Part 3

[1] Late “Chisholm, W. O.”

[2] Late “Chertsey.”

[3] Closed during winter.

[4] Late “Forks Middle River, W. O.”

[5] Late “Torbolton.”

[6] Late “Cornabuss.”

[7] Late “Esperance.”

[8] Late “Big Glace Bay, W. O.”

[9] Late Plaister Cove.

[10] Late “Ham.”

[11] Late “Thorne.”

LIST of Post Offices closed, and not subsequently re-opened, between the 1st of July, 1869, and the 1st of July, 1870.

NAME OF OFFICE. | ELECTORAL DISTRICT. |DATE OF CLOSING. | | Battery Hill, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st July, 1870. Cavan |Durham, E. R. O|1st January, 1870. Clarendon |Pontiac Q|1st January, 1870. * Glengarry, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st July, 1870. Grand Harbor, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st August, 1869. Hebron |Perth, N. R. O|1st January, 1870. Hopefield |Renfrew, S. R. O|1st October, 1869. Fishers Grant, W. O. |Pictou N S|1st January, 1870. Kingsbury, W. O. |Lunenburg N S|31st March, 1870. Lake Matapédia (sub.) |Rimouski Q|6th November, 1869. Lake Témiscouata |Témiscouata Q|14th August, 1869. Larner |Perth, S. R. O|1st January, 1870. Little Rapids |Ottawa Q|1st July, 1870. Mayfair |Grey, N. R. O|1st April, 1870. Meyersburg |Northumberland, E. R. O|1st June, 1870. Millington |Ontario, N. R. O|1st April, 1870. New River, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st January, 1870. North Adjala |Cardwell O|1st April, 1870. Peterson’s Ferry |Prince Edward O|1st July, 1870. Pope’s Harbor, W. O. |Halifax N S|1st July, 1870. Radstock |Joliette Q|1st July, 1870. St. Angelique |Ottawa Q|1st April, 1870. South, W. O. |Lunenburg N S|31st March, 1870. South Roxton |Shefford Q|1st February, 1870. Waweig, W. O. |Charlotte N B|1st December, 1869. Wheaton Settlement, W. O. |Westmoreland N B|1st January, 1870. Wimbledon |Essex O|1st July, 1870.

LIST of changes in the names of Post Offices, between the 1st July, 1869, and 1st July, 1870, inclusive.

LATE NAME OF OFFICE. | ELECTORAL COUNTY. |NEW NAME OF OFFICE. | | Big Glace Bay, W. O. |Cape Breton N S|Port Caledonia. Chertsey |Montcalm Q|Chantelle. Chisholm, W. O. |Antigonishe N S|Briley’s Brook. Cornabuss |Grey, S. R. O|Markdale. Esperance |Wolfe Q|North Ham. Forks, Middle River, W. O. |Pictou N S|Concord. Ham |Wolfe Q|South Ham. St. Francis |Yamaska Q|St. François du Lac. Thorne |Pontiac Q|Thornby. Torbolton |Carleton O|Dunrobin. Plaister Cove |Inverness N S|Port Hastings.

POST OFFICE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE MONTHS OF AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER, 1870.

NEW POST OFFICES ESTABLISHED.

NAME OF |TOWNSHIP | ELECTORAL COUNTY. |POSTMASTER. POST OFFICE. |OR PARISH. | | | | | Broad Cove Chapel, | |Inverness N S|Ronald McDonald. W. O. | | | Burlington, W. O. | |King’s N S|Charles Hall. Calton |Bayham |Elgin, E. R. O|Duncan McLauchlan. [12]Clarendon | |Charlotte N B|John McCutcheon. Settlement, W. O.| | | Clareview |Sheffield |Addington O|Robert T. (re-opened) | | | McDonnell. [13]Drum |Manvers |Durham, E. R. O|Isabella Harrison. Edgecombe |Mornington |Perth, N. R. O|James Dunlop. (re-opened) | | | [13]Fennells |Innisfil |Simcoe, S. R. O|J. G. Feigehan. [13]Goose Creek, | |St. John N B|John Prescott. W. O. | | | Green’s Creek, | |Colchester N S|Daniel Dart. W. O. | | | Irish Cove, W. O. | |Cape Breton N S|Michael McDonald. Katevale |Hatley |Stanstead Q|L. C. A. T. de | | | Lagorgendière. Linda |Westbury |Compton Q|Siméon Mallory. Little Lorraine, | |Cape Breton N S|Joseph McDonald. W. O. | | | Mull River, W. O. | |Inverness N S|Donald McIsaac. Napperton |Adelaide |Middlesex, N. R. O|Thomas Jury. Pointe aux Pins |Park |Algoma O|W. G. Foot. Point Kaye |Monck |Victoria, N. R. O|Charles Kaye. Rosseau (re-opened)|Humphrey |Simcoe, N. R. O|William Ditchburn. [13]St. Croix, | |York N B|A. T. Richard. W. O. | | | Section 7, W. O. | |Colchester N S|James G. Blaikie. [14]Silverstream | |Victoria N B|Baptiste Guimond. Smith’s Mills |Stanstead |Stanstead Q|William Knight. Spencer’s Island, | |Cumberland N S|W. H. Bigelow. W. O. | | | [13]Swan Creek, | |Sunbury N B|H. A. Eastabrook. W. O. | | | [13]Ullyatt |Euphrasia |Grey, N. R. O|John Alcock. Union Hill |London |Middlesex, E. R. O|John McGuffin. Utopia |Essa |Simcoe, S. R. O|Thomas Dawson. [13]Vandeleur |Artemesia |Grey, S. R. O|James W. | | | Henderson. [13]Vasey |Tay |Simcoe, N. R. O|Mark Vasey. [13]Ventry |Proton |Grey, S. R. O|Carby Johnson.

[12] Opened on the 1st June, but not reported.

[13] Opened on the 1st July, but not reported.

[14] Opened on the 1st August, but not reported.

The Post Office at St. Emmelie de l’Energie, St. Michel des Anges and St. Zenon, reported as having been opened on the 1st July, did not go into operation until the 1st August.

The Sub-Offices at Cap à l’Aigle, and Point à Pic, were closed for the season on the 1st September.

POST OFFICES CLOSED.

Boynton County of Stanstead, Q. Golden Creek ” Lambton, O. Greenwich, W. O. ” King’s, N. S. Isle au Noix ” St. John’s, Q. Jackson’s Mills, W. O. ” King’s, N. S. Port Talbot ” Elgin, W. R., O. Vauban ” Témiscouata, Q.

TABLES OF RATES OF POSTAGE FROM CANADA TO THE UNITED KINGDOM, BRITISH COLONIES, AND FOREIGN COUNTRIES.

Table No. 1.—By mails sent to England in Mail Steam Packets, sailing weekly (every Saturday), from Quebec in Summer, from Portland in Winter: and fortnightly, from Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Table No. 2.—By Cunard or other Steamers, sailing from New York for England, (closed mail.)

Table No. 3.—To Bermuda and West Indies, by British Mail Packet, sailing monthly from Halifax to Bermuda, and St. Thomas.

Table No. 4.—To certain British Colonies, and foreign countries, to be included in the United States Mails for Steamers sailing from New York for the West Indies, Panama, and South America.

Table No. 5.—Rates on matter transmissible by post, within Canada, and to Prince Edward Island, Newfoundland, the United Kingdom, France, and the United States.

TABLE No. 1.

BRITISH AND FOREIGN POSTAGE TABLE.

[_VIA ENGLAND._]

TABLE shewing the amount of Postage, to be collected in the Dominion of Canada, upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded by Canadian Mail Steamers, to the United Kingdom, and through the United Kingdom to the undermentioned Colonies and Foreign Countries.

_Mem._ 1. In all cases the postage must be prepaid. Letters for the United Kingdom, if posted unpaid, or insufficiently paid, will be forwarded, but they will be charged on delivery with the amount of deficient postage, and a fine of threepence sterling.

2. No Book Packet addressed to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, or Cape de Verds, must exceed 1 lb. in weight; the weight of a Book Packet for Russia or Poland is limited to 8 oz.; the weight of any Packet of Patterns for Germany or Belgium is limited to 8 oz.; the weight of a Book Packet for Greece is limited to 3 lbs. No such Packet for Greece must exceed 2 ft. in length, or 1 ft. in width or depth.

3. Letters may be registered to all places, except those the names of which are followed by the letters _n r_, indicating that _no registration_ can be effected.

4. The Registration Fee on letters addressed to the United Kingdom is 8 cents each. In all other cases the Registration Fee is 16 cents from Canada to the place of destination; except in those cases where an asterisk is prefixed, when a Registration Fee of 8 cents each letter, and a postage of 4 cents per ½ oz. must be collected; to this must be added _double_ the ordinary rate of postage, as given in this table.

5. Upon Letters, Newspapers, and Book Packets, forwarded through the United States, the following additional rates must be collected, viz., 2 cents per ½ oz. for Letters, 2 cents each for Newspapers, and 2 cents per 4 oz. for Book Packets.

6. On Book Packets, not exceeding 1 oz. in weight, addressed to the United Kingdom, the postage is 2 cents; on Book Packets, weighing more than 1 oz., the progressive rates of postage will be found in the table below.

--------------+--------------------------------------------------- | FOR A LETTER. --------------+--------------------------------------------------- |Not exceeding ¼ oz. | +-------------------------------------------- | |Above ¼ oz. and not exceeding ½ oz. | | +------------------------------------- | | |Above ½ oz. and not exceeding ¾ oz. | | | +------------------------------ | | | |For every additional ¼ oz. COUNTRIES, &c.| | | | | | | | +----------------------- | | | | |For every additional | | | | |½ oz. | | | | | +---------------- | | | | | |FOR EACH | | | | | |NEWSPAPER. --------------+------+------+------+------+------+---------------- |$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.|$ cts.| Aden | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| — | 0 22| 6 cents. Africa, West | | | | | | Coast of | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 4 cents. * Algeria | 0 10| 0 16| 0 26| 0 06| 0 04| Book rate. Ascension | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| — | 0 28| 4 cents. Australia, | | | | | | South | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 6 cents. Australia, | | | | | | Western | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| 6 cents. Austria | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| — | 0 16| Book rate. Azores | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Baden | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book Rate. * Bavaria | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Belgium | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Borneo (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. Bourbon | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 24| 0 24| 0 48| | 0 24| 8 cents. Brazil (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Bremen | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Brunswick | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Buenos Ayres | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Canary Islands| 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate. Cape de Verds | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do Cape of Good | | | | | | Hope | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Ceylon | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| | 0 22| 6 cents. Chili (_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents. China (except | | | | | | Hong Kong), | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. Constantinople| 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate. Costa Rica | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Cuba (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. * Dardanelles | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate. Denmark | 0 12| 0 12| 0 24| | 0 12| do Ecuador | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents. Egypt | | | | | | (Alexandria,| | | | | | Cairo, and | | | | | | Suez) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. England | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents. Falkland | | | | | | Islands | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Fernando Po | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. * France | 0 10| 0 16| 0 26| 0 06| 0 04| Book rate. Frankfort | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do * Galatz | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do * Gallipoli | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Gambia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Gibraltar | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Gold Coast | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Greece | 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate. Grey Town | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Guatemala | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Hamburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Hanover | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Hayti (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Hesse | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Hesse Homburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Holland | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| 4 cents. Hong Kong | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. India | 0 22| 0 22| 0 44| | 0 22| 6 cents. Ionian Islands| 0 20| 0 20| 0 40| | 0 20| Book rate. Ireland | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents. Italy (except | | | | | | Papal | | | | | | States) | 0 14| 0 24| 0 38| 0 10| 0 04| Book rate. Labuan | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. Larnaca | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rate. Lauenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Liberia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Lippe Detmold | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Lubeck | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Madeira | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do Malta | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Mauritius | 0 24| 0 24| 0 48| | 0 24| 8 cents. Mecklenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. Mexico (_n r_)| 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Moldavia | 0 18| 0 18| 0 36| | 0 18| Book rate. Monte Video | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. * Mytelene | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate. Nassau, | | | | | | Duchy of | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Natal | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. New Grenada | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. New South | | | | | | Wales | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents. New Zealand | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents. Norway | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rate. Oldenburg | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do * Papal States| 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Penang | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. Peru (_n r_) | 0 40| 0 40| 0 80| | 0 40| 6 cents. Poland | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book rates. Porto Rico | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Portugal | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate. Prussia | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Queensland | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents. Reuss | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| Book rate. * Rhodes | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do * Rome | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Russia | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do St. Helena | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. * Salonica | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book rate. Samsonn | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Saxe Altenburg|} | | | | | Saxe Coburg |} | | | | | Gotha |} | | | | | Saxe Meiningen|} | | | | | Saxe Weimar |} | | | | | Saxony |} 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Schaumburg |} | | | | | Lippe |} | | | | | Schwartzburg |} | | | | | Rudolstadt |} | | | | | Schwartzburg |} | | | | | Sonderhausen|} | | | | | Scotland | 0 06| 0 06| 0 12| | 0 06| 2 cents. Scutari | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate. Seres | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do Sierra Leone | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 4 cents. Singapore | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 6 cents. * Smyrna | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| Book Rate. Spain | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Surinam | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Sweden | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate. Switzerland, | | | | | | viâ Belgium | 0 10| 0 10| 0 20| | 0 10| do Switzerland, | | | | | | viâ France | 0 14| 0 24| 0 38| 0 10| 0 04| do Syria (_n r_) | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Tasmania | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents. Tchesme | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| Book Rate. Tenedos | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| do * Trebizond | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do * Tultcha | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do * Tunis | 0 16| 0 28| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do * Varna | 0 16| 0 24| 0 44| 0 12| 0 04| do Venezuela | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. Victoria | 0 16| 0 16| 0 32| | 0 16| 6 cents. Wallachia | 0 18| 0 18| 0 36| | 0 18| Book Rate. West Indies, | | | | | | British | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents. West Indies, | | | | | | Foreign, | | | | | | except | | | | | | places | | | | | | specified | | | | | | (_n r_) | 0 28| 0 28| 0 56| | 0 28| 4 cents.