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POST OFFICE REGULATIONS.
17
ORDINAEY EATES OF POSTAGE AND
CONDITIONS OF TRANSMISSION.
(1.) 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. l^d.
" " 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, beginning
with the first ounce. Thus, a letter weighing be-
tween 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 insufficiently
prepaid is chargeable with double the deficiency.
3. No letter may be above eighteen inches in length,
nine inches in width, or six inches in depth, unless it
be sent to or from one of the government ofiices.
(2.) 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 (even though
the prepayment be insufficient), if prepaid as much as
one rate, 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, inchiding the Isle of Man, the
Orkney, Shetland, Scilly, and Channel Islands.
t If the weight he exceeded to the smallest extent,
even though the halance 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.
X See also the column headed " Charge beyond ordinary
rate, &c.," in the Table of Colonial and Foreign Postage.
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Gd. each in addition to
the deficient postage.
Is. each in addition to
( the deficient postage.
J.
Od. in add!, to deficient post.
( 3d. per half-ounce each,
I inaddi. to deficient post.
I Double the prepaid rate,
V minus the value of
I any. stamps affixed.
/■Sd. per half-ounce, minus
J the value of any stamps
(^ affixed.
Bermuda, via New York
Halifax.
Cape Coast Castle.
Cape of Good Hope.
Falkland Islands.
Gambia.
Gold Coast.
Lagos.
Mauritius.
Natal.
Sierra Leone.
St. Helena.
British West Indies.
China.
Hong Kong.
Labuan.
Penang.
St. Croix.
St. Thomas.
Singapore.
Ceylon.
India.
Canada.
Nova Scotia.
New Brunswick.
Newfoundland.
Prince Edward Island.
Cape de Verd Islands,
Austria.
Azores.
Belgium.
Beyrout.
Canary Islands.
Constantinople.
Denmark.
Egypt.
France and Algeria.
Germany.
Gibraltar.
Greece.
Holland.
Italy.
Madeira.
Majorca.
Minorca.
Malta.
Norway.
Portugal.
Smyrna.
Spain.
Sweden.
Switzerland.
Tangier.
Tunis.
Turkey.
United States.
7. The same rates are chargeable in this country-
upon unpaid, or insufficiently paid letters received
from the above-named places, with the exception that
letters from China are charged the prepaid rate only.
8. No letter for any colony or foreign country
may be above two feet in length or one foot in
width or depth.
Routes.
9. Letters not specially directed by a particular
Double the prepaid rate,
minus the value of
any stamps affixed.