THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 660, 19 May 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I. —Town Lettes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony i from delivery at or from such Post-office Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepennv I Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ... Twopence j For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Twopence.] ll.—Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony i for delivery at or from any other Post-office within the same province— Not exceeding hfvlf-an-ounce ... TwopeuoeJ Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce ... " ... Fourpence 1 For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence \ ill.—lnterprovincial Letters Posted at any Post-office within the colonj ! for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar j Other province within the c tlony • i Not exceeding half an ounce, Threepence Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce Sixpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce Sixpence NEWSPAPERS. Forplaces within the colony, the Australian Catonies, and the United Kingdom, >-a Sue* and Southampton, are.chargeable w»\h a rate 1 of one penny. r Newspapers for the United Kingdom, vial Panama or Suez, one penny; and Marseilles threepence each. * In consequence of newspapers being fre-! quently posted in packages of more than one! number, the same are detained at the Chief' Post-office, and attention is called to the foil lowing 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 consist mg of more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.