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.