" 1-1/2 " 15 cts.
" " " 1-1/2 oz. " 2 " 20 cts.
" " " 2 oz. " 2-1/2 " 25 cts.

And so on, 5 cents being charged for every additional 1/2 oz., or
fraction of a half ounce.

[Sidenote: Excess of weight.]

If the weight be exceeded to the smallest extent, even though the
balance be merely turned, the letter becomes liable to an additional
rate.

[Sidenote: Unpaid letters.]

Letters addressed to any place within the Province of Canada, if sent
unpaid, are liable to a charge of 7 cents per 1/2 oz.

[Sidenote: Drop letters]

The charge on local or drop Letters, viz., letters posted at an office
in Canada for delivery from that office, is one cent for each letter.

[Sidenote: Letters delivered by carriers.]

The charge on letters delivered by Letter Carrier, in Canada, is two
cents for each letter in addition to the ordinary postage.

[Sidenote: Nova Scotia <i>via</i> Halifax.]

Letters for Nova Scotia, specially addressed by "Cunard Steamer,"
sailing from Boston to Liverpool <i>via</i> Halifax, every alternate
Wednesday, are liable to 12-1/2 cents per 1/2 oz., which can be pre-paid
or not at the option of the sender.

[Sidenote: Newfoundland.]

Letters for Newfoundland are liable to a rate of 20 cents per 1/2 oz.,
which must be pre-paid.

[Sidenote: British Columbia.]

The rate of postage on letters to British Columbia and Vancouver's
Island is 25 cents per 1/2 oz., which must be pre-paid.

[Sidenote: Red River.]

The rate of postage on letters to Red River, <i>via</i> the United States, is
10 cents per 1/2 oz., which may be pre-paid or not at the option of the
sender.

[Sidenote: United States.]

The rate of postage on letters between any place in Canada and any place
in the United States, except California and Oregon, is 10 cents per 1/2
oz., which may either be pre-paid or not, at the option of the sender.

[Sidenote: California and Oregon.]

The rate of postage on letters between any place in Canada and any place
in California or Oregon is 15 cents per 1/2 oz., which may be pre-paid
or not at the option of the sender.

[Sidenote: Scale of weight.]

The scale of weight under which the above letters are charged is the
same as the scale under which letters passing between places in Canada
are rated.

[Sidenote: United Kingdom.]

The single rate of postage on letters betwee