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invite attention to the letter from this Department of the 25th of April 1867, No. 32, 429,
the subject of thepower" (673) of a Colonial Sovernment_ to make independent ar- rangements in regard to rates of postage. pondence conveyed outside
the Colony.
Jam directed.
In reply, dam
by the Postmaster General to state, for the information of
the Earl of Derby, that the reason why section 33 of the Post office det of 1840. was repeated by the Statute Law Revision det is, no doubt that subsequent enactments Contain the same authority to the Post Office in identical or wider terms. For instance,
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it is provided by section 1 of the Post Office (Duties) det 1875, that the Treasury may by Warrant fix the rates of postage or other sums to be charged by or under the authority of the Postmaster General in respect of portal packets conveyed or delivered for conveyance by port whether in the United Kingdom or elsewhere, and subsection 3 of the same section makes it
dear that letters passing be- tween parts of Her Majesty's dominions outside the United
Kingdom were intended to come
within the clause.
to the letter
With regard to from this office of the 25th of of April 1867 to which you refer, I am to point out that the
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statement that this Depart. ment is in no
no way
concerned
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