Sinope, French mail. Sophia, by French mail... South American States-Atlantic Coast. Argentine Republic, Brazil, Buenos Ayres, Montevideo, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Venezuela, via England. Letters for Brazil are also conveyed via Bordeaux Also by Bordeaux for the Argentine Republic and Uruguay.. South American States-Pacific Coast. Equador, Bolivia, and Chili...... Spain, French mail.. Peru...... *30 Cts. $25 53 45 60 3 1 8 6 6 6262 1 1 6 2 1 89 21 *33 *66 30 British mail, via Marseilles, by French packet 33 45 22624 1 places specifically mentioned elsewhere. Prussian closed mail.. by Bremen or Hamburg mail mail, ria Austria Turkey in Europe and Turkish islands in the Mediterranean, except Turkey in Europe, cities of except as herein mentioned, by French Turk's Island, for distances under 2500 miles......... for distances over 2500 miles... EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING FOREIGN LETTER POSTAGES. French Mail. The rates by "French mail" are in full to destination, except to the following places, viz.:-Aden, Batavia, Ceylon, China, cities of Turkey in Europe, except as herein mentioned, via Austria, countries to which correspondence can be sent via Suez, countries beyond seas via France other than those enumerated, East Indies, Gibraltar, Hong Kong, Java, Mauritius, Montenegro, Penang, Portugal, Isle of Re-Union, Servia (except Belgrade), Shanghai, Singapore, and Spain. The limit of prepayment to Spain, Portugal, and Gibraltar, is Behobia; the limit of prepayment to Servia (except Belgrade), to Montenegro, and cities of Turkey in Europe, except as herein mentioned, "via Austria," is the frontier of Turkey and Austria; the limit of prepayment to Aden, East Indies, Ceylon, China, and other countries, via Suez, are the seaports of the Indies, or of the Sea of China to which the English packets ply; and to places beyond seas, other than those designated, the limit is the port of arrival in the country of destination. Letters may be forwarded in the French mails to Moldavia, Wallachia, and Turkey in Europe, by way of France andAustria; but the postage thereon must in all cases be paid at the place of destination. How Foreign Letters are rated as to Weight. Letters for the German States via Bremen and Hamburg, and for the British North American provinces, are rated by the same rule as domestic letters; viz.: one rate is charged for every half ounce or fraction thereof. Letters by the French mail are rated thus:-one rate for every quarter-ounce or fraction thereof. Letters to all other foreign countries are rated by a different rule, that it is important to observe; viz.: one rate for a half-ounce, two rates for an ounce, and, after the first ounce, two rates for every ounce or fraction of an ounce. EXPLANATIONS CONCERNING POSTAGE ON To or from Great Britain and Ireland, in United States and British Mails. Newspapers, two cents each, without regard to weight; pamphlets and periodicals, two cents each if not weighing over two ounces, and four cents an ounce or fraction of an ounce if exceeding two ounces,-which is the United States postage only; but pamphlets weighing over eight ounces, or periodicals weighing over sixteen ounces, are chargeable with letter postage. Books, and all other descriptions of printed matter, are subject to letter rate of postage. Neither pamphlets nor periodicals are entitled to conveyance in the British mail, through England, to countries on the continent of Europe. To or from France, Algeria, or in French Mail, or via England. Registration of Foreign Letters. Valuable letters addressed to Germany or any part of the German-Austrian Postal Union, by the Bremen line via New York, or by the Prussian closed mail via New York and Boston, as also letters addressed to Great Britain and Canada, will be registered, on the application of the person posting the same, in the same manner as those deliverable in the United States, provided that the full postage chargeable therem to destination, together with a registration-fee of twenty cents on each letter to Great Britain or Ireland, and five cents on each letter to the other places mentioned above, is prepaid at the mailing office. Postage to British Provinces by the Ocean Route. Steamers of the Cunard line sail from Boston twice each month, touching at Halifax, and when letters are sent by that conveyance for Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, Cape Breton, and Prince Edward's Island, the United States postage is five cents the single rate, to be prepaid. The inland rate is collected on delivery. On newspapers by this route, the postage is two cents each. Routes of Transmission. Letters intended for transmission in the open mail to England should bear the direction, "Open mail via England:" if for transmission in the French mail, they should be directed, "Via France in French mail;" if for transmission by closed mail to Prussia, they should be directed, “Via Prussian closed mail;" if for transmission in the closed mail to Belgium, they should be directed "Via Belgian closed mail;" and if for transmission by the New York and Bremen line to Bremen, or by the New York and Hamburg line to Hamburg, they should be directed, "Via Bremen," or "Via Hamburg." PRINTED MATTER FOR FOREIGN COUNTRIES. lene, Rhodes, Salonica, Samsoun, Sinope, Smyrna, Sulino, Trebizond, Tripoli in Syria, Tultcha, Varna, and Volo), can be despatched to France direct, or by way of England, on prepayment of the United States postage; viz.: newspapers, two cents each; periodical works, catalogues or pamphlets, one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce; and all other kinds of printed matter the same as domestic rates; to be in all cases collected in the United States, whether sent or received. France, in like manner, collects its own postage on all kinds of printed matter, whether sent or received. To or from the German-Austrian Postal Union, in the Prussian Closed Mail. Newspapers sent in the Prussian closed mail Newspapers, periodical works, books stitched or are chargeable with a postage of six cents each, bound, pamphlets, catalogues, papers of music, prepayment compulsory, being in full to destinaprospectuses, circulars, and all other kinds of tion to any part of the German-Austrian Postal printed matter, addressed to France, Algeria, or Union. Newspapers received come fully prepaid cities of Turkey, Syria, and Egypt, in which at same rate of postage, and are to be delivered France has post-offices (viz.:-Alexandria, Alex- without charge. No provision is made for the andretta, Beyrout, Constantinople, Dardanelles, transmission of other articles of printed matter Galatz, Gallipoli, Ibraila, Ineboli, Jaffa, Keras in the Prussian closed mail at less than letter sund, Latakia, Messina, in Asiatic Turkey, Mity- | rate of postage. To or from Germany, via Bremen or Hamburg Mail. Newspapers sent from the United States by the Bremen or Hamburg line, three cents each; prepayment required. This pays to any part of the German-Austrian Postal Union. Newspapers received by the Bremen or Hamburg line are in like manner prepaid in Germany. On pamphlets, magazines, and other printed matter, one cent an ounce or fraction of an ounce must be prepaid at the mailing office when sent from, and collected at the office of delivery when received in, the United States. This is the United States postage only. To the West India Islands (not British) except Cuba, Central America (except Aspinwall and Panama), and countries on the South Pacific Coast, in the United States and British Mails. Newspapers sent, six cents each; prepayment required. On papers received, the rate to be collected is two cents only, the British postage being prepaid. To Belgium, in the United States and Belgian Closed United States and sent to regular subscribers in Mail. Newspapers, gazettes, and periodical works:Five cents for each package, the weight of which shall not exceed three ounces, and an additional rate of five cents for each additional weight of three ounces or fraction of three ounces. Prepayment required. Books, stitched or bound, pamphlets, papers of music, catalogues, prospectuses, advertisements, and notices of various kinds, printed, engraved, lithographed, or autographed: Five cents for each package of the weight of one cunce or fraction of an ounce, and so on, in the me proportion, for packages of greater weight. Prepayment required. The above rates are in full of the postage to destination. In like manner similar printed matter received from Belgium comes fully paid, and is to be delivered without charge. On pamphlets and magazines, to or from the West Coast of South America, the United States postage is four cents, to be paid in the United States. British North American Provinces. Newspapers and periodicals published in the the British North American Provinces, or published in those provinces and sent to regular subscribers in the United States, are chargeable with the regular prepaid quarterly rates of United States postage to and from the line; which postage must be paid at the office of mailing in the United States on matter sent, and at the office of delivery in the United States on matter received. In like manner, such matter, if transient, is chargeable rates to and from the line, to be paid at the office of with the regular domestic transient printed matter mailing or delivery in the United States, as the case may be. Editors, however, may exchange free of postage. Newspapers and periodicals to foreign countries (particularly to the continent of Europe) must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or ends; otherwise they are chargeable with letter postage. SUMMARY STATEMENT OF THE REVENUE AND EXPENDITURES OF THE POST-OFFICE Department for 1862. |