RATES OF POSTAGE.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
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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 1 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 be 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 4d. per
For example, the postage on a letter
07.
Under oz.
VIA SOUTHAMPTON.
Above 1 oz. and
Above 1 oz. and Above 14 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. not exceeding 11⁄2 oz. not exceeding 2 oz.
For every addi-
tional oz.
12 cents.
Under oz.
20 cents.
24 cents.
36 cents.
48 cents.
12 cents.
Above ♣ oz. and
VIA MARSEILLES.
Above 1 oz. and | Above 11⁄2 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. not exceeding 11 oz. not exceeding 2 oz.
For every addi- tional | oz.
40 cents.
60 cents.
80 centa.
20 cents.
Letters which may be posted unpaid or insufficiently paid will be liable to the deficient postage, and 12 cents additional as a fine
F. W. MITCHELL. Postmaster General,
General Post Office, Hongkong, 17th December, 1867.
RATES OF POSTAGE TO CHINA, JAPAN, MANILA, &c. PER PRIVATE SHIP.
For a Letter.
Under
oz.
08
For a Letter. Above 5 oz. not ex. 6 oz. 0 96
$ c.
For a Letter. Above 11 oz. not ex.
$c. 12 oz 1 92
Above
not ex. 1 oz, 016
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And so on, adding 18 cents for every ounce or fraction of an ounce. Newspapers, 2 cents each.
POST OFFICE NOTIFICATION.
It is hereby notified for general information that henceforward Letters containing coin posted in the United Kingdom addressed to Hongkong, or posted in Hongkong
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