THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume III, Issue 451, 12 January 1869, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within tlie colon" from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepennj Exceeding half-an-ounce but not excoeding ohe otjnce ... Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... ... Twopence 11. Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the eolonj for delivery at or from any other Post-offio within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuce, Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exeeedin" one ounce Fcunence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence 111. ISTERPROVINCIAL LETTERS. Posted at any Post-office within the colon] for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar, other province within the r jlony— Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence. Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... ~. Sixpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ouuce 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 Panama 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 Post-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 readily seen. Packages of newspapers consisting of more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.