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fost

ations within

the limits of the Colony by the Legislature or Legislative. Authority of which such tot,

Ordinance should be made and suxctect and the

law or

eater of postage to be charged for the tran

the transmission om conveyance of letters within such limits.

The Fort Office

act

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38

Vict. c. 22-) enacted (Acc F.) that the Frex-sury sught from

to time by

warin

rate of postage

to be charged by

time A fix the

or other suns

on under the

authority of the Postmaster General in respect of postal packets or any description thereof, conveyed on delivered for conveyance by post whether in the united kingdoms on elsewhere or liable under the Acts mentioned

Kii

in in Part II of the Achadule to that Act to be charged with rates of postage or other

Ammo, and regulate the scale of wrights and the circumstances according to which such enter charged.

on suns were bi be

Amongst the Acts mentioned in Part II of the Schedule is the Post Office (Butier) Act 1840.

The Statute Law Revision Ach 1878 (41 and 4.2. tit. c.79) repeated Section 33 of the Post Office (Duties) Act 1840 "except to much

defines letters chargeable with postage". The conjoint operation of section I of the act of 1875 and section 33 of the stat of 1840 as thus amended by the Statute Law - Hevision Act is to authorise the Treasury to fix the rates of postage the charged by

the