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                    RATES OF POSTAGE.
                              DOMESTIC.
  All transient matters must be prepaid by stamps.
  No package will be forwarded which weighs over four pounds, except books
  published or circulated by order of Congress.
  Valuable letters may be registered by application at the office of mailing,
  ano the payment of a registration fee of 20 cents.
  On all letters, 3 cents for each Y2 ounce, or fraction thereof.
  Drop or local letters, 2 cents for each X ounce or fraction thereof ; no
car-
rier's fee for delivery.
  Printed Books, in one package, to one address, 4 cents for each four ounces
or fraction thereof.
  Circulars, unsealed, not exeeeding three in number, to one address, 2 cents;
the same rate for every three or less number additional.
  On all transient newspaper or other printed matter, (books and circulars
ex-
cepted,) and on all seeds, cuttings, &c., pamphlets, book MSS., and proof-
sheets, maps, engravings, blanks, patterns, envelopes and photographs, con-
tained in one package, to one address, 2 cents for each 4 ounces or fraction
thereof.
  On all matter not above specified, same rate as letters.
                              FOREIGN.
  On letters to Canada, 10 cents per half ounce, and to other British North
American Provinces, when not over 3,000 miles. 10 cents for each 3  ounce.
When over 3,000 miles, 15 cents. Prepayment optional except to Newfound-
land.
  To Great Britain or Ireland, 24 cents. Prepayment optional.
  To France, 15 cents for each 4 ounce. Prepayment optional.
  To the German States, by Prussian closed mail, prepaid, 28 cents - unpaid,
30 cents.
  Letters to other Foreign Countries vary in rate according to the route
by
which they are sent, and the proper information can be obtained of any Post.
master in the United States.
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