POSTAL RATES TO GREAT BRITAIN, BY BRITISH (CUNARD) MAIL STEAMERS.
LETTERS.
| For a letter | not exceeding ½ oz. | 17 | cts. |
| ” | exceeding ½ oz. and not exceeding 1 oz. | 37 | ” |
| ” | ” 1 oz. and not exceeding 1½ oz. | 54 | ” |
—And so on.
Regulations in respect to pre-payment and to Registration of Letters are the same as those applicable to correspondence by the Canadian Line of Steamers.
NEWSPAPERS:
Regulations in respect to prepayment the same as for Canadian Steamers; Papers, however, sent or received by the Cunard Packet Mails are chargeable ON DELIVERY with two cents additional postage—to cover the American transit charge.
BOOKS.
Book Packets are not forwarded by the Cunard Line of Steamers.
🖙 Prepayment of Postage should, whenever practicable, be made by means of Postage Stamp.
TABLE—Showing the Rates of Postage on all matter transmissible by Post—not of the character of a Letter—within Canada—To Great Britain, France, Lower Provinces, and United States.
| DESCRIPTION OF MATTER. | BETWEEN ANY PLACE IN CANADA. | TO GREAT BRITAIN BY CANADIAN STEAMER. | TO GREAT BRITAIN BY CUNARD STEAMER. | TO FRANCE BY CANADIAN STEAMER. | TO LOWER PROVINCES. | TO UNITED STATES. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Books | 1c. per oz., payable in advance by postage st’mp | British Book Post | Cannot be sent by Cunard Packet. | French Book Post | 1 cent per ounce | 1 cent per ounce | |||||||||||||||
| Cartes de Visite | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Circulars—Printed | (1c. each when s’nt singly) | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Handbills | 1c. per oz., payable in advance by postage st’mp | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Lithographed Letters & Circulars | 1c. each when sent singly or 1c. per oz | Do | Do | Same as between places in Canada | Same as between plac’s in Canada subj’ct on delivery to Americ’n postage | ||||||||||||||||
| Newspapers, Canadian. |
| At commuted rate if from office of Publication | As by Can. Str., (covering Can. post, only,) subject on delivy. to 1d stg. each | By Cunard Steamer, 7c. | To Newfoundland, 3c. | ||||||||||||||||
| Newspapers, transient | 1 cent each | 1 cent each | Do | French Book Post | Do | Do | |||||||||||||||
| Pamphlets, Almanacs, and other annual publications | 1 cent per ounce | British Book Post | Cannot be sent by Cunard Packet. | Do | 1 cent per ounce | 1 cent per ounce | |||||||||||||||
| Patterns of Merchandise for sale | Do | Do | Do | Letter Rate | Letter Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Periodicals | 1c. per 4oz. whether pc’ge contains 1 or more nos. | 2c. each No., if published in Canada, Brit. Book Post, if Foreign | Do | Same as between places in Canada | Same as between plac’s in Canada | ||||||||||||||||
| Periodicals—Canadian, when specially devoted to Education—meaning the instruction of yo’th, Agriculture, Temperance, or any branch of science | Free | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| [20]Photographs in Cases | Parcel Post | British Book Post | Letter Rate | Letter Rate | Letter Rate | ||||||||||||||||
| Do. in Albums | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Prices Current | 1c. per oz., payable in advance by postage st’mp | 2c. each, or in bulk at British Book Post | 2 cents each. | Do | Do | Do | |||||||||||||||
| Printers’ Proof | Do | Letter rate | Cannot be sent by Cunard Packet. | French Book Post. | 1c. per oz., to Newfoundland per Can. Str., 3c. | 1 cent per ounce. | |||||||||||||||
| Printed Matter—of the same character as Circulars, Handbills, &c. | Do | British Book Post | Do | 1 cent per ounce. | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Samples of Merchandise, (see Patterns) | |||||||||||||||||||||
| School Returns—Half-yearly | Do | Do | Do | Do | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| School Returns—by School Trustees to Supt., even although filled up in writing | 1 cent each. | Do | |||||||||||||||||||
| Seeds, &c.,—samples of, (including Cuttings, Bulbs, Roots, Scions, or Grafts) | 1 cent per ounce | Do | Do | Letter Rate | Do | ||||||||||||||||
| Parliamentary Papers | Free from House of Parliament, or if sent by members during recess. | Do | Do | Same as between places in Canada | Same as between places in Canada |
[19] Commuted Rate pre-payable by Subscriber or Publisher.
[20] Photographs in cases containing glass cannot be sent by post.
British Book Post.
| Under 4 ounces | 7 | Cents. |
| Between 4 and 8 ounces, | 12½ | ” |
| ” 8oz. and 1lb | 25 | ” |
| ” 1lb. and 1½lbs | 37½ | ” |
| ” 1½ lbs. and 2lbs | 50 | ” |
French Book Post.
| Under 2 ounces | 5 | Cents. |
| Between 2 and 4 ounces | 10 | ” |
| ” 4 and 8 ” | 20 | ” |
| ” 8 ounces and 1lb. | 40 | ” |
A Book Packet may contain any number of separate books, publications, works of literature and art, almanacs, maps or prints, photographs, daguerreotypes when not on glass, or in frames containing glass; any quantity of paper, vellum or parchment, (to the exclusion of letters;) and the books, maps, papers, &c., may be either written, printed, or plain, or any mixture of the three; and may be either British, Colonial or Foreign.
Book Packets must be open at both ends or both sides.
Parcel Post.
| Under 1lb. | 25 | Cents. |
| Between 1lb and 2lbs. | 50 | ” |
| ” 2lbs. and 3lbs. | 75 | ” |
Registration Fee, 5 Cents.
Parcels sent by Post may contain books, daguerreotypes, photogr’phs, printers’ proof and copy, military returns, states and rolls containing written figures and signatures, returns, deeds, legal papers, and all transmissions of a like character, not being strictly letters.
Registration.
No Letter, Book, Parcel, or Packet of any kind whatever, can in future be received for registration unless both postage and registration fee are fully prepaid.