Notes on Natal : an old colonist's book for new settlers / edited by John Robinson.
- John Robinson
- Date:
- 1872
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: Notes on Natal : an old colonist's book for new settlers / edited by John Robinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by Royal College of Physicians, London. The original may be consulted at Royal College of Physicians, London.
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![postage haa been paid within the Colony, may be re- posted and delivered as above, free. Colonial Book and Pattern Post Rates. Books and Patterns or Samples posted and for delivery within the Colony must be prepaid as follows:— For every packet not exceeding 2 ozs. in weight - Id, Do. exceeding 2 ozs. and not exceeding 4 ozs. - 2d, Do. exceeding 4 ozs, and not exceeding 8 ozs. - 4d, Do. exceeding 8 ozs. and not exceeding 12 ozs. 6d. Do. exceeding 12 ozs. and not exceeding 1 lb. 8d. increasing 2d. for every additional four ounces, or fraction thereof. A packet may contain any number of books, alma- nacs, maps, or prints, any quantity of paper, vellum, or parchment (to the exclusion of letters whether sealed or open); and the books, maps, papers, &c., may be either printed, written, or plain, or any admixture of the three. Every book packet must be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the ends or sides. No such packet must exceed two feet in length, and one foot in width and de^tb. No packet of samples or patterns is to exceed 24 ozs. in weight, or 24 inches in lengtli, or 12 inches in breadth or depth. Any packet exceeding the above weight or dimensions will not be forwarded. The postage of all packets must be prepaid by means of postage stamps. Book Packets to the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, and TransvjVal. Books and publications for the above places must be fully prepaid, or they cannot be forwarded. The rate of postage paj'able in Natal on all book packets transmitted to the Cape Colony, Orange Free State, or Transvaal, will be as follows :— For a packet, not exceeding 4 ozs. Os. 3d. Do., exceeding 4 ozs. and not exceeding 8 ozs Os. 6d, ' Do,, exceeding 8 oz., and not exceeding 16 ozs Is. Od, and so on, increasing 6d. for everv 8 ozs or fraction thereof. All book packets whicli have been prepaid in Natal, will be delivered free of further charge at the seaports of the Cape Colony, but if thereafter to he forwarded by post to any of the inland towns of that colony, thev will be subject to an additional rate of postage, to be paid n delivery. Book and Pattern Packets to Great Britain. The rates of postage, via Cape of Good Hope, are as follows:— s. []_ For a packet not exceeding 1 oz. in weight ... 0 1 Do, exceeding 1 oz. and not exceeding 2 ozs. in weight 0 2](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b24750517_0259.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
