List of post offices in Canada, with the names of the postmasters ... 1872

Part 9

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+----------------------------------------------- | FOR A BOOK PACKET. +----------------------------------------------- |Not exceeding 2 ozs. | +---------------------------------------- | |2 ozs. to 4 ozs. | | +--------------------------------- COUNTRIES, &c.| | |4 ozs. to 8 ozs. | | | +-------------------------- | | | |8 ozs. to 12 oz. | | | | +------------------- | | | | |12 ozs. to 1 lb. | | | | | +------------ | | | | | |For every | | | | | |additional | | | | | |4 oz. --------------+------+------+------+------+------+------------ |$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts. * Aden |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Africa, West | | | | | | Coast of | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 _a_ Algeria |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Ascension | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 * Australia, | | | | | | South |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * Australia, | | | | | | Western |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Austria |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Azores |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |_see mem. 4_ Baden |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Bavaria |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Belgium |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Bolivia | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * Borneo | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Bourbon |0 14 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Brazil | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Bremen |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Brunswick |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Buenos Ayres | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Canary Islands|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Cape de Verds |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |_see mem. 4_ Cape of Good | | | | | | Hope |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 * Ceylon |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Chili | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * China | | | | | | (except | | | | | | Hong Kong) | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Constantinople|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Costa Rica | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Cuba (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 _a_ | | | | | | Dardanelles |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Denmark |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Ecuador | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Egypt | | | | | | (Alexandria,| | | | | | Cairo, and | | | | | | Suez) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 England |0 04 |0 06 |0 12 |0 18 |0 24 |0 06 Falkland | | | | | | Islands |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Fernando Po | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 _a_ France |0 04 |0 08 |0 16 |0 24 |0 32 |0 08 Frankfort |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 _a_ Galatz |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Gallipoli | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Gambia |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Gibraltar |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Gold Coast |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Greece |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Grey Town | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Guatemala | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Hamburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Hanover |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Hayti (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Hesse |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Hesse Homburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Holland |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * Hong Kong |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 10 * India |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Ionian Islands|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Ireland |0 04 |0 06 |0 12 |0 18 |0 24 |0 06 Italy |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 * Labuan |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Larnaca |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Lauenburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Liberia |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Lippe Detmold |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Lubeck |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Madeira |0 08 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |_see mem. 4_ Malta |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Mauritius |0 14 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Mecklenburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Mexico (_n r_)|0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Moldavia |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Monte Video | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Mytelene | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Nassau, | | | | | | Duchy of |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Natal |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 New Grenada | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 * New South | | | | | | Wales |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * New Zealand |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Norway |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Oldenburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 * Penang |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Peru (_n r_) |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Poland |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 | _See mem. 4_ Porto Rico | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Portugal |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |_see mem. 4_ Prussia |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 * Queensland |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Réunion |0 14 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Reuss |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 _a_ Rhodes |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Russia |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 | _See mem. 4_ St. Helena |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 _a_ Salonica |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Samsoun |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Saxe }| | | | | | Altenburg }| | | | | | Saxe Coburg }| | | | | | Gotha }| | | | | | Saxe }| | | | | | Meiningen }| | | | | | Saxe Weimar }| | | | | | Saxony }|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Schaumburg }| | | | | | Lippe }| | | | | | Schwartzburg }| | | | | | Rudolstadt }| | | | | | Schwartzburg }| | | | | | Sonderhausen}| | | | | | Scotland |0 04 |0 06 |0 12 |0 18 |0 24 |0 06 Scutari |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Seres |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Sierra Leone |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 * Singapore |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Smyrna |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Spain |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Surinam |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Sweden |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Switzerland, | | | | | | _viâ_ | | | | | | Belgium |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 _a_ | | | | | | Switzerland,| | | | | | _viâ_ France|0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Syria (_n r_) |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 * Tasmania |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Tchesme }|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 Tenedos }|0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 _a_ Trebizond |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Tultcha |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Tunis |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 _a_ Varna |0 06 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Venezuela | | | | | | (_n r_) |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 * Victoria |0 10 |0 12 |0 24 |0 36 |0 48 |0 12 Wallachia |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 West Indies, | | | | | | British |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 West Indies, | | | | | | Foreign | | | | | | (_n r_), | | | | | | except | | | | | | places | | | | | | specified |0 08 |0 10 |0 20 |0 30 |0 40 |0 10 Wurtemburg |0 08 |0 16 |0 32 |0 48 |0 64 |0 16 --------------+------+------+------+------+------+------------

A

REGISTERED LETTERS.

TABLE shewing the Postage, including Registration Fee, to be collected on Registered Letters sent from Canada to the undermentioned Countries.

+----------------------------------------------------- | Not exceeding ¼ oz. | +---------------------------------------------- | | Over ¼ and not exceeding ½ oz. | | +--------------------------------------- | | | Over ½ and not exceeding ¾ oz. | | | +-------------------------------- | | | | Over ¾ and not exceeding 1 oz. COUNTRIES.| | | | | | | | +------------------------- | | | | | Over 1 and not exceeding | | | | | 1¼ oz. | | | | | +------------------ | | | | | | Over 1¼ and not | | | | | | exceeding 1½ oz. ----------+------+------+------+------+------+------------------ |$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts. Belgium |0 26 |0 26 |0 36 |0 36 |0 46 |0 46 France |0 32 |0 44 |0 68 |0 80 |1 04 |1 16 Hamburg |0 26 |0 26 |0 36 |0 36 |0 46 |0 46 India |0 38 |0 38 |0 60 |0 60 |0 82 |0 82 Italy |0 30 |0 30 |0 44 |0 44 |0 58 |0 58 Norway |0 32 |0 32 |0 48 |0 48 |0 64 |0 64 Prussia |0 26 |0 26 |0 36 |0 36 |0 46 |0 46 ----------+------+------+------+------+------+------------------

TABLE No. 3.

RATES OF POSTAGE

From Canada to the United Kingdom, British Colonies, and Foreign Countries, by Cunard or other Steamers, sailing from New York, for England.

_On Letters._--If addressed to the United Kingdom, 8 cents per ½ oz. If addressed to British Colonies, or Foreign Countries, add to the rates, in Table No. 1, 2 cents per ½ oz.

_Newspapers._--Addressed to the United Kingdom must be prepaid at the ordinary commuted rate, and _two cents_ each paper in addition, if from office of publication,--and 4 cents each, if _transient_. Newspapers addressed to British Colonies and Foreign Countries are not forwarded by the above Steamers.

_On Book Packets_ and Packets of Patterns and Samples addressed to the United Kingdom, 8 cents per 4 ounces (see Table of Rates, page 234), which must be prepaid. Book Packets, and Packets of Patterns and Samples addressed to British Colonies and Foreign Countries are not forwarded by the above Steamers.

_The Registration Fees_ are the same as by Canadian Steamers in Table No. 2.

_Letters, &c., intended for despatch by the Packets sailing from New York should be specially so addressed._

TABLE No. 4.

RATES of Postage to Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet, sailing from Halifax to Bermuda and St. Thomas, monthly.

+------------------+----------+------------------------ COUNTRY. | Letters. |For each |On Printed Matter. | |Newspaper.| ----------------+------------------+----------+------------------------ Bermuda | 6 cents per ½ oz.|2 cents |6 cents per 4 oz. weight West Indies, | | | British and | | | Foreign |12 cents ” | ” | ”

These Rates should in all cases be prepaid by Postage Stamps. Unpaid correspondence cannot be forwarded by this route.

TABLE No. 5.--Shewing the rates of Postage to be collected in Canada on Letters, Newspapers, Pamphlets, Magazines, Printed Matter and Books sent by way of the United States to the undermentioned Colonies and Foreign Countries.

+--------------------------------------------- | Letters, per ½ oz. | +-------------------------------------- | | Newspapers, each. | | +------------------------------- | | | Pamphlets, Magazines and | | | Printed Matter per 4 oz. COUNTRIES, &c. | | | +------------------------ | | | | Books, per 4 oz. | | | | +----------------- | | | | | Registration | | | | | Fee. ------------------------+------+------+------+------+----------------- | cts. | cts. | cts. | cts. | Acapulco | 13 | 5 | 10 | 12 | Aspinwall (Colon), | | | | | ” ” Registered Letters| 18 | | | |10c. each letter ” ” Unregistered ” | 13 | 4 | 8 | | additional. Australian Colonies | 10 | 4 | 8 | | Bahamas | 3 | 4 | 8 | | Bolivia | 25 | 6 | 14 | |10c. each letter. Brazil | 18 | 5 | 10 | 12 | Buenos Ayres | 21 | 6 | 14 | | | | | | | {Belize | 21 | 4 | 10 | | {Costa Rica | 13 | 4 | 8 | | Central {Guatemala | 13 | 4 | 8 | | America {Honduras | 13 | 4 | 8 | | {Nicaragua | 13 | 4 | 8 | | {San Salvador | 13 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | Chili | 25 | 6 | 14 | |10c. each. China (except Hong Kong}| | | | | and dependant ports) }| 10 | 4 | 8 | |(_a_) 10c. each Ecuador | 23 | 4 | 8 | | | | | | | Hong Kong and dependant}| | | | | ports of Canton, Amoy,}| 13 | 4 | 14 | | Swatow and Foo Chow }| | | | | | | | | | Japan | 10 | 4 | 8 | |(_a_) 10c. each Mexico | 13 | 5 | 10 | 12 |12c. each. New Grenada (except }| | | | | Aspinwall and Panama) }| 21 | 6 | 14 | |10c. each. New Zealand | 15 | 4 | 8 | |12c. each. Panama | 13 | 4 | 8 | |10c. each. Paraguay | 21 | 6 | 14 | | Peru | 25 | 6 | 14 | |10c. each. Sandwich Islands | 9 | 4 | 8 | | Uruguay | 21 | 6 | 14 | | Venezuela | 13 | 5 | 12 | |10c. each. | | | | | West Indies, viz:-- | | | | | | | | | | Angada } |regist|ered | | | Anguilla } | | | | | Antigua } | | | | | Barbadoes } | 18 | | | |10c. each letter Barbuda } | | | | |additional. Cayman } | | | | | (Great and } | | | | | Little) } | | | | | Caymanbrack } | | | | | Cuba } | | | | | Dominica } | unre|gister|ed | | Granada } _viâ_ | 10 |(_b_)4| 8 | 12 | Grenadines } St. | | | | | Jamaica } Thomas | | | | | Montserrat } or | | | | | Nevis } Havana.| | | | | St. Christopher} | | | | | St. Eustatius } | | | | | St. Lucia } | | | | | St. Vincent } | | | | | Tobago } | | | | | Tortola } | | | | | Trinidad } | | | | | Vieque } | | | | | | | | | | St. Thomas, St. John and| | | | | Santa Cruz, | | | | | _viâ_ Havana | 18 |(_b_)6| | |10c. each letter. _viâ_ St. Thomas | 10 | 4 | 8 | 12 | | | | | | Buen Ayre } | | | | | Cache } | | | | | Caugua } | | | | | Culebra } | | | | | Curacoa } | | | | | Descado } | | | | | Guadeloupe }_viâ_ | | | | | Les Saintes }St. | | | | | Margarita }Thomas | | | | | Marie Galante } or | 18 |(_b_)6| | 12 |10c. each letter. Martinique }Havana. | | | | | Oruba } | | | | | Porto Rico } | | | | | St. Bartholomew} | | | | | St. Martin } | | | | | Tortuga } | | | | | Demerara | 13 | 4 | 8 | | Hayti | 21 | 6 | 14 | | ------------------------+------+------+------+------+-----------------

(_a_) Letters can be Registered to Shanghae, in China, and Yokohama, in Japan, by way of the United States, but to no other places in either country.

(_b_) Printed Prices Current and Mercantile Circulars can, where this letter is prefixed, be forwarded as Newspapers.

Books are transmitted as such only where the rate is given; in all other cases they pass as Printed Matter, at the rates specified for that class of matter.

Registration can be effected on correspondence for those places only to which the fee is given.

TABLE No. 6

RATES of Postage on all matter transmissible by Post--not of the character of a Letter--within Canada, to Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, Great Britain, France, and the United States.