New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-01
Pam,hlet r.A Magazine Postage.

A correspondence has recently passed be-
tween Postmaster Geue,si Hubbard and the 3rsSA
Post ofcc Departures. in rsrd to the rates Of Ps~sa
LET postage between the Unite States and Grea srt
sin. Ia December last Mr. Hubbard sddrsssea tie
head OF the British Post oies Ds>atmeat pro,es!aS
rstuctea OF the rate 10 cent per ounce 90 frsc
ton Of an ounce instead cf four nov CIV gsa
thus bringing the couihiaed rate down toswo ees
ounce, from one to sixteen ounces, bat maxi 40
change in the rates OF those psaphle or bocAs sies
are cert over 1000 miles In the Uatea States
A reply from Mr. J Tlley, Assistant Secretary = ne
British General Post ofce rcmsrts thai no soe -
sea wss Observed for changing he srranseme = -
syscsing books whsch were pcpos> vi by the Narsss q
Cnnrcsrde in lst Those pcpcs ole are held 10 nave
offered much grestsradvsntSgsI an were as iou'ws;
LET That every packet eontdnins pr'asd esss.
magazine review or psmphlet should De ehAfsea ~
half Pound ia weisat, Is; when e Sceeias Aah :
pound. and not exccei,s enc pou,d, n when exceed
ing one pound, and not -Scecng s~o sunds. q; ss9
on, nccasng shi ing for eyxy "a ditoaa pSsnl
OF rscticr of pound.
"a Thsgsvery packet ssuid be sess wi, hcss osvs,
os IN cover open at the ssss.or sidss
81 That q should conts n q single voiNms eaty ths
several sheets parts thsoot wher eherc ere nssrs
thsn one beisy sewed or DO md togeth1!
9Th. That il should not exceed tive 'fsw Ia sAgus
breadth WIDTH depth.
sth Tha, il ssould have no ~rirms or asfks u,cuSAs
cover its css,ents exceps TIE name and address q
the person 30 whom IL may be ysst
9th That the postage shoale ec prepaid in full -
that respects packets posted n tho Uaicd knsSsR
this prepayment should be effected BY axi1s ousidsvA
packet OF it, cover the proper number OF stAmpS
Eth That If any OF the above conditions be vionscl
the packet should be charged as letter.
sh Thss in order to prevent s,y obstacles the TO-
guar transmission of letters hcef OF the Poet once
should he authorized TO delay the rsnsmiss,a Of saV
such packet for time exceed " "a hours from The
which the would 9TH
warded by him.
9th. That of the total amonn, o. postage paid srss
each packet thr, should be sered 20 rcprcseat
the inland British rate one-third tie rate aud The
remaining third the United States mud ard skss
the rate should belong to that Isy which effect
ed the marine conveyance.
This letter bears date January q 1884, aud cSa-
cludes by expressing the opinion OF Il ,PossI sushas-
ties that Ii is unnecessary to impose my rcstrictos
to weight for the that each ~sket would no
limited to single volume. book poe rates pre-.
cisey similar those proposed 20 the nied Stsss
has been established between the United Sdom sad
most of the British Colonies. Owing to thcdiasulsy
of inland carriage In India the weight bes shere bs-a
limited TO ~. svoirdupois.
Mr. HvBBARp replies, under date Of Feb 20, thai
the objections heretofore opposed 10 the plan IT tho
British Office still exist Some OF these oh ttions
lst A pamphlet which may now be sent iorio cese
would, under the proposed substitute scale bo subject
10 postage of twelve cents ODD
vi The proposed div sion Of the inland postage into
equal parts between the two countries, would nx 10
just, nSsnuch the transportation would necessarily
be much greater both In poin. OF distance and expense
in the United States than In the United Kingdom -
gemento the hind made, requiring socoupss
20 be kept at least five eghths OF the inland poslesv
In the OF letters Oregon and Cslifornis excue
az proposed, should belong to the unitei States
80. The asproposed by YOU would be- much hw-
er in many II not Ia most cases. than what tie prese1
tariff law Of the United States requires 10 bo paid -
books imported from England and. according to me
report ofthe Secretary ofhe Treasury, copy of wtsh
with Judge Halls letter u Goth February las
the value OF books annually exported from Great Bro
ain Is not less than s50O0O0 while the value OF those
sent from the United States probably does not exceed
s5,0O0 Moreover, we have good reason TO suppose
that much the aTgs part " bis kidd Of matter w0a4
be transported IN British s.esmers-lesvng therei6fe
but small share OF the postage to the Uaitcd states
Even in the ofetters this diproporton Ia the sixe
Of the male from Great Britain IL apparent escape
observation. Fer instance, have now before me Q
report from the New Yorl oiceof the number VI es-
tiers received al that Office fiom Great Britain and fro
land by twelve successive arrivals lately (six OF thu
Cunsrd and ak OF the Collins lines showing the follow.
Ing results via
BY the Cansrd HE. mails. lJl sY lsstsrs
BY the Collins line, malta 81 5s lessesv-
Difference in favor Of tho Cuosrd iins $3.50 lssars.