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440    RATES    0E    POSTAGE.

Whitefield—Whitefield.

Wilmot—Wilmot, Wilmot Flat.

Wilton—East Wilton, West Wilton.

Winchester—Winchester, Ashuelot.

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Windham—Windham, Windham Depot, West Windham.

Windsor—Hillsborough Lower Village, P. O.

Wolfeborough—Wolfeborough, North Wolfeborough, South Wolfe-
borough.

Woodstock—Woodstock, North Woodstock.

RATES OF POSTAGE.

Letters by mail from one post office to another, for each half ounce
or fraction thereof, prepaid by postage stamps, 3 cents.

Drop or Local Letters at letter-carrier offices, for each half ounce
or fraction thereof, prepaid by postage stamps, 2 cents. At other than
letter-carrier offices, 1 cent.

Postal Cards, with postage stamps impressed upon them, 1 cent.
For Newspapers and Periodicals issued once a week or more fre-
quently, with postage paid quarterly or yearly in advance, and sent to
actual subscribers, from a known office of publication, the rates are
Newspapers and periodicals each: Quarterly rates—

Not exceeding 4 ounces in weight, sent to any part of the United
States—weekly, 5 cents; semi-weekly,
10 cents; tri-weekly, 15 cents;
six times a week, 30 cents; daily, 35 cents.

Exceeding 4 ounces and not exceeding 8 ounces—weekly, 10 cents;
semi-weekly, 20 cents; tri-weekly, 30 cents; six times a week, 60 cents;
daily, 70 cents.

Exceeding 8 ounces and not exceeding 12 ounces—weekly, 15 cents;
semi-weekly, 30 cents; tri-weekly, 45 cents; six times a week, 90 cents;
daily, $1.05.

Exceeding 12 ounces and not exceeding 16 ounces—weekly, 20 cents;
semi-weeldy, 40 cents; tri-weekly, 60 cents; six times a week $1.20;
daily, $ 1.40.

Letters addressed to initials or to a box, without personal address, are
lot deliverable under the rulings of the Department.

Printed cards, containing no writing except the address may be sent
through the mails prepaid by a one-cent postage stamp, if under two
ounces in weight.

Writing on a circular, in addition to the address, subjects it to letter
postage.

Two postal cards joined together—one containing an inquiry and the
other in blank for a reply—cannot be sent by mail. In such a case it
would be the duty of the postmaster at the mailing office to cancel both,
thus rendering the one intended for reply worthless.

Postage must be paid before delivery on newspapers and other peri-
odicals sent from a known office of publication to subscribers, for not
less than one quarter, nor more than one year, at either the office of



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