380
$
Under Above
*
1
2
21
oz.
08
not ex. 1 oz.
016
6
7 I 12
RATES OF POSTAGE.
CHINA, JAPAN, MANILA, &c.
Above 5 oz. not ex. 6 oz. Ö 96 | Above 11 oz. not ex. 12 oz 192
Ja
*
12
"7
**
*
11
**
2
032
7
8 1 28
13
13 208 14 224
**
ย
"
**
3
0 48
9
144
14
15
240
"
"
"
**
"
3
4
064
9
10
160
15
16 256
1
*1
"
"
"
..
19
4
5
0 80
10
11
176
"
++
And so on, adding 16 couts for every ounce or fraction of an ounce. Newspapers, 2 cents each.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified, that, under the provisions of a Treasury Warrant which will come into operation on the 1st of January next, the postage (British and Foreign combined), upon letters not exceeding oz. in weight posted in the United Kingdom, addressed to officers in the Army serving in the Colonies, or sent by officers in the Army serving in the Colonies to the United Kingdom, will be reduced to sixpence, and therefore that on and after the date named upon all letters of this description addressed to the United Kingdom, which may be posted at this office, the reduced rate of sixpence per oz. will be levied, increasing for heavier letters according to the usual scale, provided that the following conditions be complied with, viz:—that the signature of the officer sending the letter be superscribed thereon, together with the signature of the commanding officer of the Regiment, corps, or detachment in which such officer is serving, or the signature of the head of the Department to which such officer belongs.
All letters which may be forwarded under the regulations of this Warrant will he subject, in addition, to the payment of any foreign postage which may be charge-
able thereon.
Officers' letters therefore which may be sent from Hongkong to the United King- dom via Marseilles will be subject, in addition, to the French transit rate of 44. per 102.
For example, the postage on a letter.
Under ¦ oz.
12 cents.
VIA SOUTHAMPTON.
| Above 4 oz. und Above 1 oz. and | Above 14 oz. and
not exceeding 1 oz. not exceeding 12 oz. not exceeding 2 oz.
24 cents.
36 cents.
48 cents.
For every aldi-
tional } oz.
12 cents.
Under oz.
20 cents.
Above į oz. and
VIA MARSEILLES.
Above 1 oz. and Above 12 oz. and | not exceeding 1 oz. not exceeding 14 oz. not exceeding 2 oz.)
40 cents.
60 cents.
80 cents.
For every addi- tional ¦ oz.
20 cents.
letters which may be posted unpaid or insufficiently paid will be liable to the deficient postage, together with a further rate of sapenes,
F. W. MITCHELL, Postmuister (xeneral.
General Post Office, Hongkong, 17th December, 1867.
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