ch Letters pass through the Post on prepayment
of a penny only, remain unaltered.

5.--Letters addressed to New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince
Edward's Island, or Newfoundland, are to be rated with the uniform
rate of 3d per half-ounce.

6.--Letters to and from the United States will be liable to the
uniform rate of 3d per half-ounce, between the Frontier line and
the place of posting or place of destination in Canada; and until
further arrangements can be made, this charge on Letters from
Canada to the United States must be prepaid at the time of Posting.

9.--The charge on Letters posted at an office for delivery in the
same City, Town, or Place, and any additional charge made on
Letters delivered at the residence of parties to whom they are
addressed, are to remain as at present, until further instructions.

10.--No Franking Privilege is allowed under the New Act, except
with regard to Letters and Packets on the business of the Post
Office, addressed to or transmitted by the Post Master General.

13.--Stamps for the prepayment of Postage are being prepared and
will be distributed for the use of the public at an early date.

T. A. STAYNER.
_Deputy Post Master General._

Shortly afterwards a Notice, or Department Order, dated April 2nd, 1851,
was issued to postmasters regarding the rates of postage between Canada
and the United States, California and Oregon. It is hardly necessary to
reproduce this in its entirety and it will suffice to state that the
rate on single letters to the United States was sixpence currency,
equivalent to ten cents in United States money, while to California and
Oregon the rate was nine pence currency per half-ounce. On newspapers,
pamphlets, etc., the rates were the same as those for Canada itself with
the stipulation that all such mail must be prepaid. Certain offices were
named for handling the mail between Canada and the United States, viz:
Post Sarnia, Windsor, Fort Erie, Queenston (the channel of communication
with the United States for the country west of Toronto), Niagara,
Toronto, Cobourg (a communication during summer only, by steamer to
Rochester), Kingston, Brockville, Prescott, Montreal, St. John's,
Dundee, and Stanstead.

On the 21st of April, 1851, an Order was issued from the Post Office
Department referring to the issue of stamps. The most interesting
paragraphs from th