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No. 3009-APRIL 22, 1878.]

POSTAL RATES. Subjoined we give the postal rates how in force for transmission of corre spondence to all parts of the world. Detailed rules, affecting the transmiin-

Hongkong Rates of Postage.

·By British Packet.

Letters.

Registration.

Newspapers.

Books,

12 2

Patterns,

sion of packets, parcels, &,, will be France, oz) 18 D.P. OP. O.P.

Algoria, found annexed, together with a number Italy, of miscellaneous and useful notices.]

Spain,

Via Gibraltar, 24 None 4 t

Brindisi (oz.)18 None C.S. C.9. Southampton, None 8 3(2ox.) Portugal,

Via Gibraltar, ......24 No: e

1, Brindisi (1 oz.) 18 D.P. 0.9. C.. Southampton,.84 16 6 6(2 oz.) Turkey,-

British Office....... 20 8 Austrian Office,....22 12 Greece (oz),.......12 None Gibraltar,..

.24 8 4 Malta,

8 8 2

(Revised January 1st, 1876.) -

In the following Statements and Tables the Rates, are given in cents,

and are,

for Lettera, per half ounce, for Books and Patioros, per four ounces, unless otherwise

stated.

*Newspapers over four ounces in weight are charged as double, treble, &c., as the -case may be, but such papers or packets of papers may be sent at Book Rate, Two Newspapers must not be folded together as one, nor must anything whatever be insorted sxcept bond tido Supplements.

Printed mattor busy, kowever, be enclosed; it the whole be paid at Book Bate, Prices Cur- rent may be paid either an Newspapera of Booka.

(Br.) means By British Packet; (Ft) by French Fucket; (U. 8.) by United States Paket P, means Double Postage: ́0, P., cannot be paid; O. S., cannot be

Beat; i, at Letter Rate.

⠀⠀

22(2 02.)

4 10

C.P.

O.P.

8 8.

THE CHINA MAIL.

addressing Letters de, for well-known to the Money Firms and Individuals to London only; under peculiar but this practice not unfrequently occasions Offico of the Country delay in such Letters &c., reaching their was drawn think proper. rightful owners. well the Firm or Individual for whom a by whomsoever presented, the P

In all cases, however

16. After once paying letter is intended may be known, it ia most will not be liable to any further d assential to ensure its correct and prompt a wrong payment, however, be made o side and the number of the house, should the Post Office, the Postmaster General of delivery, that, the Street in which they to negligence on the part of any Officer b form a part of the address.

the Country or Colony in which the negli gence occurs will, if he see fit, require the Officer in fault to make good the loa

17. No Money Order will be paid tipiese the advice has been previously received., 18-Additional Rules for greater spot rity agains fraud, and for the batter work- ing of the system generally will be meda as ocossion may require.

drawings, prints, or maps, and any quantity To provide the greatest possible facilities of paper, or any other substange in ordinary for posting. Correspondence for Europe, use for writing or printing upon; and the do up to the fatest moment before the books or other publications, points, maps, departure of the French Packets, arrange to., may be either printed, wrinou, en rents have boon made for receiving at the graved, lithographed, or plain, or auyPost Office "late letters for Singapore und mixture of these. Further, ail-fegitimate the United Kingdohi only from 11.10A.M. binding, mounting, or covering of a book, to 11.50 Each letter muat boar a dc., or of a portion thereof, is allowed, late fee of 18 conta extra poatage. whether such binding, obese or in above arrangement is intended to attached; as also rullors in the case of moet occasional emergencies, and not for printa or mups, markere (whether of paper the regular posting of extensive correspon- or otherwise) in the case of books, pona ordence. Should it be found, therefore, that pencils in the case of pucket-books, c, large and nnmanageable numbers of letters

Many boxes of lestors are received at the and, in short, whatever is necessary for the are habitually thrown upon the Department's llice not sealed, that in to say, the safe transmission of such articles, or usually at the last moment, & heavier late fee will box is instoned with sealing wax, but there appertains thereto; but the binding, rollers, be imposed.

is no impression of à 960" ko, must not be sent sa a separate packet, A similar supplementary Mail will be. The Attention of boxbolders is called

Cirmulars,—¿.6., lettera which are intend-made up for Shanghai by the English and ed for transmission in identical terms to French Contract Steamers, the late letters several persons, and the whole or the being received from 10 minutes after, up greater part of which is printed, engraved, to half an hour after the time of closing precaution leaves a doubt as to whether the

The late fee will also ba 18 cents,

or lithographed,may also be sent by book post.

But a book-packet may not contain any

letter, or communication of the nature of a Patterns cannot be sent to Spain, Por-letter (whether separate or otherwise), tugal or resce.

unless it be a circular-letter or be wholly printed; nor any enclosure sealed or in any way olosed against inspection; nor any I other enclosure not allowed by Kale 3.

By French Packet. (Letters oz.)

D. P. O.P.

I None ICS.

C.P. C.S.

[18] D. P. O,P.

CR C.

France & Algeria,..12 D.P. C.P. C.P. Italy, Spain, Portugal, Turkey,......

12 D.P. 2 Greece,.....

C.P. [12] Noue O. P. Gibraltar,..

18 None (C.S. 0.8. Patterns cannot be sent to Italy, Turkey,

or Greece.

this rule be infringed, the entire packet

is charged as a letter

A book-packet may be posted either without a cover (in which coas it mast not Pfastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, eealing wax, postage stamp, or otherwise), or in a cover eutirely open at both ends, so as to admit of the contents being easily withdrawn for examination; uthorwite it is treated as a letter. For, the greater security of the contente, however, it may be tied at the ends with string; Postmasters being authorised to cut the string in such cases, although if they do so they must again tie up the packet.

W.'Africa, Islands of the Atlantic, (casept St. Helena and Ascension), North, Central, and South America. Falkland Islands, Lagos, Gold

Lelands, Azores, Bermudas.

Coast,

No book packet may be above ō lbs.

TOWN POSTAGE (Victoria) ¡Letter, News Liberia, Sierra Leone, Gambia, Cape Verdin weight, nor above 24 incites in length,

paper, Book, or L'attern, 2 cents.

RATES DY PRIVATE SIBAMES.-To the United Kingdom, see Table given below. To all other places the Kate i, Letters, cents; Newspapers and Prices Current, 2 conts, Books and Patterns, 6 cents, which sist be prepaid, except when the address is to india,

Letters,

Registration, Newspapers,

Vin Brindisi Via Sou or Marseilles, thampton,

8 12

Books and Patterns, 18 United States (via Europe), Canary and Madeira Islands, Canada, Vancouver's Js

12 inches in width, or 12 inches in depth, unless it be sent to or from one of the Government offices.

When, owing to a great and unusual influx of lettere, books, do, the transmis sion or delivery of the letters would be delayed if the whole mail were dealt with without distinction, book packets may be

to the necessity of carefully sealing such boxes with, some recognisable ssal, and of sending & Chit book or roucipt with them. The omission of the latter

contents of the box ever reached the Fost fice; the omission of the former, as to whether part of thieni might not have been ptamps. abstracted for the sake of the Postage

The Postmaster at San Francisco has given notice that letters despatched from Ofice, or as consignees letters) by the Uni- this Colony (whether through the Post ted States, Mail Pankete, will not be for- It is not generally possible to count the warded to any places not within the United letters sent in sealed boxes (except where States unless the proper Postage from there are only three or four) and therefore America to such places be prepaid in the Post Office receipt to auch an entry as, American Postage Stamps, but will be 47 for London, 16 for Calcutta, 3 for returned to this Office.

Penang, ärior Singapore," muss: be taken Such letters should either be prepaid into mean no more than what is stated, viz., both Hongkong and American Stamps as that one box was duly received. above, or posted to an Agent in the United States..

Stamps, for Poatal purposes, of the values of $2, $8, and $10, can be obtained at the Post Office.

This notice chiefly applies to the following places, the American rates of Postage to which are as follows-

Honolulu: Lettera, 6 Centa per oz;' Newspapers, 2 Cents; Books, 4 Cents per á oz. Brazil: Letters, 15 Conts per oz. · Peru, Chili & Letters, 22 Cents per

oz.; Newspapers, 4 Cente; Books, 10 Cents per 4 vs.

Miscellaneous Notices,

The Post Oflice is not, by law, responsible arize. from the non-delivery, mis-sending, for any loss or inconvenience which may

or mis-delivery of any letter, book, or other postal packet (even if the packet be ru gistored); por is the Post Office responsible tor any injury which a packet may sustain

Correspondence to india by Private Shinland, Prince Edward's Island, New Brun kept back till the next despatch or delivery during its transmission 4.5

cannot be propati, by Indiati Aail prepay- ment 20 optionable

I. B. fat, du trang, động B. Africa, St. Helena, Ascension, Malta.

LETTERS-Ports of China and Japan, Macau, United States (US), Bangkok, Manila, Singapore, Penang, India, Ceylon, Aden, Maita, 8 cents.

Except India, Ceylon, and Aden, by French Pucket, 12 conia.

Batavia, 12; Saigon and Pondicherry, (Fr.) 12 ; Now Caledonia, (Fr.) 18, † 02.

Zanzibar, Natal, Cape, St. Helena, As- cension, 20; Mauritius," "22,

Alexandria and Suez, (Br.) 12, (Fr.) 12, જે વ

24.

Australia, New Zealand, Tasmanis, Fiji,

REGISTRATION, 8 cents, except 'Straits, Batavia, India, Aden, Suez (Br.), Zanzibar, &c., Australia, &c., 12; saigon, l'ondi- cherry, Alexandria (Fr.) and Suez (Fr.), double postage. Thore a no Registration to Bangkok, New Caledonia, or Zanzibar.

NEWSPAPERS (To all the above places) 2

Cont.

BOOKS AND PATTERNS, 6 cente, except -Maltu, W.-Africa, St. Lelona, Ascension; 6. Books to New Caledonia, Letler Bate

Patterns cannot be sent by Freach Packet to Pondicherry, New Caledonia, Alexandria, or Suez, and cannot be paid to Saigon.

Australia, New Zealand, Tasmania, Fiji, 1 oz, 3 bents; 2 oz., 4 cents; Every 4 oz., 8 centa,

The United Kingdom.

Superscription. vid

Lettera,

Papers.

Books & Patterns.

Every

Brindisi (Br.)....36 6 4

Marseilles (Fr.)...30 6

Bouth'mpton (Br.)24 4

By Priv. Steamer 12 2

,, via Brindisi 24 6

1 o 2 oz.

40%.

S.Francisco (U.S.24 42

Registration Fes, 8 cents.

Hof in the existence of a Parcil Fost by which such articles as Fans, Curios, Bilk Dresses, Scarves, Jewellery, Artificial Teath, &c., can be forwarded at low rates.

swick, Newfoundland, and Nova Scotia, j

Lotters, Registration, Newspapers,

B .18

6 12

Books and Patterus, W. Indies, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Coats Rio, Guadaloupe, Guatemala, Grey Town, Hayti, Honduina, La Guayra, Mexico, Monte Video, New Granada, Panama, Paraguay, Porto Hica, Surinam, Uruguay, and Venezuela.

Letters, Newspapers,

46 6

Books and Patterns, Registration, None'

except to Brasil and

British West Indies,

Bolivia, Chill, Ecuador, and Peru.

Letters,

Newspapers,

Books and Patterns, Registration,

14 None..

Any publication fulfilling the conditions hereafter named can paas as a newspaper.

The conditions are as follows-

lat. The publication must consist wholly or in great part of political or other news, or of articles relating thereto, or to other current topics, with or without advertiso-

tents.

2nd. It must be published in numbers at intervals of not more than 31 days, and must be printed on a sheet or shoots un- stitched.

3rd. The full title and date of publication must bo printed at the top of the first page, and the whole or part of the title and the dato of publication at the top of every subsequent page; and this regulation applies to Tables of Contents and indices.

A newspaper posted unpaid, or a packet of newspapers posted either unpaid or

insuficiently, paid, is treated as an unpaid

The limit of size for a book-packet addressed to any place abroad is 24 inches in length and 14 inobes in width or depth..

Exceptions. No packet for Algeria, Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, Madeira, or Portugal, or for Egypt, Syris, or Turkey, when sent by French Packet, must be above 18 inches in length, width, or depth,

AU DEGARDS PATTERNS, They must not be of intrinsic value. This rule excludes all artioles of nasieable nature, and indeed whatever may have a value of its own, apart from its more use sa a pattern; and the quantity of any material sont ostensibly as a pattern muat not be so great that it can fairly be con- sidered as having on this ground an intrin- aio value.

Pattern and Sample Post to colonies and foreign countries- is restricted to bona fide trade patterns or samples of merchandise. Goods seur for sale, or in execution of au

order (however small the quantity may be), or any articles sent by one private indivi- dual to another, which are not actual patterns or samples, are not admissible.

Patterns or samples, when practicable, must be sent in covers open at the ends, and in such a manner as to be easy of examination. But samples of seeds, drugs, and such like articles, which cainot be seat only,rasy be posted enclosed in boxes, or iù covers of this kind,—but such articles

bags of linen, of other material, fastened in such a manner that they may be readily opened; or, in the case of seeda, &c., for the United States of America, Holland, and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzerland, in bags entirely closed, pro vided such closed bags are transparent, so as to enable the Officers of the Lost Office readily to satisfy themselves as to the nature of the contents,

To guard against such injury all postal packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed in strong covers and even with this precaution no fragile article should be sent through the Past. It should be remembered that every packet has to be handled several times that it is exposed to considerable pressure and friction in the mall bag and

that, whenever the bag has in the course of its transmission to be transferred by means of the railway apparatas, the risk of injury is much increased.

Money Order Begulations. 1.-Money Ordena will be issued at this Ottice and at the Agencies thereof at Shanghai sud Yokohama on all the Money Order Offices in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, for aponata not exceeding £10, at the rate of Exobange Current for lunch Mail, and charged with Commission according to the following Scale, viz.:-

Cents.

POST OFFICE NOTICE. Unclaimed Correspondence,

April 21st, 1876. Tikk Leta. Papa.

Andrews, C. A. 5 Andrews, C. 8. 1 Bales, James Bnitzer, T. Balten, Mre

Bernol,

Lets:Faps.

Medon, Moner, 2

*Morgurd, Bir

1. Morris,

Morris, J.

1 Morrison, Mr

Xddle.

Frensi Bowden, Bryner, Jules Barns, J. P. Chapman, S.

Champenois,

Moner. O

Chiong Siu Fat 1 Conceição, Maria 2

·Cowan, Esq.

Mu Hing. Mun Kee

Myer, Mime, R. Nain

Ngok

Nouvels,

Osboque

Packer, Mr Parsons, R. T. Pearson, Mr

Pinto, Andre 0.1 Piton, Capt. J.G.1 Place, Ed, Wis, Folli, Signora

Eloisa

Ramband, Moner. 1

1 Bidshard, G. (Pilot) Rodrigues,

1 rega, Leocadia

Rodrigues, Joana, 1- Rowland, Bannel 1 66, H. Roque de 1

Cresswell, Geo. 1 Crooker, Thos. Lan Lawes, De Lasaux, A. 1 George & De Silva, S. Dodds, J. Doriani, Mdm. 1 Dupont, Mons.C. 1 Fenn, James Fisher, Disa

Fanny Fong Mow Gamble, Robert Gonzalez, Filipe Hansen, J. A.* 1 Mo Chean Uher Hurst, W. Jones, E. A Johnstous

Somerset

For sums not exceeding £2,18 Above 22 and not exceeding £36

5 126

£75. £7

Y£10,....72 -Nu Money Order to include a trac... coal part of a Penny. dom upon Hongkong, Shanghai, and Yoko-Kai ba

will be paid as the rate of Exchange Kaiser, N. ruling on the day of arrival of the adpinss

3.--Orders drawn in the United King-

of such ordera.

Alphabetion Lists of over 3,700 Money Order Oifiges in the United King are situated, are hung up for public refer. dom, showing the, Counties in which they

gros at this Office, and also at Shanghar and YokohamEL,

.....

but

the

were term Wesara,, such as Mesra, Hi-

2 Samuels, Mira

1 Santos, Marvelinol

Smith, Joseph i Steedman,

: Kirkwood, James

Lanthy, Mr Lo

Yum-ling Louis, Mrs

compradore

Marks, N. W. Marks, 1,

Martin, Charles 1

John

Fatrick B

Thomson, David 1

regd. Tiang Pen

Vanvig, Z.

1 Wallecs, George "1"

Warren, H

Wolsh, D. E.

Wola, Luis

Willes, T. R.

Woodworth, A.B.2 Wootten, Henry 1

For Merchant Ships.

¡Leta: Paps.

Abbotsford, 8.8. 1 Adela Alfredo Aurie Fish Balgownie Beemah Birker

0,--Applicants for Money Orders must No information can be given respoting the initial of one Christian name, both or furnish, in full, the surname, and, at least, letters which pass through a Post face except to the persons to whom they are

the emitter and the Payee; if the Remit- addressed; and in to other way is official or or Payso be a Peer or a Bishop, his or- information of a private character allowed dinary title will be sufficient, if a firm, the to be made public. A Postrester may, Buring Brothers will autfico;

usual designation of such firm, such as however, give an address if he has no reason to believe that the person whose address it sngton, or the naine of a Company tradt Blair Athol is would disapprove of his doing so.

Postmasters are not allowed to return any under a title which does not consist of latter or other packet to the writer or gender, the names of the persons composing it, suCL it to its destination according to the address, or to any one else, or to delay forwarding a Carron Co. in inadmissible.

b.-The Remitter on stating that the Or even though a request to such effect boder as to be paid only through a Bank, to written thereon.

have the option of giving or withdrawing the name of the Payoo; in such case, the Order will be croused in the same way that Cheques are commonly crossed when they are intended to be paid through a bank,

7.When an Order is presented through

Fostmasters are not bound to give change, nor are they authorised to demand change; and when money is paid at a Post Office, whether as ch nge or otherwise, no question as to its right amount, goodness, or weight_| can be entertained after it has been removed | » Bank, a receipt by any person will be sut- from the counter.

digiont, provided the Order be crossed with the nine of the receiving Bank, and bể presented by some Person known to be in the employ of such bank,

Postmasters are not bound to weigh any letters or other packets for the public, but they may do so if their duty be not thereby impeded.

The practice of sealing letters passing to and from the East and West Indies, and other countries with hot climates, with wax (except such as is specially prepared), is attended with much inconvenience, aud frequently with serious injury, not only to the lettera ao sealed but to the other letters in the mail, from the melting of the wax and adhesion of the letters to each other. The public are therefore recommended, in all such cases, to use either wafers or gum, and to advise their correspondents in the coun- tries referred to, to, do the same,

Кмета Ly-ee-moon Martha Broc

kletran

Leta. Pago.

Mount hetianon

Norham Castle

Ocean Chief Otago 2.Otter Caps

4 Panama

Paraguay, B. Pearl, 6.6. Pelham

2 Portsea 1 regd. Ponta, 5.8.

British Crown Calabar, se Capelara Artica 1 Carmarthenshire 1 Charlotte

Andrews Cheviot, s.. Christina A. P. Columba Cashan Dartmouth Ducdisot Echo

Eden

Beatrice Emmeline E. M. Young E. P. Bourais Flintshire, 8.8. Floiden Flying Spur Flying Eagle Fontenaye Glezenru, 8.8.

8.The signature of the Payee of a Mo- ney Order to be affixed to the Urder in the place provided for the purpose. If the Pagee bo unable to write lo must sign the receipt by making his mark in the presence of a Witness, we must sign his name, with nis addrose in the presence of the Officer Griffe who pays the Order.

It cannot be too distinctly stated that such things can only be sent as Letters, and the or insufficiently. paid book packet of the injure the contents of the Mail Bags or arranged with a view to such transmission. tion, orders will be given to stop payment

very cheapest rate is 12 cents per half ounce by Private Steamer,

(8 cento),

If the Parcel be heavy it can be sent thong of Messrs. Lane, Crawford, or Mr through one of the Parcel xpresses Don- W. H. Notley, which, for anything over 4 or 5 ounces, will be found cheaper than` the Poat.

same weight.

wrapper.

1 regd.Prince Arthur

Prince Lonis

1 Rachel

Raja, 9.9.

Killeras

Kiga, 8.3.

Roma

Bookwood

Rath

Salicia

2 Sarah Nicholson 1

1 Signal

1 regd.Sir Harry Parkes

regd.

1. regd.

bir W. Wallace 2

Sophie

2 Star of China

Star Queen Taunton Thetis

716 Tyburnia

Vindex

Virginia

Licka Till

Western Chief

William Manson

Lord Macaulay 1 Lord Maluff

1 Young Siam

Tor H. M. Ships.

Lete, Fap.

... Narcissus 2 3.Topaze

Vigilant

Books, etc. without Covers.

Australasian Sketcher.

Bolotina do Governo. British Mercantile Gazette. Chemnitzer Tageblatt (Beveral)

Christian Intelligencer.

Daily Post.

Der Bazar.

Dontsch Lander Beitung. Engineering.

Evans Sons & Co. Price Correct, Germanin

Greenock Advertiser, Horters Avis,

4th. A supplement must consist wholly or in great part of matter like that of a newspaper, or of advertisements, printed

9. Should the Payes of a Money Order on a sheet or sheets, or a piece or pieces of There must be no writing or printing

desire to receive payment in the Country in Juan F. Pearson 5 Victory paper, unstitched; or wholly or in part of upon or in say packet except the address

which the Order was issued, at some othei Jano engravings, prints, or lithographe illustra of the person for whom it is intended, the

Office than that in which the Order was ori Léonore tive of articles in the newspaper. The address of the sender, a trade mark or

ginally drawn, the transfer will be granted, supplement must in every case be published number, and the price of the articles,

provided the Order be inclosed to the with the newspaper, and must have the Samples of intrinsic valpe must not be

Postmaster of the Office in which it wa title and date of publication of the newspaper sent to any foreign country oxcept United

drawn. In such case a new Order will be printed at the top of overy page; or, if it | States; and in the case of France samples

issued, the Commission chargeable upon consists of engravinge, prints, or lithographs, of sider down, raw or thread silk, woollen

The registration of a packet makes its which will be deducted from the amount of at the top of every sheet or side,

or goats' hair thread, vanilla, saffron, trenaraission much more secure, inasmugh the new Order.

Audacione A packet containing two or more news. barmine, er iainglass, are considered to fail as, under ordinary circumstances, a regis

10.In the event of a Money Order Egeria. PARUEL POST.-Thare is a common be- Papers in.not chargeable with a higher rate under this rule if they weigh more than tered packet can be traced through its whole miscarrying or being lost, a duplicate wil Frolic

three ounces; and up to this weight raw course; and thus the loss of a registered be granted on a written application from Kestrel book packet of the same weight. of postage than would be chargeable on a

and spun silk, as well as coloured and packet is a very rare occurrence. Neverthe- the Payou, (containing the necessary twisted silk, may be sent to Germany,

less large sums money or other articles particulars, and accompanied by an addi- The rule which forbids the transmission of great value should not be sent through clonal Commission) to the Office where the the machinery of the Department is not 11.On the receipt of a similar applica through the Post of any article likely to the post, even if the packet be registered; as Original Order was payable. Boxes, or the person of any Officer of the By law, the Post Office is not responsible of a Money Order, or to renew a lapsed Post Office is, of course, applicable to the for the safe delivery of registered packets Order. The additional Commission in the Pattern Post; and a packet containing any though any officer who may neglect his last case will be deducted from the amount thing of the kind will be stopped, and not duty on this point will be called to strict of the new Order. Lapsed Orders must be sent its destination

Articles Buch as account. Sent in registered letters, valu presented with the application for a pew the following have been occasionally posted able articles aro exposed to risk, and offer a Urder. as Patterns, and have been detained as temptation which ought not to be created unit for the Post, vie, Vegetables, portes and the Department ennot in any way error in the name of the Remitter or Payer 12.But when it is desired that any lain and China, fruit, vegetables, bunches undertake the safe conveyance of such should be corrected or that the amount of of flowers, vattings of plants, spurs, knives, packstar All inland or colonial letters, Moray Order should be repaid to the noisers, needles, pius, pieces of machinery therefore, which contain coin, and ali Remitter, or that a Lapsed Order should metals, samples of ore, samples in glass jewellery, even though they be posted which the Order was originally drawn, sharp pointed instruments, samples of laland letters which contain watches or be renewed for payment in the Country in bottles, pieces of glass, acids of various without registration, are treated as register kinds, curry combs, copper and steel eu cd, and soarged on delivery with a double application must be made to the Chier graving plates, and confectionery of all registration fee of eightpence in addition to Money Order Office of such Country. This Such articles as scissors, knives, razors, which cannot be registered in time to be ference to a Lapsed Order, in which case the the ordinary pustage and any such letters application must be accompanied by an sdditional Commission, unless it have re forks, steel pons, nails, keys, watch machi-forwarded by the Mail for which they are Commission will be deducted from the nery, metal tabing, pieces of metal or posted are detained for the next despatch. amount of the New Order. ore, provided that they be packed and Even if the letter do not contain any article guarded in so secure a manner as to afford of intrinsic value, it should, if it be very complete protection to the contents of the important, be registered, mail bags and to the Officers of the Post Office, while at the same time they may be easily examined, may be sent as samples to the following countries, but to these alone; vis, the Azores, Belgium, Ospa de Verd A considerable amount of Correspondence A nowspaper which has any letter, or any land, Madeira, Moldavia, Norway, Portu Torres Straits, it is notified that the New lalands, Denmark, Egypt, Germany, Hol being received directed to New Zealand bid written in it or upon its cover, is charged gal, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Zealand Post Office has declined to receive af an unpaid or insufficiently paid letter.

States, Wallachin, and the British Colonies;Mails by that route, hence there is no al and not even to these places, vid France, ternative buttoforward such Correspofidence No packet of newspapers may be above Indigo cannot be sent to any place abroad. vid Galle, 6 lbs. in weight, nor above two feet in

A packet of patterns or samples sent to length, one foot in width, nor one in deptä

the Azores, Cape de Verd Islands, France, Mädelta, Portugal, or by French pasket, A book-packet may ncntain any number to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, must not of separate books or other phiblications exceed 18 inches in length, width, or (including printed or lithographied letters), depth packet to any other place abroad photographs (when nos on glass or in cases must not exated 24 inches in length 22 containing glam or any like substance), inches in width or depth,

The postage must be propaid either by an All such packages should be Registered adhesive stamp, or by the use of a stamped No newspaper can now be sent through the post a second time for the original postage. For each transmission a fresh postage is required.

Every newspaper toust be posted either without & cover (in which case it must not be fastened, whether by means of gum, wafer, dealing was, rostage stamp, or otherwise) or in a cover entirely open at both ends, so as to admit of easy removal for examination. If this rule be infringed the newspaper is treated as a letter.

Every newspaper must be so folded, 25 to admit of the title being readily in spected.

Continent, de, of Europe.

Austria...... Belgium, Germany,

(Br.) via Brindisi,

(Br.) viâ Trieste

Letters 18

Holland,Nw.pr. 4

(Fr.) viâ Marseilles.

A newspaper or packet of newspapers which contains any enclosure except sup. 22 18oz. plements is charged as a letter, unless the enclosure be such as might be sent at the book rate of postage, sat the entire pack-t be sufficiently prepaid as a book packet, in which case it is allowed to pass.

4 O.P.

Bungary...... Bầu} 10 10 OR

Luxemburg, Pin. Bwitzerland,., Denmark,........"

Letters 18 24 18o8.

Faroe Is... Heligoland,Nw.pz. 4.

# Q.P. Iceland, Roomania, Eks.

10 14 C.P. Servia, mua) Ptn..

Letters 1826 18 oz. Nw.pro. 4 8 C.P.

10. 14

12 | 12 | 1.2.

Norway, it

"Sweden.

RGBB

REGISTRATION To all the shove

Bks. Pin

O.P.

communication of the nature of a letter,

kinda.

Correspondence for New Zealand via Torres

Straits.

selves of the Torres Straits Steathers to Persons who are anxious to avail them communicate with New Zealand, should address their letters, &c., to the care of en Agent at Bydney...

LETTERS, Sr., ABDRESSED LONDON orr-Many persons are in the habit of

18.-Repayment whether of an original, or renewed, or a duplicate Order, will not be made to the remitter until it has been Ascertained that the advice has been can celled at the Office on which the Order was originally drawn.

14.Payment of an Order must be ob Month after that in which it was drawn. tained before the end of the Sixth Calendar for instance, if drawn in January, payment must be obtained before the end of July, otherwins the Order will became lapsed, and a new Order (for which a second Com. of the Order, will be charged) will become mission, to be deducted from the amount

16-If an Order be not paid before the end of the Twelfth Calendar Month after it drawn in January and not paid before that in which it was drawn for instance, the end of the following January-all claim

necessary.

Indian and Colonial Governmená Gazajtu. Isle of Man Times.

Journal de S. Petersburg (Beveral) Kladderadatsch, A

Koniglich Privilegiris Berlinlche Zeitung. Krieger Zeltung,

La Bellis Cattalion (Several) L'Explorateur.

L'Illustration.

Lincoln Garaitė. Lloyd's Prison Carrast.

Metropolitan Taberasole Palpit. Overland Mall.

Peterhead Bentinel. Pocket Books, Folytechnisches Journal. Pykoboactbo Punch's Almanack.

Reforma

Review and Reformer, Revna Universelle, Bandey at:Home, Trentonaner Wochenblatt. Uber Land and Mier, Unfere Belt.

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