✨ Postal Rate Proclamation
Numb. 44.
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THE
NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
Published by Authority.
WELLINGTON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1870.
G. F. BOWEN, Governor.
A PROCLAMATION.
WHEREAS by an Act of the General Assembly
of New Zealand, intituled "The New Zealand
Post Office Act, 1858," it is enacted that it shall be
lawful for the Governor in Council, from time to
time, by Proclamation to be published in the New
Zealand Gazette, to fix, alter, and abolish the Rates
of Postage at any time within the Colony, for the
transmission of Letters and Newspapers by post,
either between places within New Zealand, or to or
from places beyond seas, and at what time the same
shall be paid, and that the postage so made payable
shall be charged and paid accordingly: And whereas
by a Proclamation duly made and issued, bearing
date the sixth day of June, one thousand eight
hundred and sixty-seven, the Governor in Council
did, in pursuance of the said recited power and
authority, fix certain Rates of Postage, and the
times at which the same respectively should be paid:
And whereas it is desirable to alter the Rates of
Postage chargeable under Schedule D appended to
the said Proclamation of the sixth day of June, one
thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, on Letters
to certain countries and places therein named:
Now therefore, in exercise of the said recited
power and authority, I, Sir George Ferguson Bowen,
the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, with
the advice and consent of the Executive Council
thereof, do hereby alter the present Rates of Postage
fixed to be paid within the Colony for the trans-
mission of Letters to the countries and places set
forth in the Schedule hereunder written, and do
proclaim and declare that the postage payable within
the Colony for the transmission of Letters, News-
papers, and Book Packets to the respective countries
and places set forth in the Schedule hereunder
written shall be according to the Rates set forth in
the said Schedule; and that such postage shall in all
cases be paid at the time such Letters are delivered
into the Post in New Zealand: And I do further
declare that this Proclamation shall take effect on
and after the first day of August, one thousand
eight hundred and seventy.
SCHEDULE.
| LETTERS. | NEWSPAPERS, Each. | BOOK PACKETS. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not exceeding ½ oz. | Not exceeding 1 oz. | Not exceeding 1½ oz. | For every additional ½ oz. or fraction of oz. | Not exceeding 1 oz. | Not exceeding 2 oz. | Not exceeding 4 oz. | Not exceeding 8 oz. | Not exceeding 1 lb. | For every additional ¼ lb. or fraction of lb. | ||
| s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | s. d. | |
| Sandwich Islands | 0 6 | 1 0 | 1 6 | 0 6 | 0 6 | 1 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 8 1 | 4 | |
| United States | 0 6 | 1 0 | 1 6 | 0 6 | 0 6 | 1 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 8 1 | 4 | |
| British Columbia ... | 1 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
| Canadian Dominions | 0 8 | 1 4 | 2 0 | 0 8 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
| West Indies | 1 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
| Mexico | 1 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
| Central America | 1 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
| South America | 1 0 | 2 0 | 3 0 | 1 0 | 0 8 | 2 0 | 2 0 | 4 0 | 6 1 | 0 2 | 0 1 |
Given under the hand of His Excellency Sir
George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand
Cross of the Most Distinguished Order
of Saint Michael and Saint George,
Governor and Commander-in-Chief in
and over Her Majesty's Colony of New
Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under
the Seal of the said Colony, at Wellington,
this second day of August, in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
Approved in Council.
FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.
GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!
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Postage Rates, Proclamation, Letters, Newspapers, Book Packets, International Mail, Schedule
- G. F. Bowen, Governor
- Sir George Ferguson Bowen, Knight Grand Cross of the Most Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George, Governor and Commander-in-Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-Admiral of the same
- FORSTER GORING, Clerk of the Executive Council