THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 661, 21 May 1870, Page 4

THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

I.—Town Lettjes. Posted at any Post-office within the colony from delivery at or from such Post-office— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Onepenny Exceeding half-an-ounce but not exceeding one ounce ...Twopence For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... ~. Twopence. 11. Country Letters. Posted at any Post-office within the colony for delivery at or from any other Post-offica within the same province— Not exceeding half-an-ounce ... Twopeuce, Exceeding half-an-ounee but not exceeding one ounce Fourpence. For every ounce or fraction of an ounce over one ounce ... Fourpence IH.—lntehprovincial Letters. • Posted at any Post-office within the colon* for delivery at or from any Post-office in ar # other province within the olony— Not excelling 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 Colonies, and the United Kingdom, v'a Suez and Southampton, are chargeable w'ih a rate of one penny. Newspapers fo* 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 ba readily seen. Packages of newspapers consist ing of more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.