Postage Rates.

The charge for postage of letters is, within towns, one penny per half-ounce or fraction thereof, and doable that rate for delivery in any part of the colony or in any part of Australia. Penny stamped post-cards are also issued deliverable anywhere in New Zealand. The postage for book packets is at the rate of one penny for every two ounces, and the same scale applies to parcels coming within the category of the pattern and sample post. The limit of weight allowed for the inland pattern, sample, and book post is five pounds; and a packet must not exceed two feet in length, or one foot in width or depth. The postage rate on newspapers is one halfpenny within the colony, and double that sum for delivery in Australia and England. Bonâ fide magazines are charged one halfpenny for two ounces.