THE NEW POSTAGE RATES.

Westport Times, Volume IV, Issue 664, 28 May 1870, 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 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-office 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 in.—lnterprovinciai, Letters Posted at any Post-office within the colonj for delivery at or from any Post-office in ac * other province within the calony— 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 Colonies and the United Kingdom, v» 9 Suei and Southampton, are chargeable W«h a rate of one penny. Newspapers foi 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 Chiei fost-oflice, and attention is called to the fol. lowing 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 ol more than one number shall be treated as bookpackages.