Part 9

TABLES OF RATES OF POSTAGE IN CANADA AND ALSO BETWEEN CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES

TABLE NO. 1.--Rates of Postage on Letters within the Dominion of Canada, (including the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward’s Island), and to the United States.

TABLE NO. 2.--By mails sent to England in Mail Steam Packets sailing weekly (every Saturday), from Quebec in Summer, and from Portland in Winter; and fortnightly, from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

TABLE NO. 3.--By Cunard or other Steamers sailing from New York or Boston for England, (closed mail).

TABLE NO. 4.--To Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet, sailing monthly from Halifax to Bermuda and St. Thomas.

TABLE NO. 5.--To certain British Colonies and Foreign Countries, to be included in the United States Mails for Steamers sailing from New York for the West Indies, Panama, and South America.

TABLE NO. 6.--Rates on matters transmissible by post, within Canada, and to Newfoundland, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.

Table 1.

RATES OF POSTAGE on letters within the Dominion of Canada, (including the Provinces of Ontario, Quebec, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Manitoba, British Columbia, and Prince Edward’s Island).

+---------+--------- |POSTED. |POSTED. |PREPAID. |UNPAID. ---------------------------------------------------+---------+--------- On a letter weighing not more than ½ an oz. | 3 Cents.| 5 Cents. On a letter weighing more than ½ an oz., but not | | more than 1 oz. | 6 ” |10 ” On a letter weighing more than 1 oz., but not more | | than 1½ oz. | 9 ” |15 ” On a letter weighing more than 1½ oz., but not | | more than 2 oz. |12 ” |20 ” On a letter weighing more than 2 oz., but not more | | than 2½ oz. |15 ” |25 ”

and so on, 3 cents or 5 cents, (according as the letter is paid or unpaid), being charged for every additional ½ oz., or fraction of a ½ oz.

Letters addressed as above which are only partially prepaid, are to be rated as if _wholly_ unpaid, credit being given, however, for the amount prepaid thereon. Thus, if a letter weighing more than ½ an oz., but less than 1 oz., and liable to two rates (equal to 10 cents) is prepaid only 3 cents, it is subject to a further charge of 7 cents.

The charge on local or drop letters is one cent for each letter, which must be prepaid by stamp.

The charge for the Registration of a letter is 2 cents, to be prepaid by stamp.

CANADA AND NEWFOUNDLAND.

Letters for Newfoundland are charged at the rate of 6 cents per half ounce, and must in all cases be _prepaid_.

The Registration fee to Newfoundland is the same as to places within the Dominion, viz., 2 cents.

CANADA AND THE UNITED STATES.

+---------+--------- |POSTED. |POSTED. |PREPAID. |UNPAID. ---------------------------------------------------+---------+--------- On a letter weighing not more than ½ an ounce | 6 Cents.|10 Cents. On a letter weighing more than ½ an oz., but not | | more than 1 oz. |12 ” |20 ” On a letter weighing more than 1 oz., but not more | | than 1½ oz. |18 ” |30 ” On a letter weighing more than 1½ oz., but not | | more than 2 oz. |24 ” |40 ” On a letter weighing more than 2 oz., but not more | | than 2½ oz. |30 ” |50 ”

and so on, 6 cents or 10 cents, (according as the letter is paid or unpaid,) being charged for every additional ½ oz., or fraction of a ½ oz.

Letters addressed as above which are only partially prepaid, are to be rated as if _wholly_ unpaid.

Registration fee, 5 cents, prepaid by stamps.

TABLE No. 2.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN POSTAGE TABLE.

[_VIA ENGLAND._]

TABLE shewing the amount of Postage, to be collected in the Dominion of Canada, upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded by Canadian Mail Steamers, to the United Kingdom, and through the United Kingdom to the undermentioned Colonies and Foreign Countries.

_Mem._ 1.--In all cases the postage must be prepaid. Letters for the United Kingdom, if posted unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, will be forwarded,--but they will be charged on delivery with the amount of deficient postage, and a fine of threepence sterling each letter.

2.--Letters may be registered to all places, except those the names of which are followed by the letters _n r_, indicating that no registration can be effected.

3.--The Registration Fee on letters addressed to the United Kingdom is 8 cents each. In all other cases the Registration Fee is 16 cents from Canada to the place of destination; except to Egypt (Alexandria and Suez excepted) the registration fees to which are 30 cents each letter, and to places marked _a_, in which cases a registration fee of 8 cents each letter, and in addition double the ordinary rates of postage, as given in this table, must be collected (See note at foot of table marked A.)

4.--No Book Packet addressed to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or Cape de Verds, must exceed 1 lb. in weight; to Russia and Poland no such packet must exceed 8 oz. A Packet of Patterns for Germany or Belgium or any country, _viâ_ Belgium, must not exceed 8 oz. A Book Packet for Greece must not exceed 3 lbs. in weight nor must it exceed 2 ft. in length by 1 ft. in width or depth.

5.--Upon Letters, and Book Packets, forwarded through the United States, the following additional rates must be collected, viz., 2 cents per ½ oz. on Letters, and 2 cents per 4 oz. on Book Packets.

6.--An additional postage of 6 cents per half ounce must be collected on Letters, 2 cents each on Newspapers, and 6 cents per 4 ounces on Book Packets and Patterns for places marked thus * when addressed to be sent _viâ_ Brindisi.

7.--On Book Packets for the United Kingdom, not exceeding one oz. in weight, the postage is 2 cents. On Book Packets, weighing more than one oz., the progressive rates of postage will be found in the table below.

+--------------------------------------------------- | FOR A LETTER. +--------------------------------------------------- |Not exceeding ¼ oz. | +-------------------------------------------- | |Above ¼ oz. and not exceeding ½ oz. | | +------------------------------------- | | |Above ½ oz. and not exceeding ¾ oz. | | | +------------------------------ | | | |For every additional ¼ oz. COUNTRIES, &c. | | | | | | | | +----------------------- | | | | |For every additional | | | | |½ oz. | | | | | +---------------- | | | | | |FOR EACH | | | | | |NEWSPAPER. ---------------+------+------+------+------+------+---------------- |$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.| * Aden |0 22 |0 22 |0 44 | -- |0 22 | 6 cents. Africa, West | | | | | | Coast of | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Alexandria | | | | | | { _viâ_ | | | | | | { Brindisi |0 20 |0 20 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | 6 cents. { _viâ_ | | | | | | { Southampton|0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. _a_ Algeria |0 10 |0 16 |0 26 |0 06 |0 04 | Book rate Ascension | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. * Australia, | | | | | | South |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. * Australia, | | | | | | Western |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. Austria |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Azores |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Baden |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Bavaria |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Belgium |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Beyrout |0 24 |0 24 |0 48 | -- |0 24 | 12 cents. Bolivia (_n r_)|0 40 |0 40 |0 80 | -- |0 40 | 6 cents. * Borneo | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. _a_ Bourbon |0 24 |0 24 |0 48 | -- |0 24 | 8 cents. Brazil (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Bremen |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Brunswick |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Buenos Ayres | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Canary Islands |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. Cape de Verds |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | do Cape of Good | | | | | | Hope |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. * Ceylon |0 22 |0 22 |0 44 | -- |0 22 | 6 cents. Chili (_n r_) |0 40 |0 40 |0 80 | -- |0 40 | 6 cents. * China-- | | | | | | (except Hong | | | | | | Kong)-- | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. Constantinople |0 12 |0 12 |0 24 | -- |0 12 | Book rate. Costa Rica | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Cuba (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. _a_ Dardanelles|0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. Denmark |0 12 |0 12 |0 24 | -- |0 12 | do Ecuador (_n r_)|0 40 |0 40 |0 80 | -- |0 40 | 6 cents. Egypt-- | | | | | | Alexandria | | | | | | and Suez | | | | | | _viâ_ | | | | | | Brindisi |0 24 |0 24 |0 48 | -- |0 24 | 8 cents. Egypt--Cairo | | | | | | and all | | | | | | places | | | | | | except | | | | | | above, _viâ_ | | | | | | Southampton |0 20 |0 20 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | 6 cents. England |0 06 |0 06 |0 12 | -- |0 06 | 2 cents. Falkland | | | | | | Islands |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Fernando Po | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. _a_ France |0 10 |0 16 |0 26 |0 06 |0 04 | Book rate. Frankfort |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do _a_ Galatz |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Gallipoli | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Gambia |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Gibraltar |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Gold Coast |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Greece |0 20 |0 20 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | Book rate. Grey Town | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Guatemala | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Hamburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Hanover |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Hayti (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Hesse |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Hesse Homburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Holland |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. * Hong Kong |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. * India |0 22 |0 22 |0 44 | -- |0 22 | 6 cents. Ionian Islands |0 20 |0 28 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | Book rate. Ireland |0 06 |0 06 |0 12 | -- |0 06 | 2 cents. Italy |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | Book rate. * Labuan |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. Larnaca |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | Book rate. Lauenburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Liberia |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Lippe Detmold |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Lubeck |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Madeira |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | do Malta |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Mauritius |0 24 |0 24 |0 48 | -- |0 24 | 8 cents. Mecklenburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Mexico (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Moldavia |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | Book rate. Monte Video | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Mytelene | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. Nassau, | | | | | | Duchy of |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do Natal |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. New Grenada | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. * New South | | | | | | Wales |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. * New Zealand |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. Norway |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | Book rate. Oldenburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do * Penang |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. Peru (_n r_) |0 40 |0 40 |0 80 | -- |0 40 | 6 cents. Poland |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | Book rate. Porto Rico | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Portugal |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. Prussia |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do * Queensland |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. Réunion |0 24 |0 24 |0 48 | -- |0 24 | 8 cents. Reuss |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. _a_ Rhodes |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Russia |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | do St. Helena |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. _a_ Salonica |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. _a_ Samsoun |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Saxe }| | | | | | Altenburg }| | | | | | Saxe Coburg }| | | | | | Gotha }| | | | | | Saxe }| | | | | | Meiningen }| | | | | | Saxe Weimar }| | | | | | Saxony }|0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. Schaumburg }| | | | | | Lippe }| | | | | | Schwartzburg }| | | | | | Rudolstadt }| | | | | | Schwartzburg }| | | | | | Sonderhausen}| | | | | | Scotland |0 06 |0 06 |0 12 | -- |0 06 | 2 cents. Scutari |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | Book rate. Seres |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | do Sierra Leone |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. * Singapore |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 6 cents. _a_ Smyrna |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | Book rate. Spain |0 20 |0 20 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | do Suez | | | | | | _viâ_ | | | | | | Brindisi |0 20 |0 20 |0 40 | -- |0 20 | 6 cents. _viâ_ | | | | | | Southampton |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 4 cents. Surinam |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Sweden |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | Book rate. Switzerland, | | | | | | _viâ_ Belgium|0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | do _a_ | | | | | | Switzerland, | | | | | | _viâ_ France |0 14 |0 24 |0 38 |0 10 |0 04 | do Syria (_n r_) |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do * Tasmania |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. Tchesme }| | | | | {| }|0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 {| Book rate. Tenedos }| | | | | {| _a_ Trebizond |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do _a_ Tultcha |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do _a_ Tunis |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do _a_ Varna |0 16 |0 28 |0 44 |0 12 |0 04 | do Venezuela | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. * Victoria |0 16 |0 16 |0 32 | -- |0 16 | 6 cents. Wallachia |0 14 |0 14 |0 28 | -- |0 14 | Book rate. West Indies, | | | | | | British |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. West Indies, | | | | | | Foreign | | | | | | (_n r_), | | | | | | except places| | | | | | specified |0 28 |0 28 |0 56 | -- |0 28 | 4 cents. Wurtemburg |0 10 |0 10 |0 20 | -- |0 10 | Book rate. ---------------+------+------+------+------+------+----------------