New Zealand Gazette – 1877 – No. 83

Page 993

✨ Postage Rate Table Continuation

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 993

TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE—continued.

COUNTRIES, ETC.	LETTERS.	NEWSPAPERS.	BOOKS OR PATTERN PARCELS.
	Not exceeding ¼ ounce.	¼ ounce to ½ ounce.	Every additional ½ oz.
	s.	d.	s.
TURKEY,—Including Levant—continued.
— Beyrout, Constantinople, Dardanelles, Gallipoli, Larnica, Mytelene, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, Tchesme, Tenedos, Trebizond, Tultscha, and Varna,—
via San Francisco and England	...	...	0

| UNITED KINGDOM,— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| via San Francisco | ... | ... | } | 0 | 6 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 |
| via Suez and Southampton | ... | ... | } | 0 | 8 | ... | ... | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| via ,, Brindisi | ... | ... | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

VANCOUVER'S ISLAND,—See America.

WALLACHIA,—See Moldavia.

| WEST INDIES (BRITISH), except Jamaica and Trinidad,— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| via San Francisco | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 4 | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5a |
| via Suez and Southampton | ... | ... | ... | ... | O | II | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 2 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4d |
| via ,, Brindisi | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 7 | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 5d |

| Jamaica and Trinidad,— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| via San Francisco | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 4 | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| via Suez and Southampton | ... | ... | ... | ... | O | II | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 2 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4 |
| via ,, Brindisi | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | I | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |

| WEST INDIES (FOREIGN),—Cuba, Curaçoa, Porto Rico, St. Martin's, St. Eustatius, Guadeloupe, and Martinique,— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| via San Francisco | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 4 | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5a |
| via Suez and Southampton | ... | ... | ... | ... | O | II | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 2 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 4d |
| via ,, Brindisi | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | I | ... | ... | 0 | 10 | 3 | ... | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5d |

| — St. Croix, St. Thomas, St. Domingo, and Hayti,— | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| via San Francisco | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 4 | ... | None. | 3 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 5 |
| via Suez and Southampton | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 5 | ... | None. | 2 | ... | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 |
| via ,, Brindisi | ... | ... | ... | ... | I | 7 | ... | None. | 3 | ... | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 4 |

a. An additional charge will be made on delivery. b. And 3d. per quarter of an ounce additional. c. And an amount equal to the postage in addition. d. Newspapers and book packets must not exceed 2 lbs. in weight, and pattern parcels must not exceed 8 ounces in weight. e. And an amount equal to the Foreign postage.

Correspondence addressed to the Continent of Europe which may be forwarded via Southampton may also be forwarded via Brindisi, upon payment of the following additional rates :—
Letters, not exceeding ½ oz., 2d.; and for every additional ½ oz., 2d. Book Packets, not exceeding 1 oz., 1d.; 1 oz. to 2 oz., 2d.; 2 oz. to 4 oz., 2d.; every additional 2 oz., 1d. Newspapers (each), not exceeding 4 oz., 1d.; every additional 4 oz., 1d.

NOTE.—No letter or other packet (whether registered or otherwise) containing either gold or silver money, jewels, or precious articles, or any other article whatever, liable to Customs duties, can pass through the post to any of the following countries comprised within the General Postal Union—viz., Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, Ceylon, Denmark, Egypt, France, French Colonies, Germany, Greece, Hongkong, Italy, Labuan, Luxemburg, the Netherlands, Netherland Colonies, Norway, Portugal, Portuguese Colonies, Roumania, Russia, Servia, Straits Settlement, Spain, Spanish Colonies, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, and the United States, and also British India.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine'
Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of
Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and
Baron Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a
Member of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; 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 the
Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-ninth day of September, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventy-seven.

Approved in Council—

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

GEO. MCLEAN.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1877, No 83

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🚂 Continuation of Table of International Postage Rates and Proclamation (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated29 September 1877
KeywordsPostage rates, International mail, Table, Customs, Proclamation, Wellington
👩‍💼 Officials

George Augustus Constantine Marquis of Normanby, Governor and Commander-in-Chief
Forster Goring, Clerk of the Executive Council
GEO. MCLEAN

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