THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 405, 17 November 1868, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town L ettes . Posted at any Post-office within the colony from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-au-ounce ... Onepennv Exceeding luilf-an-ounce but not __ exceeding olie onnce ... Twopence. X<or every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence, 11.- CouMiiY Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony tor delivery at or from any other Post-offiJe within the same province Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuee, Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Fourpence. tor every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence 111. LVTIiIJI'IiOVIXCIAL Letteks. Posted at any Post-office within the colonj for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar other province within the c )lony Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence, Exceeding hal±-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Sixpence. Lor every ounce or fraction of an ounoe over one ounce Sixpence NEWSPAPERS Tor places within the colony, the Australian Colonies and the Umted Kingdom, via Sues and Southampton, are chargeable with a rate ot one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, via I auama or Suez, one penny; and .Marseilles, threepence each. ' In consequence of newspapers being frequently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chief 1 ost-office, and attention is called to the following postal regulation : " Newspapers for transmission within the colony shall be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication may be reach y seen. Packages of newspapers consisting of more than one number shall be treated as bookpaekages.