The Sun.
London, England, 1855-09-27 00:00:00

TREASURY WARRANT ON COLONIAL

POSTAGE.

(From Tuesday Night'. Gencttc.)

Whereas by an act passed in the fourth year of the
reign of her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the
Regulatiou of the Duties of Postage," it is enacted that
it shall' be lawful for the Commissioners of her Majesty's
Treasury from time to time, and at any time after the
passing of that act, by warrant under their hands, to
alter and fix any of the rates of British postage or inland
postage, payable by law cn the transmission by the post
of foreign or colonial letters or newspapers, or of any
. other printed papers, and to subject the same to rates of
postage according to the weight thereof, and a scale of
weight to be conttined in such warrant.
Now we, the Commissioners of her Majesty's Trea-
sury, in exercise of the powers vested in us by the
said recited act, and of all other powers enabling us in
this behalf, do by this warrant (under the hands of two
of us the said commissioners by the authority of the sta-
tute in that case made and provided), order and direct
that on every letter not exceeding half an ounce in
weight transmitted by the post direct by British packet-
boats between any ports in the British colonies, or be-
tween any forts in the British colonies and any foreign
part (not in any such cases passing through the United
Kingdom) there shall be charged and taken (in lieu of
the rates heretofore chargeable for the sea conveyance of
such letters) a packet postage of fourpence.
And we direct that on every letter, transmitted as is
mentioned in this warrant, exceeding half an ounce in
weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid progres-
sive and additional rates of postage as follows (that ie
to say):
On every such letter exceeding half an ounce in weight
and not exceeding ono ounce in weight two rates of
postage.
On every such letter exceeding one ounce and not ex-
ceeding two ounces in weight, four rates of postage.
On every such letter exceeding two ounces and not
exceeding three ounces in weight, six rates of postage.
On every such letter exiaeeding three ounces and not
exceeding four ounces in weight, eight rates of postage.
And for every ounce in weight above the weight of 4
ratesou nc e
os ,f there
postage,
shall
and be
everycharged
fractiona d taken
o f
an twoo u additionalounce
above
the weight of 4 ounces shall be charged as one addi-
tional ounce, and each progressive and additional rate
chargeable under this clause shall be estimated and
char-red at the sum which any such letter would be
charted with under this warrant, if not exceeding half
an ounce in weight.
And we further direct that the rates of postage charg.
able on such letters as aforesaid, for the sea conveyance
thereof, shall be charged in addition to any inland co-
lonial rates that may be payable thereon.
And we further direct that nothing in this warrant
contained shall in anywise alter, prejudice, or affect the
exemptions and, privileges granted by the said recited act
passed in the fourth year of the reign of her present Ma.
jesty, nor in anywise prejudice or affect the privilege
which officers, seamen, and soldiers employed in the
service of the East India Company now by law enjoy of
sending and receiving letters by the poet, subject to the
regulations and restrictions in respect of tho INATTIO,
And we further direct that the term "by the post,"
used in this warrant, shall include the conveyance
through Egypt.
And we further direct, that this warrant shall come
int ) operation or. the Ist day of January, 1856.
And we hereby declare and direct that it shall be law-
ful for the commissioners, for the time being, of her
Majesty's Treasury, or any two of them, by warrant,
under their hands at any time hereafter, to alter or re-
peal any of the rates hereby altered,
or the regulations
hereby made, and to make and establish any newor
other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and from time
i;me to appoint at what time the rates that may be pay-
able are to be paid.
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Whitehall,
flay Treasuryof septetabhC

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Allies into Sebastopol, description of the state of the
town, and full nominal lists of
.officers and men killed
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