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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
ORDINARY RATES OF POSTAGE AND
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION.
Inland Letters.*
1. The rates of postage when prepaid are as
follows : —
For a letter not above 1 oz.f - - Id.
" above 1 oz. but not above 2 oz. 1 Jd.
" " 2 oz. " 4 oz. 2d.
" " 4 oz. " 6 oz. 2|d.
" « 6 oz. " 8 oz. 3d.
" " 8 oz. " 10 oz. 3£d.
" " 10 oz. " 12 oz. 4d.
A letter above the weight of twelve ounces is liable
to a postage of one penny for every ounce, beginniog
with the first ounce. Thus, a letter weighing between
fourteen and fifteen ounces must be prepaid Is. 3d.
2. A letter posted unpaid is chargeable on delivery
with double postage; and a letter posted insuffi-
ciently prepaid is chargeable with double the
deficiency.
3. No letter may be above eighteen inches ia
length, nine inches in width, or six inches in depth,
unless it be sent to or from one of the government
offices.
Colonial and Foreign Letters.
1. The rates of postage on letters to the colonies
and foreign countries will be found in the Table of
Colonial and Foreign Postage.
2. To some countries prepayment of the postage
is compulsory. Where this is the case, the fact is
indicated in the Table of Colonial and Foreign
Postage by the letter c prefixed to the rates of
postage; prepayment being in all other cases optional.
3. To some countries the whole of the postage
cannot be prepaid; and where this is the case, the
letter a is prefixed to the rates in the Table of
Colonial and Foreign Postage, to indicate that an
additional charge is levied on delivery.
4. A letter posted unpaid, or paid only in part,
directed to go by a route by which prepayment is
compulsory, is sent to the Returned Letter Office, to
be sent back to the writer, unless there is another
route by which prepayment is not required ; in
which case the letter is sent by the latter route.
Letters, however, for Australia and New Zealand,
if prepaid as much as one rate (even though the pre-
payment be insufficient), are not detained, but are
forwarded charged with the deficient postage and an
additional rate.
5. A letter posted insufficiently prepaid for a place
to which prepayment is optional is sent forward
charged ; the value of the stamps, however, being,
as a rule, taken into account.
6. The following are the charges made on delivery
at the under-mentioned places upon letters posted
unpaid (wholly or in part) : — J
* Inland letters are those which pass between places
in the United Kingdom, including the Isle of Man, the
Oilcney, Shetland, Seilly, and Channel Islands.
t If the weight bo exceeded to the smallest extent, even
though the balance be merely turned, the letter becomes
liable to a higher postage. The same rule applies to
letters going abroad. To provide, therefore, for errors
in scales, &c, it is well to allow a little margin, or to pay
the postage of the next greater weight.
i See also the column headed " Charge beyond ordinary
rate, &c." in the Table of Colonial and Foreign Postage.
6d. each in addition to-
the deficient postage.
In the case of Italy,
however, stamps of
less value than one
rate of postage are not
taken into account.
Is. each in addition to
the deficient postage.
Alexandria, via Brindisi. ~]
Bermuda, via New York or
Halifax.
Bey rout, via Brindisi.
Cape Coast Castle.
Constantinople, via Mar-
seilles.
Falkland Islands.
Gambia.
Gibraltar.
Gold Coast.
Italy.
Lagos.
Malta.
Mauritius.
Sierra Leone.
Smyrna, via Marseilles.
Suez, v. Brindisi or So'ton.
British West Indies.
Cape of Good Hope.
China.
Hong Kong.
Labuan.
Natal. }
Penang. j
St. Croix. |
St. Helena.
St Thomas. j
Singapore. j
Ceylon and India. 9d. in addi. to deficient post.
Egypt (ex. Alex, & Suez). 8d. in addition to postage.
Belgium.
Canada.
Holland, via Belgium.
Nova Scotia.
Newfoundland.
New Brunswick.
Prince Edward Island.
United States.
Austria.
Denmark.
Gerroairy.
Switzerland, via Belgium,
Turkey, via Belgium.
The Azores.
Cape de Verd Islands.
Greece.
Madeira.
Portugal.
Sweden, via Denmark.
Holland, via France.
3d. each in addition to
[ the deficient postage.
J
| 3d. per half-ounce in
Y addition to the de-
ficient postage.
J
2d. perratein addition to
the deficient postage.
Canary Islands.
Majorca.
Minorca.
Spain.
Algeria.
France.
J
8d. per quarter-ounce.
("Double the prepaid rate,
j if less than one rate be
J. paid; and double the
j deficiency, if one whole
^ rate be prepaid.
f Double the prepaid rate,
-< minus the valne of any
(_ stamps affixed.
Letters posted unpaid (wholly or in part) for the
following places, if sent by French packet, are charged
with a postage of 9d. per ^ oz. ; partial prepayment
not being recognised in these cases.
Alexandretta.
Ineboli.
Bevrout.
Jaffa.
Dardanelles.
Kerassun
Galatz.
Latakia.
Ibraila.
Mersina.