz, la 6d ; exceeding }g9T> not exceeding 1 oz, 3s ; exceeding 1 oz, Jreß exceeding 2 oz, 6s ; and so on, inereasii Ws''. shillings for every additional ounce or fra an ounce. is 5. To Syria and Turkey. — Letters will f& :■ warded via Alexandria and Jaffa unless mfc" for transmission via the United Kingitfiis cc charged as follows : Not exceeding 0 ||pS xceeding £ oz, and not exceeding 1 oz, gj|V I and so on, increasing one shilling and tenp ifa * j every additional ounce or fraction of an ogjwl j I 6. To China and the Eastern Archfy SL. I Letters addressed to Hongkong, Penalty. Wi pore, or any part of China or Japan, the £ g'l Islands, Java, Sumatra, Borneo, Labt ||- f \ Moluccas, and Siam, are chargeable as jg-j Not exceeding £ oz, Is ; exceeding $ oz., 1 §L_ exceeding 1 oz, 2s; and so on, increat |m shillings for every additional ounce or fe W* an ounce. EF 7. To Naval Officers on Foreign StMm" Letters addressed to officers serving on hMjf^t of Her Majesty's ships on a foreign statisjiJlNsent through the United Kingdom, are eEJSjsI as follows: Not exceeding \ oz, Is ; excee&MM and not exceeding 1 oz, 2s; exceedrnglig* not exceeding 2 oz, 4s ; and so on, increases. ■ shillings for every additional ounce or friS • an ounce. $Mv 8. To Naval Seamen and Soldiers.-Wg* sent to or by seamen and soldiers in Hersp£] service will be transmitted within the Coli||| between the colony or any post-office in tlr*ra* dominions, at a charge of one pen ay, proyi ||v| . the following regulations are observed :- jSLi letter must not exceed half an ounce in sir* 2. It must be superscribed with the naEpl^. writer, his disposition or class in the vessdspsfv ment, and signed by the officer at the timIJJRP roand. 3. The postage must be pre-paidfK ' letter of this description, posted or receivclKj Colony, not in accordance with the f°regoi|jETj ation, will be treated as an ordinary letteisrjr 9. Free Letters. — Letters on the publfjj^: of Her Majesty's Naval and Military FcH?; exempted from the payment of postage, iadSi^ the words, " On Her Majesty's Service," ISP' signature of the officer in command of the|S the service of which the letter is despatchS|||.i such letters cannot be transmitted by aojsjli 11 , route, or one entailing additional expens^^? r Colonial Government. Letters on the pjjlp vice of the General Government of the cogg ? transmitted free by post, if bearing thllgA "On the Public Service only," and the wISE of some officer of the General Governmetij&'A rised to frank official letters. f^" 10. Registered Letters.— Registration p-r-r: ■ in addition to the ordinary postage char^» a any other. Except in special cases, as 111? in table subjoined. BP^ NEWSPAPERS. S*M To any part of the colony, if publist ?|| ~ colony, and posted within seven days fromfjrisjTj tion, free; if not published in the cokraV SjSj* posted within seven days from publicai WS^ Id. 2. To the United Kingdom, via !*§« ton, or by direct ship, free ; to the UnirSi-— dom, via Marseilles, each, 3d ; 3. To tlie(B|T( of Europe, via Trieste, each, 2d ; 4. To^SelTi Turkey (not through the United King; |s{* exceeding two ounces, Id; and so on, at S' of one penny for every additional two oui W*?'Note. — For the postage chargeable i |g~ papers, forwarded to other countries, thr|||r G United Kingdom, see table (A) subjoinedjpj) 1 BOOK PACKETS. fijS-S': 1. To any part of the colony, or to "mf ' Kingdom via Southampton: — Not exceeaß • 4d ; exceeding 4 oz, and not exceedHigfllL. : exceeding 8 oz, and not exceeding 16 c £|B and so on, increasing eight pence for et il^S tional half pound, or fraction of half-a-po ||| Pi 2. To the following British colonies— J v^ ■ Bermuda, British West Indies, Canada, Good Hope, Falkland Islands, Garaliiojr Coast, Heligoland, lonian Islands, Ndgg; Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotil^-j Edward Islaud, St. Helena, Sierra L«j|i| couver's Island : — Not exceeding 4 oz, "iiMg '.-. ing 4 oz, and not exceeding 8 oz, Is 2d ; f§-| _ 8 oz, and not exceeding 1G oz, 2s 4d; aij|||G i increasing one shilling and twopence ||| J, half-pound, or fraction of half-a-pound. I^3 Prepay:. 'eat by Stamps. — All letteri,|||T. and newspapers posted in New Zealand^S^^ prepaid by affixing postage labels of thepj|£__ sufficient vaL.e. ||I|, Loose Letters.— All letters received froML. seas, at any Post-office in this colony, w ffir^ not been regjlav'.y po.tod at the place c '|j|l'"? (loose letters), a y e cbarrr^'jle with full pcj||£ cording to the rates established by the|||]J| tables, unless they are letters which it »£»»"» pulsory by law to send by post, in which^fe are chargeable with the inland rate of P°^|w-r: Book-Packets to be Open for J)»gM_ Every book-packet shall be sent open Bs^i or sides, and there shall be no enclosure p|^ otherwise closed against inspection sent^'J j|' such packet, nor anything printed or wriff?^ nature of a ietter. p>!ai ■ Contents. — With the above limitation&.y book may contain any number of sepfirr^|jj£ maps, prints, or photographs, and any tekji Vn paper, vellum, or parchment, either pri^'ipSs-i on, or plain, (exclusive of anything in 'f£s? of a letter whether sealed or open,) wittj*^ . ing, covering, or mounting attached or^" ■ to such book, print, map, or photogrnp'^j^ things legitimately appertaining to or^-JQ for the ti- nsmission of any enclosed *St| artistic mnJLcr, but exclusive of glass i%fi The names and address of the sender b*X"S on the cover. s§V ' . Hegistratwn. — Any person can have pft ■• gistered by affixing on it by means of j^. labels the amount of the registration fcjffijj i ■ tion to the proper postage, and presenti|£j^ Post-office during office hours, and flwDEl hour before the closir-'j of the mail bjjpjfl'p desired to be transmitted. Every P reC ||irjc be adop.ed to ensure the safe deliverylsimjj tered letter, by entering it on the lettegS' obtaining a receipt for the same on d&^ - - . the Post-office, however, is not responsj||L _. loss of any letter, whether registered o'B*? persons sending bank-notes or drafts sag C to take the numbers and particulars, £iA:2?] the notes or drafts in halves, and to se^% N _ different post. fa* Penalties. — Any person sending as e^piT postage letters not liable to exemption, •gll a communication in the nature of a les|P E newspaper or book-packet are liable toS?itK< of £20. rf| : Overland Carriage. — No postmasterr?~ — : quired to receive any book-packet for fmTTT by an overland mail, if from its wei^g other cause the packet appear calculate^ C the carrier. ■ '■■■ Ceosbie Waed, Postmaster-kl Ti