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RATES OF POSTAGE.
Rates of Postage at the British Post Offices in China and Japan.
D.P. signifies that Registered Letters are charged DOUBLE POSTAGE; N.R., after the name of a place, that there is No REGISTRATION to that place; (*) Prepayment is compulsory; British, by British Packet; French, United States, and Private, mean by French or United States Packet, or by Private Steamer, respectively. Newspapers must be paid at so much each, and no single Newspaper must exceed four ounces in weight. Prices Current and Circulars may be paid as Newspapers or Books. Any packet of Newspapers or Printed Matter may be paid as a Book.
COUNTRIES or Europa.
PACKET.
SUPERSCRIPTION.
LETTERA.
PER OZ.
REGIS-
"TRATION.
•
News-
* PAPEES.
BOOKS AND PATTERNS. Per 4 os.
Via
cents.
cents. cents.
i on.
cents.
2 on [Per 4 oɛ.
British
Brindisi..
28
B
12
French
Marseilles....
*United Kingdom......
British
Southampton.......
24
Private
Per-
12
2
Private
Do., Via Brindisi
22
8
12
British
Brindisi..
18
12
10
Austria, Germany, Hungary...{
French
Marseilles..
.(a)}
38
D.P.
Cannot be paid,
British
Trieste.........
22
12
10
British
Brindisi..
18
Bo'gium, Denmark Faroe Is-
lands, Heligoland, Holland, Iceland, Roumanis, Servis, Switzerland
French
British
Norway, Sweden, Russia..
French
British
Marseilles
Trieste..
British Brindisi..
Marseilles....
Trieste......
.(a)
98
24
...(a)
96
26
France and Algeria ........
British
Italy........
French
..(a)
British
British
Spain......
Fren h
British
Gibraltar......
Brindisi...
Marseilles ....
Southampton......
..(a).
British Gibraltar.......
British
Brindisi.......
Portugal, The Azores, Madeira
French
Marseilles.....
.(a)
British
Southampton.........
British
Gibraltar..
French
.(a)
British
Turkey....
*Greece........
Malts.......
British Office.........
British Austrian Office.....
Franch
French Office................(a)|
Alexandria...........
* * * * 3 2 2 2 3 2 3 3
1 2 3 8 8 * 3 * 8 8 8
19
10
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
12
6
14
18
12
4
10
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
12
6 |
14
24
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
14
12
21
36
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
24
None.
41
Letter Rate.
36
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
D.P.
None.
8
Cannot be paid.
14
24
None.
4
Letter Rate.
38
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
38
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
28
16
12
24
8
38
D.P.
Cannot be paid.
24
8
2
22
12
4
10
96
D.P.
2
Cannot be paid.
British
8
None.
8
Cannot be paid.
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(a) These rates do not apply to Shanghai and Yokohama, where there are French Post Offices.