Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1861-01-12
Rates Of Postage.

| A|S'.Si' Ill VIC Ciiitcu CtdteS, per Hall
ounce, tractions same) not over 5000
miles, three cents, prepaid; over 5000
miles, ten cents. Letters dropped for
delivery, one centprcpaid. Advertised
letters, one cent extra. To or from the
Provinces, not over 5000 miles from
the line, ten cents per half ounce; over
5000 miles, fifteen cents, prepaid ornot.
Transient Newspapers, periodicals,
unscaled circulars, or other articles of
printed matter, not exceeding three
ounces in weight, to any part of the
United States, one cent, prepaid; each
additional ounce or fraction of an ounce,
one cent.
Regular Newspapers or periodicals,
paid yearly or quarterly in advance,
when circulated in the State where pub
lishcd, not weighing over one and Il
half ounces. one quarter cent; over
one and Il half andnot Ovcrthree ounces,
one half cent; every additional ounce or
fraction of an ounce, one half cent.
When circulated out of the State, all
wei Ching three ounces or less, half Il
cent, every additional ounce or fraction
of an ounce, half a cent.
Weekly Newspapers within the coun-
ty where published, single copy free
toeacl subscriber. Periodicals, monthly
or oftcner, and pamphlets not contain
ing more than sixteen Svo pages, in sim
gle packages of not less than eight
ounces to one address, prepaid by
stamps only, half Il cent on each ounce !;
fractions same.
Books, not weighing over four lbs,
one cent per oz., under 5000 miles, over
300 miles two cents per oz., prepaid.
Newspapers. or regular or transient
periodicals, pamphlets, and all printed
matter to the British provinces in North
America, same rates as in the United
States. and must be prepaid.
Publishers of Newspapers and peri
odicals may send to each actual subscri-
Der. enclosed in their publications, bills
and receipts for the same, free.
All printed Mutter must be mailed
either without cover, or so cnvclopcd
that portion may be open for inspec-
ton.
Newspapers to Great Britain or Ire
land, two cents each, payable in the
United States.
Periodicals and pamphlets, not over
two ounces. two cents each, and four
cents for each extra ounce, payable in
ilic United States; and same postage is
payable in the United Kingdom, except
ing that for the third ounce it rises to
siNpcncc, and each extra ounce two
pence.
FOREIGN COUNTRIES.
England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
iwcnty-iour cents, prepayment optional
| France, fifteen cents. Holland and
Belgium, twcnty-onc cents, prepay
mcnt optional. Canada, New Bruns-
wick, Cape Breton, Prince Edwards 3
Island, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland,
all ten cents, prepayment optional. On
newspapers and periodicals, the postage
must be prepaid. Aspinwall, Cuba.
Mexico and Panama, ten cents, if dis
tance from mailing office does not cX-
cccd $500 miles, and 20 cents where
the distance exceeds $500 miles, pre-
payment required. British West In
dies, &c., ten cents, prepayment re-
quircd. West India Islands. (British)
except Cuba, thirty-four cents, prepay.
mcnt required. Ecuador, Bolivia,
Chill, thirty-four cents, newspapers six
cents. This is the United States and
forcig postage, and must lie prepaid.
Peru, United States and foreign post
age, twenty-five cents, newspapers eight
cents, prepayment required. German
States, different prices, according to
conveyance, viz: ria France, twenty
one cents, English steamer, five cents,
American steamer twenty-one cents,
Prussian closed mail, thirty cents; Swift
zcrland by the same conveyances, five.
twcnty-onc, and thirty-tive cents, ria
France twcnty-one cents, prepayment
optional. Brazils, ria Falmouth, forty
five cents; Cape Verde Islands, sixty
five cents; China, except Hong Kong,
ria Southampton, thirty-three cents,
and ria Marseilles, forty-three cents;
ria France, open mail, twenty-one cents,
South Australia, ria Plymouth, thirty
three cents, Hong Kong, ria Southamp..
ton, five or twenty-one cents, Malta and
Gibrater, five or twenty-one cents, pre-
payment for all these required.
E1y~ Young LINCOLN IA student at
Harvard College,) has, within the past
week. grown vastly III popularity with
his fellow students and the towns-people
generally. On Wednesday night, in
body, the students called upon him.
congratulated him upon the success Of