THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 447, 6 January 1869, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony from delivery at or from such Post-office-r-Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding ohe ounce ... Twope;i;» For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence. ll.—Countrt Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-office within the same province Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuee. Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fonrpence For every ounce or fraction of a" ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence lII.—IMTERPKOVI.VCIAL LETTERS. Posted at any Post-office within the eolonj for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar , other province within the c >lony Not exceeding half an ounce,' Threepence. Exceeding halr-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... ... Sixpence. «- Oi e - . eiy ounce or fraction of an ounoe over one ounce ... ... sixpence NEWSPAPERS Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Colonies and the United Kingdom, via Suez and Southampton, are chargeable with a rate of one penny. Newspapers for the United Kingdom, via I anama or buez, one penny; and Marseilles, threepence each. ' In consequence of newspapers bei"<* <V C quently posted in packages of more than one number, the same are detained at the Chief I ost-office, and attention is called to the fol lowing postal regulation : " Newspapers for transmission within the colony sha ]be posted in single numbers, so put up that the date of publication mav be readily seen. Packages of newspapers consistingoi more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.