PRESENT
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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 25, 1975
PROPOSED
G
+
1 OZ.
0.20
0.30
2
0.40
0.50
0,50
0.65
J
8
1.10
1.30
L.B.
2.10
2.50
3.50
4.50
5.50
6.50
AS FOR OTHER RATES FOR OVERSEAS MAIL, MR. HADDON-CAVE_DISCLOSED THAT THE POSTMASTER GENERAL WAS REVIEWING THEM IN THE LIGHT OF THE NEW CRITERIA ESTABLISHED BY THE LAUSANNE CONVENTION OF THE UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION.
THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY ALSO PROPOSED THAT THE COST OF REGISTERING MAIL, BOTH INLAND AND OVERSEAS ITEMS, BE INCREASED FROM THE PRESENT CHARGE OF $1 TO $2.
IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THESE INCREASES IN POSTAL CHARGES WILL BRING IN AN ADDITIONAL REVENUE OF $17 MILLION FOR NEXT YEAR.
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