Chapter 5
/* =========================================================================| | FOR A LETTER. | | FOR A BOOK PACKET.| |--------------------------- --------------------| |A |B | C | D | E | F | FOR EACH |G |H |I |J |K | L | COUNTRIES. | | | | | | | NEWSPAPER.| | | | | | | ---------------+--+--+----+----+----+-----+-----------+--+--+--+--+--+----| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Aden |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Africa, West |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Coast of | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Algeria |17|34| 51| 68|1.36| 17 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Ascension |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Australia, |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| South. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Australia, |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Western | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Austria |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Azores |19|27| 46| 54| 83| 25 | 5 cents |11|15|30|60|90|1.20| Baden |19|38| 57| 76| 95| 19 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Bavaria |19|38| 57| 76| 95| 19 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Belgium |19|19| 38| 38| 76| 25 | Book rate | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| Belize |19|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents | 3|10|25|50|75|1.00| (Honduras) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Borneo |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Bourbon |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Brazil |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Bremen |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Brunswick |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Buenos Ayres |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Cape de Verde |19|27| 46| 54| 88| 25 | 5 cents |11|15|30|60|90|1.20| Cape of Good | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Hope |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Canary Islands |23|35| 58| 70|1.05| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|38|50| 62| Ceylon |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Chili |60|60|1.20|1.20|2.40| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | China |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Constantinople |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 25 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| Dardanelles |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Denmark |29|29| 58| 58|1.16| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Egypt |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Falkland |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Islands | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Fernando Po |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | France |17|34| 51| 68|1.36| 17 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Frankfort |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Galatz |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Gallipoli |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| Gambia |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Gibraltar |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Gold Coast |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Greece |29|58| 87|1.16|1.45| 29 | Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Hamburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Hanover |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Hayti |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Heligoland |27|27| 54| 54|1.08| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Hesse |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Hesse Homburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Holland |19|19| 38| 38| 76| 25 | 3 cents | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| Hong Kong |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| India |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Ionian Islands |31|31| 62| 62|1.22| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Italy |21|31| 52| 62| 93| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|38|50| 62| Lauenburg |25|25| 50| 50|1.00| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Liberia |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Lippe Detmold |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Lubeck |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Madeira |19|27| 46| 54| 83| 25 | 5 cents |11|15|30|60|90|1.20| Malta |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Mauritius |28|28| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Mecklenburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Moldavia |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 | ditto | 6| 1|25|50|75|1.00| Mytelene |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Monte Video |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Nassau, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Duchy of |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Natal |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| New South Wales|23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 " |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| New Zealand |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 " |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Norway |40|40| 80| 80|1.60| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Oldenburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Papal States |29|58| 87|1.16|1.45| 29 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Penang |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Poland |31|31| 62| 62|1.22|25 & | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| | | | | | |81/4 oz. | | | | | | | Portugal |23|35| 58| 70|1.05| 23 | 5 cents |11|15|30|60|90|1.20| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Prussia |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Reuss |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Rhodes |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Russia |31|31| 62| 62|1.22|25 & | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| | | | | | |81/4 oz. | | | | | | | St. Helena |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Samsoun |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | Book rate | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Salonica |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | ditto | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Sardinia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | (see Italy) |--|--| -- | --| --| -- | -- |--|--|--|--|--| -- | Saxe Altenburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Cobourg Gotha|23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Meiningen |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Weimar |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Saxony |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Schaumburg |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Lippe | | | | | | | | | | | | | Schwartzburg | | | | | | | | | | | | | Rudolstadt |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Sondershausen|23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Seutari |29|29| 58| 58|1.16| 25 | ditto | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| Seres |29|29| 58| 58|1.16| 25 | ditto | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| Sicilies, Two |--|--| -- | -- | -- | -- | -- |--|--|--|--|--| -- | (see Italy) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Singapore |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.80| Sierra Leone |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 3 " |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Smyrna |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 |Book rate |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Spain |23|35| 58| 70|1.05| 25 | ditto |*6|13|25|38|50| 62| Surinam |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Sweden |35|35| 70| 70|1.40| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Switzerland |19|38| 57| 76| 95| 19 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Syria |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 25 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| Tasmania |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Trebizond |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | Book rate | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Tultcha |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | ditto | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Tunis |19|38| 57| 76| 95| 25 | ditto |*5|10|20|40|60| 80| Turkey in |29|29| 58| 58|1.16| 29 | ditto | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| Europe | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | (except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | places | | | | | | | | | | | | | | specified) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Varna |21|42| 63| 84|1.05| 21 | ditto | 5|10|20|40|60| 80| | | | | | |1/4 oz.| | | | | | | | Venezuela |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | Victoria |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |15|15|30|60|90|1.20| Wallachia |40|40| 80| 80|1.60| 25 | Book rate | 6|13|25|50|75|1.00| (except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | places | | | | | | | | | | | | | | specified) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | West Indies, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | British |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 | 5 cents |13|13|25|50|75|1.00| Foreign |23|23| 46| 46| 92| 25 |Letter rate| Letter rate | (except | | | | | | | | | | | | | | places | | | | | | | | | | | | | | specified) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | --------------------------------------------------------------------------- */
By CUNARD STEAMERS, sailing every WEDNESDAY from New York and Boston alternately .
Add to the rates by Canadian Ocean Steamers 5 cents per half-ounce for Letters and 2 cents each for Newspapers. The registration fees are the same as by Canadian Steamers. Book Packets are not forwarded by the Cunard Line of Steamers.
/* BY UNITED STATES .
Letters intended to be forwarded " Via the United States," should be so addressed. Prepayment required in all cases except in those marked with an asterisk (*).
KEY: A: Not exceeding 1/2 oz. B: Above 1/2 oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. C: Registration fee on each. D: For each Newspaper. E: Pamphlets. Postage per oz.
=========================================================================== | LETTER RATE. | | |------------------------| | COUNTRIES. | A | B | C | D | E -------------------------------+--------+--------+------+------------------ | cents. | cents. | cts. | cents. | cents. Acapulco | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Aspinwall | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Bahamas | 15 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 Bermuda | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Bogota | 28 | 56 | 5 | 7 | 5 Bolivia | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 5 British Columbia | 25 | 50 | 5 | 2 | -- California | *15 | *30 | 5 | 1 | 1 Central America--Pacific | | | | | Slope, via Panama | 30 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 2 Chagres, New Granada | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Chili | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 5 Costa Rica | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | -- Cuba | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Ecuador | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 5 Greytown | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | -- Guatemala | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | -- Havana | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Honduras | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | -- Mexico | 30 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 2 Nassau | 15 | 30 | 5 | 3 | 2 Newfoundland (in closed Mail) | | | | | via Boston | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 1 New Granada | 30 | 60 | 5 | 7 | -- Nova Scotia (in closed Mail) | | | | | via Boston | 13 | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 Oregon | 15 | 30 | 5 | 1 | 1 Panama | 30 | 60 | 5 | 3 | 2 Peru | 32 | 64 | 5 | 7 | 5 Porto Rico | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 5 Red River | *10 | *20 | 5 | 1 | 1 Sandwich Islands via | | | | | San Francisco | 20 | 40 | 5 | 2 | 2 St. Thomas via Jamaica | 23 | 56 | 5 | 7 | -- Do. via Havana | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | -- United States: | | | | | Not exceeding 2,500 miles | *10 | *20 | 5 | 1 | 1 Exceeding 2,500 do. | *15 | *30 | 5 | 1 | 1 Vancouver's Island | 25 | 50 | 5 | 2 | 1 West Indies, British | 20 | 40 | 5 | 3 | 2 Do. Foreign, except Cuba | 44 | 88 | 5 | 7 | 2 */