Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-17

routes close at 1870 D. IN, including
Norfolk, Old Point Comfort and Ports.
mouth.
MOney-Order once.
| Especial attention is called 10 the
money-order system Bs a safe and cheap
method Of transmitting small sums Of
money through the mills. Orders are
issued in sums of not more than $50.
Larger amounts can be transmitted to
the same person at the same time by ad.
| ditional orders.
The mOney-order Office is open from
a. IN to 6 p. IN.
RATS.
On orders not exceeding 500, 10 cents.
Over $40, and not exceeding
Over $50, and not exceeding - ''D'''
Over $40, and not exceeding
$50, 25 cents.
Money orders can be obtained on any
post Office Of Switzerland at the above
rates.
Registry Department.
Letters may be registered by paying
postage in full, and registration fec in
stamps, for
United States, If cents.
Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, cents.
En iland, Ireland, and Scotland, s cents.
GcnnaR.Austrian Postal Union,
embracing the German and
Austrian States, cents.
Letters cannot be registered to
France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and
Holland.
Postage on Printed Matter, sc.
Newspapers.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
pr, paid by stamps, unless regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers, ="
when the following rates are charged,
payable quarterly in advance, either at
the mailing or delivery Office:
Dailies, IS cents.
Six times a week, 30 cents.
Tri- Weeklies, 10 cents
Semi. Weeklics, 10 cents
Wreklies, cents.
Semimonthly not over four
ounces, cents.
Monthlics, not over four ounces, 3 cents.
Quirterlies, not over four
ounces, cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, and circulars
dropped into the Office for local delivery
must be prepaid. The postage on rcgu-
lar papers, &c, must be paid in advance
to The carrier or at the Office, otherwise
th y will be charged at transient rates
Postage to Canada.
Postage on books and other printed
matter, including newspapers, can only
be paid to the Canada line.
Books,
Not exceeding four, ounces in
weight, cents.
Aud for each additional four
ounces, or fraction, cents
Unssdled Circulars,
Not exceeding three in number
to one address, cents,
Over three and not exceeding
six to one address, cents,
Any larger number the same proper
tionate rates.
Transient Printed Matter.
On package to one address, not
exceeding four ounces 2 cents.
And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction thereof, 2 cents.
No transient printed matter is for
warded unless prepaid.
Miscellaneous Matter,
Embracing pamphlets, occasional
publications, transient newspapers,
hand,bills, posters, book manuscript,
| prOOf.sheets, corrected or not maps,
prints, engravings, sheet music, blanks,
flexible patterns, sample cards, phonO-
| graphic paper, letter envelopes, postal
envelopes or wrappers, cards paper,
| plain or ornamental; Photographic rep
rescntations Of different types, seeds,
cuttings, bulbs, roots. and scions;) the
postage to be prepaid is, on one pack
age to one address, not over four ounces,
cents; over four ounces and not over
eight ounces, 4 cents; over eight ounces
and not over twelve ounces, G cents;
over twelve ounces and not over sixteen
ounces, cents. The weight OF pack
ages Of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scions
is limited to thirty-two ounces.
Postal Rules.
Many errors occur by persons not OBJ
serving the following regulations in dc
posting letters, papers, or miscellaneous
publications for mailing:
All drop letters must be prepaid by
postage stamps.
Prepayment by stalEps required on all
letters to places within the United
States.
Full prepayment by stamps required
on all transient printed matter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps,
all such as are received In the Office with
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, or
with such postage stamps as were in use
prior to 1861, or with revenue stamps on
them, are treated as "unmailuble' and
sent to the dead-letter Office.
Letters for Georgetown, u. O., require
3 cents for each half ounce.
Valuable letters should be carried to
the post Office and registered. If money
Is to be RENTED postal monoy-Order
should be obtained. II upon points where |
there is no monCy-order Office then the |
letter should DO registered Money |
should never be inclosed in an ordinary |
letter.
All letters 10 be mailed must be plain.
~ addressed, and the name Of the post
once and State clearly written. Care in
TINS respect will insure the PROMPT dcliy.
cry OF oil letters, while derectiye nd.
dress carries them inyuriablyto The dead
letter Office.
Local agents for tho sale II hostage
stamps and stamped envelopes Ia, been
established At the following places, where
he public can always DO supplied;