Chapter III: Part 3

[1] Late “Chisholm, W. O.”

[2] Late “Chertsey.”

[3] Closed during winter.

[4] Late “Forks Middle River, W. O.”

[5] Late “Torbolton.”

[6] Late “Cornabuss.”

[7] Late “Esperance.”

[8] Late “Big Glace Bay, W. O.”

[9] Late Plaister Cove.

[10] Late “Ham.”

[11] Late “Thorne.”

LIST of Post Offices closed, and not subsequently re-opened, between the 1st of July, 1869, and the 1st of July, 1870.

NAME OF OFFICE. | ELECTORAL DISTRICT. |DATE OF CLOSING.
| |
Battery Hill, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st July, 1870.
Cavan |Durham, E. R. O|1st January, 1870.
Clarendon |Pontiac Q|1st January, 1870.
* Glengarry, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st July, 1870.
Grand Harbor, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st August, 1869.
Hebron |Perth, N. R. O|1st January, 1870.
Hopefield |Renfrew, S. R. O|1st October, 1869.
Fishers Grant, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st January, 1870.
Kingsbury, W. O. |Lunenburg N S|31st March, 1870.
Lake Matapédia (sub.) |Rimouski Q|6th November, 1869.
Lake Témiscouata |Témiscouata Q|14th August, 1869.
Larner |Perth, S. R. O|1st January, 1870.
Little Rapids |Ottawa Q|1st July, 1870.
Mayfair |Grey, N. R. O|1st April, 1870.
Meyersburg |Northumberland, E. R. O|1st June, 1870.
Millington |Ontario, N. R. O|1st April, 1870.
New River, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st January, 1870.
North Adjala |Cardwell O|1st April, 1870.
Peterson’s Ferry |Prince Edward O|1st July, 1870.
Pope’s Harbor, W. O. |Halifax N S|1st July, 1870.
Radstock |Joliette Q|1st July, 1870.
St. Angelique |Ottawa Q|1st April, 1870.
South, W. O. |Lunenburg N S|31st March, 1870.
South Roxton |Shefford Q|1st February, 1870.
Waweig, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st December, 1869.
Wheaton Settlement, W. O. |Westmoreland N B|1st January, 1870.
Wimbledon |Essex O|1st July, 1870.

LIST of changes in the names of Post Offices, between the 1st July, 1869, and 1st July, 1870, inclusive.

LATE NAME OF OFFICE. | ELECTORAL COUNTY. |NEW NAME OF OFFICE.
| |
Big Glace Bay, W. O. |Cape Breton N S|Port Caledonia.
Chertsey |Montcalm Q|Chantelle.
Chisholm, W. O. |Antigonishe N S|Briley’s Brook.
Cornabuss |Grey, S. R. O|Markdale.
Esperance |Wolfe Q|North Ham.
Forks, Middle River, W. O. |Pictou N S|Concord.
Ham |Wolfe Q|South Ham.
St. Francis |Yamaska Q|St. François du Lac.
Thorne |Pontiac Q|Thornby.
Torbolton |Carleton O|Dunrobin.
Plaister Cove |Inverness N S|Port Hastings.

POST OFFICE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1870.

NEW POST OFFICES ESTABLISHED.

NAME OF |TOWNSHIP | ELECTORAL COUNTY. |POSTMASTER.
POST OFFICE. |OR PARISH. | |
| | |
Broad Cove Chapel, | |Inverness N S|Ronald McDonald.
W. O. | | |
Burlington, W. O. | |King’s N S|Charles Hall.
Calton |Bayham |Elgin, E. R. O|Duncan McLauchlan.
[12]Clarendon | |Charlotte N B|John McCutcheon.
Settlement, W. O.| | |
Clareview |Sheffield |Addington O|Robert T.
(re-opened) | | | McDonnell.
[13]Drum |Manvers |Durham, E. R. O|Isabella Harrison.
Edgecombe |Mornington |Perth, N. R. O|James Dunlop.
(re-opened) | | |
[13]Fennells |Innisfil |Simcoe, S. R. O|J. G. Feigehan.
[13]Goose Creek, | |St. John N B|John Prescott.
W. O. | | |
Green’s Creek, | |Colchester N S|Daniel Dart.
W. O. | | |
Irish Cove, W. O. | |Cape Breton N S|Michael McDonald.
Katevale |Hatley |Stanstead Q|L. C. A. T. de
| | | Lagorgendière.
Linda |Westbury |Compton Q|Siméon Mallory.
Little Lorraine, | |Cape Breton N S|Joseph McDonald.
W. O. | | |
Mull River, W. O. | |Inverness N S|Donald McIsaac.
Napperton |Adelaide |Middlesex, N. R. O|Thomas Jury.
Pointe aux Pins |Park |Algoma O|W. G. Foot.
Point Kaye |Monck |Victoria, N. R. O|Charles Kaye.
Rosseau (re-opened)|Humphrey |Simcoe, N. R. O|William Ditchburn.
[13]St. Croix, | |York N B|A. T. Richard.
W. O. | | |
Section 7, W. O. | |Colchester N S|James G. Blaikie.
[14]Silverstream | |Victoria N B|Baptiste Guimond.
Smith’s Mills |Stanstead |Stanstead Q|William Knight.
Spencer’s Island, | |Cumberland N S|W. H. Bigelow.
W. O. | | |
[13]Swan Creek, | |Sunbury N B|H. A. Eastabrook.
W. O. | | |
[13]Ullyatt |Euphrasia |Grey, N. R. O|John Alcock.
Union Hill |London |Middlesex, E. R. O|John McGuffin.
Utopia |Essa |Simcoe, S. R. O|Thomas Dawson.
[13]Vandeleur |Artemesia |Grey, S. R. O|James W.
| | | Henderson.
[13]Vasey |Tay |Simcoe, N. R. O|Mark Vasey.
[13]Ventry |Proton |Grey, S. R. O|Carby Johnson.

[12] Opened on the 1st June, but not reported.

[13] Opened on the 1st July, but not reported.

[14] Opened on the 1st August, but not reported.

The Post Office at St. Emmelie de l’Energie, St. Michel des Anges and St. Zenon, reported as having been opened on the 1st July, did not go into operation until the 1st August.

The Sub-Offices at Cap à l’Aigle, and Point à Pic, were closed for the season on the 1st September.

POST OFFICES CLOSED.

Boynton County of Stanstead, Q.
Golden Creek ” Lambton, O.
Greenwich, W. O. ” King’s, N. S.
Isle au Noix ” St. John’s, Q.
Jackson’s Mills, W. O. ” King’s, N. S.
Port Talbot ” Elgin, W. R., O.
Vauban ” Témiscouata, Q.

TABLES OF RATES OF POSTAGE FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Table No. 1.—By mails sent to England in Mail Steam Packets, sailing
weekly (every Saturday), from Quebec in Summer, from
Portland in Winter: and fortnightly, from Halifax, Nova
Scotia.

Table No. 2.—By Cunard or other Steamers, sailing from New York for
England, (closed mail.)

Table No. 3.—To Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet,
sailing monthly from Halifax to Bermuda, and St. Thomas.

Table No. 4.—To certain British Colonies, and foreign countries,
to be included in the United States Mails for Steamers
sailing from New York for the West Indies, Panama, and
South America.

Table No. 5.—Rates on matter transmissible by post, within Canada,
and to Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the United
Kingdom, France, and the United States.

TABLE No. 1.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN POSTAGE TABLE.

[_VIA ENGLAND._]

TABLE shewing the amount of Postage, to be collected in the Dominion of Canada, upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded by Canadian Mail Steamers, to the United Kingdom, and through the United Kingdom to the undermentioned Colonies and Foreign Countries.

_Mem._ 1. In all cases the postage must be prepaid. Letters for the
United Kingdom, if posted unpaid, or insufficiently paid,
will be forwarded, but they will be charged on delivery
with the amount of deficient postage, and a fine of
threepence sterling.

2. No Book Packet addressed to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores,
or Cape de Verds, must exceed 1 lb. in weight; the weight
of a Book Packet for Russia or Poland is limited to 8 oz.;
the weight of any Packet of Patterns for Germany or Belgium
is limited to 8 oz.; the weight of a Book Packet for Greece
is limited to 3 lbs. No such Packet for Greece must exceed
2 ft. in length, or 1 ft. in width or depth.

3. Letters may be registered to all places, except those
the names of which are followed by the letters _n r_,
indicating that _no registration_ can be effected.

4. The Registration Fee on letters addressed to the United
Kingdom is 8 cents each. In all other cases the Registration
Fee is 16 cents from Canada to the place of destination;
except in those cases where an asterisk is prefixed, when
a Registration Fee of 8 cents each letter, and a postage of
4 cents per ½ oz. must be collected; to this must be added
_double_ the ordinary rate of postage, as given in this
table.

5. Upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded
through the United States, the following additional rates
must be collected, viz., 2 cents per ½ oz. for Letters, 2
cents each for Newspapers, and 2 cents per 4 oz. for Book
Packets.

6. On Book Packets, not exceeding 1 oz. in weight, addressed
to the United Kingdom, the postage is 2 cents; on Book
Packets, weighing more than 1 oz., the progressive rates
of postage will be found in the table below.

--------------+---------------------------------------------------
| FOR A LETTER.
--------------+---------------------------------------------------
|Not exceeding ¼ oz.
| +--------------------------------------------
| |Above ¼ oz. and not exceeding ½ oz.
| | +-------------------------------------
| | |Above ½ oz. and not exceeding ¾ oz.
| | | +------------------------------
| | | |For every additional ¼ oz.
COUNTRIES, &c.| | | |
| | | | +-----------------------
| | | | |For every additional
| | | | |½ oz.
| | | | | +----------------
| | | | | |FOR EACH
| | | | | |NEWSPAPER.
--------------+------+------+------+------+------+----------------
|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|
Aden | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| — | 0 22| 6 cents.
Africa, West | | | | | |
Coast of | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 4 cents.
* Algeria | 0 10| 0 16| 0 26| 0 06| 0 04| Book rate.
Ascension | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| — | 0 28| 4 cents.
Australia, | | | | | |
South | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 6 cents.
Australia, | | | | | |
Western | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 6 cents.
Austria | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| Book rate.
Azores | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Baden | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book Rate.
* Bavaria | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Belgium | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Borneo (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
Bourbon | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 24| 0 24| 0 48| | 0 24| 8 cents.
Brazil (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Bremen | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Brunswick | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Buenos Ayres | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Canary Islands| 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate.
Cape de Verds | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do
Cape of Good | | | | | |
Hope | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Ceylon | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| | 0 22| 6 cents.
Chili (_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents.
China (except | | | | | |
Hong Kong), | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
Constantinople| 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate.
Costa Rica | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Cuba (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
* Dardanelles | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate.
Denmark | 0 12| 0 12| 0 24| | 0 12| do
Ecuador | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents.
Egypt | | | | | |
(Alexandria,| | | | | |
Cairo, and | | | | | |
Suez) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
England | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents.
Falkland | | | | | |
Islands | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Fernando Po | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
* France | 0 10| 0 16| 0 26| 0 06| 0 04| Book rate.
Frankfort | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
* Galatz | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
* Gallipoli | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Gambia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Gibraltar | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Gold Coast | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Greece | 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate.
Grey Town | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Guatemala | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Hamburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Hanover | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Hayti (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Hesse | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Hesse Homburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Holland | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| 4 cents.
Hong Kong | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
India | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| | 0 22| 6 cents.
Ionian Islands| 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate.
Ireland | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents.
Italy (except | | | | | |
Papal | | | | | |
States) | 0 14| 0 24| 0 38| 0 10| 0 04| Book rate.
Labuan | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
Larnaca | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rate.
Lauenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Liberia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Lippe Detmold | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Lubeck | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Madeira | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do
Malta | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Mauritius | 0 24| 0 24| 0 48| | 0 24| 8 cents.
Mecklenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
Mexico (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Moldavia | 0 18| 0 18| 0 36| | 0 18| Book rate.
Monte Video | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
* Mytelene | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate.
Nassau, | | | | | |
Duchy of | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Natal | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
New Grenada | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
New South | | | | | |
Wales | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents.
New Zealand | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents.
Norway | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rate.
Oldenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
* Papal States| 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Penang | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
Peru (_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents.
Poland | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rates.
Porto Rico | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Portugal | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate.
Prussia | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Queensland | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents.
Reuss | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate.
* Rhodes | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
* Rome | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Russia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do
St. Helena | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
* Salonica | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate.
Samsonn | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Saxe Altenburg|} | | | | |
Saxe Coburg |} | | | | |
Gotha |} | | | | |
Saxe Meiningen|} | | | | |
Saxe Weimar |} | | | | |
Saxony |} 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Schaumburg |} | | | | |
Lippe |} | | | | |
Schwartzburg |} | | | | |
Rudolstadt |} | | | | |
Schwartzburg |} | | | | |
Sonderhausen|} | | | | |
Scotland | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents.
Scutari | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate.
Seres | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do
Sierra Leone | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents.
Singapore | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents.
* Smyrna | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book Rate.
Spain | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Surinam | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Sweden | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate.
Switzerland, | | | | | |
viâ Belgium | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do
Switzerland, | | | | | |
viâ France | 0 14| 0 24| 0 38| 0 10| 0 04| do
Syria (_n r_) | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Tasmania | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents.
Tchesme | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate.
Tenedos | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do
* Trebizond | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
* Tultcha | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
* Tunis | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
* Varna | 0 16| 0 24| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do
Venezuela | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
Victoria | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents.
Wallachia | 0 18| 0 18| 0 36| | 0 18| Book Rate.
West Indies, | | | | | |
British | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.
West Indies, | | | | | |
Foreign, | | | | | |
except | | | | | |
places | | | | | |
specified | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.

--------------+---------------------------------------------
| FOR A BOOK PACKET.
+---------------------------------------------
|Not exceeding 2 ozs.
| +--------------------------------------
| |2 ozs. to 4 ozs.
| | +-------------------------------
COUNTRIES, &c.| | |4 ozs. to 8 ozs.
| | | +------------------------
| | | |8 ozs. to 12 ozs.
| | | | +-----------------
| | | | |12 ozs. to 1 lb.
| | | | | +----------
| | | | | |1 lb. to
| | | | | |1¼ lb.
--------------+------+------+------+------+------+----------
|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.
Aden | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Africa, West | | | | | |
Coast of | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Algeria | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Ascension | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Australia, | | | | | |
South | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Australia, | | | | | |
Western | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Austria | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Azores | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Baden | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Bavaria | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Belgium | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Borneo (_n r_)| 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Bourbon | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 16| 0 18| 0 36| 0 54| 0 72| 0 90
Brazil (_n r_)| 0 10| 0 12| 0 28| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Bremen | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Brunswick | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Buenos Ayres | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Canary Islands| 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Cape de Verds | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Cape of Good | | | | | |
Hope | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Ceylon | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Chili (_n r_) | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
China (except | | | | | |
Hong Kong), | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Constantinople| 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Costa Rica | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Cuba (_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Dardanelles | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Denmark | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Ecuador | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Egypt | | | | | |
(Alexandria,| | | | | |
Cairo, and | | | | | |
Suez) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
England | 0 04| 0 06| 0 12| 0 18| 0 24| 0 30
Falkland | | | | | |
Islands | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Fernando Po | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* France | 0 04| 0 08| 0 16| 0 24| 0 32| 0 40
Frankfort | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
* Galatz | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Gallipoli | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Gambia | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Gibraltar | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Gold Coast | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Greece | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Grey Town | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Guatemala | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Hamburg | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Hanover | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Hayti (_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Hesse | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Hesse Homburg | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Holland | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Hong Kong | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
India | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Ionian Islands| 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Ireland | 0 04| 0 06| 0 12| 0 18| 0 24| 0 30
Italy (except | | | | | |
Papal | | | | | |
States) | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Labuan | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Larnaca | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Lauenburg | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Liberia | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Lippe Detmold | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Lubeck | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Madeira | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Malta | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Mauritius | 0 16| 0 18| 0 36| 0 54| 0 72| 0 90
Mecklenburg | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Mexico (_n r_)| 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Moldavia | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Monte Video | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Mytelene | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Nassau, | | | | | |
Duchy of | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Natal | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
New Grenada | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
New South | | | | | |
Wales | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
New Zealand | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Norway | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Oldenburg | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
* Papal States| 0 04| 0 08| 0 16| 0 24| 0 32| 0 40
Penang | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Peru (_n r_) | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Poland | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Porto Rico | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Portugal | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Prussia | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Queensland | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Reuss | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
* Rhodes | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Rome | 0 04| 0 08| 0 16| 0 24| 0 32| 0 40
Russia | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
St. Helena | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Salonica | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Samsonn | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Saxe Altenburg|} | | | | |
Saxe Coburg |} | | | | |
Gotha |} | | | | |
Saxe Meiningen|} | | | | |
Saxe Weimar |} | | | | |
Saxony |} 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Schaumburg |} | | | | |
Lippe |} | | | | |
Schwartzburg |} | | | | |
Rudolstadt |} | | | | |
Schwartzburg |} | | | | |
Sonderhausen|} | | | | |
Scotland | 0 04| 0 06| 0 12| 0 18| 0 24| 0 30
Scutari | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Seres | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Sierra Leone | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Singapore | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
* Smyrna | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Spain | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Surinam | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Sweden | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Switzerland, | | | | | |
viâ Belgium | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Switzerland, | | | | | |
viâ France | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Syria (_n r_) | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Tasmania | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Tchesme | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
Tenedos | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
* Trebizond | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Tultcha | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Tunis | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
* Varna | 0 06| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Venezuela | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
Victoria | 0 12| 0 14| 0 28| 0 42| 0 56| 0 70
Wallachia | 0 08| 0 16| 0 32| 0 48| 0 64| 0 80
West Indies, | | | | | |
British | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60
West Indies, | | | | | |
Foreign, | | | | | |
except | | | | | |
places | | | | | |
specified | | | | | |
(_n r_) | 0 10| 0 12| 0 24| 0 36| 0 48| 0 60

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
COUNTRIES. | | | | exceeding 1 oz.
| | | | +------------------
| | | | | 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 39| 0 39| 0 61| 0 61| 0 83| 0 83
Italy, (except | | | | | |
Papal States) | 0 31| 0 41| 0 55| 0 65| 0 79| 0 89
Norway | 0 32| 0 32| 0 48| 0 48| 0 64| 0 64
Papal States (Rome) | 0 44| 0 68| 1 04| 1 28| 1 64| 1 88
Prussia | 0 26| 0 26| 0 36| 0 36| 0 46| 0 46
--------------------+------+------+------+------+------+-----------

TABLE No. 2.

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, 3 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 139), 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 1.

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

TABLE No. 3.

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, per oz.
| |Newspaper.|
| | |
----------------+------------------+----------+--------------------------
Bermuda |12 cents per ½ oz.|2 cents |6 cents per 4 oz. weight
West Indies, | | |
British and | | |
Foreign |12 cents ” | ” | ”

NOTE.—Letters for this route, when specially addressed, to be forwarded by the Inman Packet from New York to Halifax, will require to be prepaid an additional rate of 6 cents per ½ oz.; and there will be an extra charge of 2 cents on each newspaper.

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

TABLE No. 4.

RATES of Postage from Canada to British Colonies and Foreign Countries, _viâ_ the United States.

Mail matter for the undermentioned places is included in the United States Mails sent from New York and Detroit, for the West Indies, Panama, and South America.

Letters, &c., intended for this route should be marked “_viâ New York_,” or “_viâ Detroit_.”

Prepayment by Postage Stamps required in all cases.

------------------------+------------------------------------
| Letter Rate, per ½ oz.
| +-----------------------------
| | Newspapers each.
| | +----------------------
| | | Pamphlets, Magazines
COUNTRIES, &c. | | | and Printed Matter.
------------------------+------+------+----------------------
|$ cts.|$ cts.|
Australian Colonies | 0 15 | 0 04 | 8 cents per 4 oz.
Acapulco | 0 13 | 0 05 | 12 ” 4 oz.
* Aspinwall | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
Bahamas | 0 06 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
* Bolivia | 0 25 | 0 06 | 14 ” 4 oz.
{ Bahia | | |
{ Para | | |
Brazil { Pernambuco | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
{ Rio Janeiro | | |
British Columbia | 0 06 | 0 02 | 4 ” 4 oz.
* Colon (United States | | |
of Columbia) | 0 13 | 0 05 | 12 ” 4 oz.
* Ecuador | 0 25 | 0 06 | 14 ” 1 oz.
Central { Costa Rica | | |
America { Guatemala | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
* Chili—Valparaiso | 0 25 | 0 06 | 14 ” 4 oz.
† China | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
{ Cardenas | | |
{ Havana | | |
Cuba { Matanzas | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
{ Puerto Principe | | |
Honduras | 0 15 | 0 04 | 10 ” 4 oz.
† Japan | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
Mexico | 0 13 | 0 05 | 12 ” 4 oz.
* New Granada, except | | |
Aspinwall and Panama | 0 21 | 0 06 | 14 ” 4 oz.
Nicaragua | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
* Panama | 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
* Peru—Callao, Lima | 0 25 | 0 06 | 14 ” 4 oz.
Sandwich Islands | 0 09 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
* Venezuela—Laguayra, | | |
Porto Cabello | 0 13 | 0 06 | 12 ” 4 oz.
| | |
* WEST INDIES—_British and Danish_:—
Antigua }| | |
Barbadoes }| | |
Demerara }| | |
Dominica }| | |
Essequibo }| | |
Grenada }| | |
Jamaica }| | |
Nevis }| 0 13 | 0 04 | 8 ” 4 oz.
St. Thomas }| | |
St. Kitts }| | |
St. Lucia }| | |
Santa Cruz }| | |
St. Vincent }| | |
Tobago }| | |
Trinidad }| | |
| | |
* WEST INDIES—_not British or Danish_:—
Guadaloupe }| | |
Hayti (St. Domingo) }| | |
Martinique }| 0 21 | 0 06 |
Porto Rico }| | |
------------------------+------+------+----------------------

Letters forwarded by this route, addressed to those places marked *, can be registered on prepayment of an additional 8 cents per letter.

† Letters can be registered to Shanghae, in China, and Yokohama, in Japan, on prepayment of a fee of 8 cents, but to no other places in either country.

Mails for New York or Detroit, in which alone Letters for the above countries are despatched, are made up daily at the following Post Offices in Canada:—

Halifax.
Quebec.
Ottawa.
Toronto.
St. John.
Montreal.
Kingston.
Hamilton.

Postmasters should be careful to govern themselves accordingly, and not to send letters for the above countries to any other Frontier Offices.

Letters, &c., prepaid for transmission, “_viâ New York_” or “_viâ Detroit_,” are forwarded direct on New York or Detroit with every mail made up for those Post Offices. West Indian mails are despatched as follows, from New York:—

For Havana and the West Indies, _viâ_ Havana, every Thursday afternoon.

For St. Thomas, the West Indies, and Brazil, on the 23rd of every month.

TABLE No. 5.

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.

NOTE.—The Postage upon all matter included in this table should be prepaid by Postage Stamps.

-----------------+-------------------------------------------------------
|Between any place in Canada and to Prince Edward
|Island and Newfoundland.
| +----------------------------------------------
| |To Great Britain, Mail Steam Packets
| |sailing from Quebec or Portland and
| |Halifax.
| | +----------------------------------
DESCRIPTION | | |To Great Britain by Cunard
OF MATTER. | | |and other Steamers sailing
| | |from New York.
| | | +-----------------------
| | | |To France by Mail
| | | |Steam Packets
| | | |sailing from
| | | |Quebec, &c.
| | | | +------------
| | | | |To United
| | | | |States.
-----------------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+------------
_Books_ |1 cent |Canadian |Cunard |French |1ct. per
|per oz. |Pkt. Book |Pkt. Book |Book |oz.,
| |Post (_a_) |Post (_b_)|Post (_c_)|subject on
| | | | |delivery to
| | | | |U.S. postage
| | | | |
_Cartes de | do | do | do | do | do
visite_ | | | | |
| | | | |
_Circulars_ |1 cent | do | do | do | do
—Printed |each | | | |
|when | | | |
|sent | | | |
|singly, | | | |
|or 1 | | | |
|cent per| | | |
|oz. | | | |
| | | | |
_Handbills_ |1 cent | do | do | do | do
|per oz. | | | |
| | | | |
_Lithographed |1 cent | do | do | do | do
Letters_ and |each | | | |
Circulars |when | | | |
|sent | | | |
|singly, | | | |
|or 1 | | | |
|cent per| | | |
|oz. | | | |
| | | | |
_Newspapers_, |Once a |At |As by Can.| do | do
Canadian |Week, 5 |commuted |Str., with| |
|cts. per|rate, if |2 cents | |
|quarter |prepaid |additional| |
|[15] |from office|on each | |
|Twice ” |of |paper | |
| 10 ” |publication| | |
|Thrice ”| | | |
| 15 ” | | | |
|Daily | | | |
| 30 ” | | | |
| | | | |
_Newspapers, |2 cents |2 cents |4 cents | do |2 cents
transient_ |each |each |each | |each
| | | | |
_Pamphlets and |1 cent |Canadian |Cunard | do |1 ct. per
occasional |per oz. |Pkt. Book |Pkt. Book | |oz. as
Publications_ | |Post (_a_) |Post (_b_)| |above
| | | | |
_“Parcel Post” |See Rates, &c., in margin (_d_)
Packages_ |
| | | | |
_Patterns_ of |1 cent |Canadian |Cunard |French |1 ct. per
Merchandize for |per oz. |Pkt. Book |Pkt. Book |Book |oz. as
sale | |Post (_a_) |Post (_b_)|Post (_c_)|above
| | | | |
_Periodicals_ |1 cent |2 cents | do | do |Same as
|per 4 |each No. if| | |between
|oz., |published | | |places in
|whether |in Canada; | | |Canada.
|package |Canadian | | |
|contains|Pkt. Book | | |
|one or |Post, if | | |
|more |foreign | | |
|Nos. | | | |
| | | | |
[16]_Photographs |Parcel |Canadian | do | do | do
in Cases_ |Post |Pkt. Book | | |
|(_b_) |Post (_a_) | | |
| | | | |
” Albums | do | do | do | do | do
| | | | |
_Prices Current_ |1 cent |2 cents |4 cents | do | do
|per oz. |each, or in|each | |
| |bulk at | | |
| |Canadian | | |
| |Packet Book| | |
| |Post (_a_) | | |
| | | | |
_Book and | do |Canadian |Cunard | do |1 cent
Newspaper | |Pkt. Book |Pkt. Book | |per oz.
Manuscript, | |Post (_a_) |Post (_b_)| |
Printers’ Proof,| | | | |
Maps, &c._ | | | | |
| | | | |
_Printed | do | do | do | do | do
Matter_—of the | | | | |
same character | | | | |
as Circulars, | | | | |
Handbills, &c. | | | | |
| | | | |
_Sample of | | | | |
Merchandize_ | | | | |
—See Patterns. | | | | |
| | | | |
_School Returns_ | do | do | do | do | do
—Half-yearly | | | | |
| | | | |
_School Returns_ |1 cent | do | do | do | do
—by School |each or | | | |
Trustees to |1 cent | | | |
Superintendent, |per oz. | | | |
even although | | | | |
filled up in | | | | |
writing | | | | |
| | | | |
_Seeds, &c._, |1 cent | do | do | do | do
—samples of |per oz. | | | |
(including | | | | |
Cuttings, Bulbs,| | | | |
Roots, Scions, | | | | |
or Grafts) | | | | |
| | | | |
_Parliamentary |Free | do | do | do | do
Papers_ | | | | |
| | | | |
_Petitions_ and |Free to | | | |
Addresses to |and from| | | |
Provincial |places | | | |
Legislatures, |where | | | |
Votes and |Session | | | |
Proceedings, and|is held | | | |
other papers, | | | | |
printed by | | | | |
order of said | | | | |
Legislatures | | | | |
-----------------+--------+-----------+----------+----------+------------

[15] Commuted Rate prepayable by Subscriber or Publisher.

[16] Photographs in cases containing glass cannot be sent by Post.

(_a_)—CANADIAN PACKET BOOK POST.

Not exceeding 1 oz. 2 cents.
1 to 2 ozs. 4 ”
2 to 4 ozs. 6 ”
4 to 8 ozs. 12 ”
8 to 12 ozs. 18 ”
12 ozs. to 1 lb. 24 ”
and so on.

(_b_)—CUNARD PACKET BOOK POST.

Not exceeding 1 oz. 4 cents.
1 to 2 ozs. 6 ”
2 to 4 ozs. 8 ”
4 to 8 ozs. 16 ”
8 to 12 ozs. 24 ”
12 ozs. to 1 lb. 32 ”
and so on.

(_c_)—FRENCH BOOK POST.

Not exceeding 2 ozs. 4 cents.
2 to 4 ozs. 8 ”
4 to 8 ozs. 16 ”
8 to 12 ozs. 24 ”
12 ozs. to 1 lb. 32 ”
and so on.

A Book Packet may contain any number of separate books, publications, works of literature and art, maps or prints, photographs, daguereotypes, 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 Packages must be open at _both ends or both sides_.

(_d_)—PARCEL POST.

Not exceeding ½ lb. 12½ cents.
½ lb. to 1 lb. 25 ”
1 lb. to 1½ lb. 37½ ”
1½ lb. to 2 lbs. 50 ”
2 lbs. to 2½ lbs. 62½ ”
2½ lbs. to 3 lbs. 75 ”
3 lbs. to 3½ lbs. 87½ ”
3½ lbs. to 4 lbs. $1 00

_Registration Fee, 5 Cents._

Parcels sent by Post to places in Canada may contain books, daguereotypes, photographs, 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, Newspaper, Parcel or Packet of any kind whatever, can, in future, be received for registration unless both postage and registration fee are fully prepaid; prepayment should, if possible, be by postage stamps.