589
fost
ations within
the limits of the Colony by the Legislature or Legislative. Authority of which such tot,
Ordinance should be made and suxctect and the
law or
eater of postage to be charged for the tran
the transmission om conveyance of letters within such limits.
The Fort Office
act
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38
Vict. c. 22-) enacted (Acc F.) that the Frex-sury sught from
to time by
warin
rate of postage
to be charged by
time A fix the
or other suns
on under the
authority of the Postmaster General in respect of postal packets or any description thereof, conveyed on delivered for conveyance by post whether in the united kingdoms on elsewhere or liable under the Acts mentioned
Kii
in in Part II of the Achadule to that Act to be charged with rates of postage or other
Ammo, and regulate the scale of wrights and the circumstances according to which such enter charged.
on suns were bi be
Amongst the Acts mentioned in Part II of the Schedule is the Post Office (Butier) Act 1840.
The Statute Law Revision Ach 1878 (41 and 4.2. tit. c.79) repeated Section 33 of the Post Office (Duties) Act 1840 "except to much
defines letters chargeable with postage". The conjoint operation of section I of the act of 1875 and section 33 of the stat of 1840 as thus amended by the Statute Law - Hevision Act is to authorise the Treasury to fix the rates of postage the charged by
the