“NOTICE TO THE PUBLIC.
“On and after the first day of October next the following will be the rates on Pamphlets sent from New Brunswick to Great Britain, viâ Halifax; viz.:
| For a Packet, not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, 3d. Sterling, 4d. Currency. |
| For a Packet exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding half a pound, 6d. |
| Sterling, 7½d. Currency. |
| For a Packet exceeding half a pound and not exceeding one pound, 1s. |
| Sterling, 1s. 3d. Currency. |
| For a Packet exceeding one pound and not exceeding one pound and a |
| half, 1s. 6d. Sterling, 1s. 10½d. Currency. |
| For a Packet exceeding one pound and a half and not exceeding two |
| pounds, 2s. Sterling, 2s. 6d. Currency. |
And so on, increasing seven pence halfpenny Currency for every additional half pound or fraction of half pound. From the same date printed or Lithographed Letters may be sent like other printed matter under the Regulations of the Colonial Book Post.
“(Signed) J. M. Johnson, Jr., Postmaster-General.
“General Post Office, F’ton, 11th Sept., 1857.”
There is no stipulation that the above rates must necessarily be prepaid, and I have no doubt from the following notice, which was published in the British Postal Guide for October 1st, 1859, that correspondence between the United Kingdom and all the North American Colonies was frequently forwarded either wholly or only partly prepaid from both sides.
“NOVA SCOTIA, NEW BRUNSWICK, AND NEWFOUNDLAND.
“Letters for Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and Newfoundland, if posted unpaid, or insufficiently prepaid, are now charged on delivery with a fine of 6d. each in addition to the postage.”
A similar notice had previously appeared in the Postal Guide with reference to Canada, and one was published later on in connection with letters for Prince Edward Island.