Daily national Republican. (Washington City [D.C.]) 1870-1872, 1870-05-10

routes close at 7:30 p IN, including
Norfolk, Old Point Comfort and Ports.
mouth.
MOuey.OFder Omce.
Especial attention is called to the
moncy.ordcr system as safe and cheap
method of transmitting small sums Of
money through the mails. 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 monoy-ordcr Office is open from
s a. IN to G p. III.
RATES.
On orders not exceeding $50, 10 cents
Over $40, and not exceeding
Over $50, and not exceeding
Over $40, and not exceeding
$50, % 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 a registration fee in
stamps, for
United States, IT cents
Canada, New Brunswick, and
Nova Scotia, ; cents
England ireland, and Scotland, s cents.
German Austrian Postal Union,
embracing the German and
Letters cannot be registered to
France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, and
Holland.
Postage on Printed Matter, &c.
Newspapers.
Newspapers sent by mail must be
prepaid by stamps, unless regularly
issued and sent to regular subscribers,
when the following rates are charged
payable quarterly in advance, either a
the mailing or delivery omcC:
Dailies, 80 cents
Six times week, 30 cents
Tri- WeGklies, 3 cents
Semi eeklics, 10 cents
WrCklies, cents
Sentmonthly, not over four
ounces, cents
Mcnthlies, not over four ounces, , cents
QuIrterlies, not over four
ounces, cent.
Newspapers, periodicals, and circular.
dropped into the Office for local delivery
must be prepaid. The postage OH regu
lar papers, &c must be paid in advance
to the carrier or at the Office, otherwise
they 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, ccnt'
Unsollcd Circuiars,
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
tiOnute rates.
Transient Printed Natter.
One package to one address, not
exceeding four ounces, cents
And for each additional four
ounces, or fraction thereof, cents
No transient printed matter is for
warded unless prepaid.
Miscellaneous Mdiicr,
Embracing pamphlets, occusionu
publications, transient newspapers
| hand.bills, posters, book manuscript
proOfsheets, corrected or not; maps
prints, engravings, sheet music, blanks
flexible patterns, sample cards, phone
graphic paper, letter envelopes, posta
envelopes or wrappers, cards, paper
plain or ornamental Photographic rep
reservations Of different types, seeds
cuttings bulbs roots. and sciOns;) tn
postage TO be prepaid is, on one pack
age to one address, not over four ounces
2 cents; over four ounces and not ovcl
eight ounces, 4 cents; over eight ounce
and not over twelve ounces, cents
over twelve ounces and not over siXtccl
ounces, 8 cents. The weight of pack
ages Of seeds, cuttings, roots, and scion
is limited to thirty-twO ounces.
Postal Rules.
Many errors occur by persons not oh
serving the following regulations in de
posting letters, papers, or Inisccllancou
publications for mailing:
All drop letters must be prepaid By
postage stamps.
Prepayment by stamps required on al
letters to places within the UnlteC
States.
Full prepayment by stamps require,
on all transient printed matter, foreign
and domestic.
All letters not prepaid by stamps
all such as are received in the Office will
stamps cut from stamped envelopes, OIL
with such postage stamps as were in usC
prior to 1861, or with revenue stamps OF
them, are treated as unavailable" anC
sent to the dead-letter Office.
Letters for Georgetown, ID. c., require
cents for each half ounce.
Valuable letters should be carried t
the post Office and registered, II money
is to be RENTED q postal money-ordel
should be obtained. II upon points where
there is no money-Order Office then the
letter should be 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
Office and State clearly written. Care in
this respect will insure the prompt dcliv-
cry Of all letters, while defective ad.
dress carries them invariably to the dead
letter Office.
Local agents for the sale Of postage
stamps and stamped envelopes have been
established at the following places, where
the public can always be supplied