Employed in the Postal Service of Canada" dealt chiefly with the rates
of postage and as these are important we feel it is necessary to
reproduce most of this rather lengthy document _in extenso:_--
PRINCIPAL RATES OF POSTAGE.
LETTERS.
5.--On letters passing between any two places within the Dominion
of Canada, a uniform rate (irrespective of distance), of three
cents per 1/2 oz., if prepaid; and five cents per 1/2 oz. if
unpaid.
6.--On letters between any place in the Dominion and any place in
the United States, 6 cents per 1/2 oz., if prepaid; and ten cents
per 1/2 oz. if unpaid.
7.--On letters to or from the United Kingdom, in Mails by Canada
Packets, to or from Quebec in summer, or Portland in winter; or by
Mail Packet to or from Halifax, 12-1/2c per 1/2 oz.
On do. in Mails via New York Packet, 15 cents per 1/2 oz.
On letters to Prince Edward Island, if prepaid, 3 cents per 1/2
oz.; if posted unpaid, 5 cents per 1/2 oz.
On letters to Newfoundland, to be in all cases prepaid, 12-1/2c per
1/2 oz.
On letters to British Columbia and Vancouver Island, in all cases
to be prepaid, 10 cents per 1/2 oz.
On letters to Red River, to be in all cases prepaid, 6 cents per
1/2 oz.
NEWSPAPER RATES.
8.--Newspapers printed and published in Canada may be sent by Post
from the office of publication to any place in Canada at the
following rates, if paid quarterly in advance, either by the
Publisher, at the Post Office where the papers are posted, or by
the subscriber, at the Post Office where the papers are
delivered:--
For a paper published once a week, 5 cents per quarter of a year.
For a paper published twice a week, 10 cents per quarter.
For a paper published three times, 15 cents per quarter.
For a paper published six times, 30 cents per quarter.
If the above rates are prepaid by the Publisher, the Postmaster
receiving payment must be careful to have the papers so prepaid
separately put up, and marked, distinctly, as prepaid.
When the above rates are not prepaid in advance, by either the
Publisher at the office of posting or by the subscriber at the
office of delivery, the papers are to be charged one cent each on
delivery.
9.--Canadian Newspapers, addressed from the Office of publication
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