The Sun.
London, England, 1854-07-21 00:00:00

REDUCTION OF POSTAGE ON COLONIAL

LETTERS.

General Post-Offioe, July, 1854.

On and from the Ist of August next, the postage upon
letters conveyed, whether by packet or by private ship,
between the United Kingdom and the following British
colonies and possessions, viz. :—Nova Scotia, New
Brunswick, Newfoundland, and Barbadoes, will be re-
duced to a combined British and Colonial rate of—for
a letter not exceeding & an ounce in weight, 6d. ; ditto,
exceeding an ounce, and not exceeding 1 ounoe, Is. ;
ditto, exceeding 1 ounce, and not exceeding 2 ounces,
; and so on, increasing Is. for every additional ounce
or fraction of an ounce. The postage upon these letters
may be paid in advance, or the letters may be forwarded
unpaid, at the option of the sender. To the reduced
rate of 6d. a United States' transit rate of 2d. per half
ounce must be added, in the case of all lettere for the
above mentioned British North American provinces,
which may be specially addressed " via the United
States." It must be observed that the foregoing re-
duction cannot be applied to letters conveyed by a
mail packet belonging to the United States, and
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United States' mail packets, will continue liable to
the existing rates of postage. Parliamentary proceed-
ings.—On and from the same date the rates of post-
age
now chargeable upon packets containing printed
votes and proceedings of the Imperial Parliament,
post to Nova Scotia, New Bruns.
and Barbadoes, will be repealed,
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and all such packets will be subject to the same rates of
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ing ex
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postage which are levied on printed books sent to those
colonies, viz.:—For every packet of Parliamentary po
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ed g notb. exceedingandnot lb.
exceeding b'
in
weight,
11b., and not exceeding 2lb. s , 2s , and so on,
increasing ls. fur every pound or fraction: of a pound.
The however, must be observed :
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'must be sent without a cover,
or in a cover open at the ends or sides. 2. It mu-st,
contain a single publication only. the
several sheets sheets or
parts thereof, when there are more than one, being
sewed or bound together. 3. It must not exceed two
feet
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contents,must
except the name and dd a ress of the person to whom it
may be sent. 5. The must postage prepaid
in full
by affixing outside the packet or its cover the proper
number of stamps. If any of the above conditions be
violated, the 1, t
pac .e must be charged as a letter, and
treated as such in all respects. To prevent any obstacles
to the regular transmission of letters, any officer of the
Post-office may delay the transmission of any such
packet of printed votes and proceedings, for any time
not exceeding twenty.four hours from the time at which
the same would otherwise have been forwarded by him.

THE BISHOPRIC OF SODOR AND MAN.—The sermon
on the occasion of the consecration of the new Bishop of
Sodor and Man will be preached by the Hon. and Rev.
Montague Villiers. We understand that many members
of the evangelical body, lay and clerical, highly
disap-
prove of the step taken by the hon. and rev. gentleman,
and that a correspondence has taken place on the sub
ject, which may poeeibly be laid before the public.