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282 POSTAGE DIRECTOEY.
The title of the publication must be written or printed immediately above the ad-
dress ; and any other writing than such address, name, initial, or mark for reference of
any kind, calculated to convey information as to the party by whom such publication is
forwarded, will subject the same to full letter rates of postage.
Prices Current cannot be forwarded a second time without being charged full letter
postage.
Prices Current from any colony or place abroad by private ship, are charged the same
rate as newspapers. Prices Current from any British colony by packet, direct to any
place in the United Kingdom, one penny each.
Prices Current from any foreign country by packet (except France, Belgium, Holland,
and China), direct to the IJnited Kingdom, twopence each.
Prices Current, from whatever part (except China), received by way of Prance, Bel-
gium, Holland, or Hamburg, twopence each.
PERIODICAL PUBLICATIONS, &c.
Periodical works, unstamped, and not of daily publication, parliamentary proceed-
ings, &c., may be forwarded to and from France, Belgium, Bremen {via Hamburg),
Hamburg, Lubeck (via Hamburg), Oldenburg, Holland, Prussia {via Holland), and
the United States (but not to countries passing through), under the following regula-
tions : —
1st, The postage must be paid in advance (except those inward),
2d, They must be sent in covers open at the sides, for examination.
3d, They must be printed in the English language, or the language of the country
from which they are sent.
The rate on such works will be as follows : —
Not exceeding 2 oz. in weight, one penny.
Not exceeding 3 oz. in weight, sixpence.
And twopence for every additional ounce to 1 6 inclusive, beyond which weight no publi-
cation can be forwarded except paid for as letters.
Plates of fashions, music, &c., accompanying newspapers and periodicals, are to be
considered as part of such publication, and are not liable to extra charge. Prints pub-
lished with newspapers, and duly stamped, may be sent by post separately as a news-
paper ; but those bearing the supplement stamp of |d. only must be sent with the paper
it belongs to, and be under the weight of two ounces.
Periodicals posted without previous payment will be forwarded as unpaid letters, and
no single pamphlet, or work unnumbered, and without reference to its continuance at
any other time or period, can be considered or taken to be a periodical.
Pamphlets, altliough not ■published periodically, may be forwarded to the United
States at the same rates as above, when not exceeding eight ounces.
PRINTED VOTES AND PROCEEDINGS OF THE IMPERIAL PARLIAMENT,
AND OP THE COLONIAL LEGISLATURES,
Whether paid or unpaid, pass at the same rates to the colonies, by packet, as between
places in the United Kingdom. Where there are no packets, they may be forwarded
by private ships at double these rates. They are not, however, foi-warded to places
through France, under the full rates of letter postage. The following are the rates
chargeable : —
Under 4 oz., Id.
Above 4 oz. and under 8 oz., 2d.
Above 8 oz. and under 12 oz., 3d. — and so on.