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SPECIFICATION OF TAXES, DUTIES. &C.
POSTAGE RATES.
The following rates of postage are collected upon correspondence seut from Cyprus to
Foreign Countries, and upou correspondence exchanged withiu the Island:—
AUTHORITY.
FOREIGN POSTAGE.
For conveyance to any place beyoud the sea (except the Uuited Kingdom and c.p.
certain British Colonies aud possessions, hereinafter enumerated) for letters per •£ oz. 2
For printed papers for every 2 oz. ...
... ... ... ... \
For Commercial papers the same as for printed papers but with a minimum
charge on packets weighing under 10 ozs. of ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
For Patterns or Samples \ c.p. for every 2 ozs. minimum charge ... ... ... 1
For a Post-Card... ... .-. ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 1
For a Reply Post-Card
2
Post-cards of private manufacture authorised by the Island Postmaster are per–
mitted to pass at the ratesfixedfor official Post-cards.
For Registration ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 2
For acknowledgment of receipt of a Registered Ietrer ... ... ... ... 2
For conveyance to the United Kingdom and the following British Colonies and
Possessions for every \ oz. ... ... ... ... ... ... ...
... \
The Rates of Postage as regards Post-Cards, Printed Papers, Commercial Papers
and Patterns or Samples, are the same as those above mentioned.
LIST OF COLONIES &c, WHICH HAVE ADOPTED THE IMPERIAL PENNY POSTAGE.
Order of High Com–
missioner in Council No.
211 of llth March, 1893,
published in Gazette No.
402 of 24th March. 189:-!.
Aden and Perim
Ascension
Bahamas
Barbados
Bermuda
British Central Africa
British East Africa
Bricish Guiana
British Honduras
British North Borneo, including Labuan
Canada
Cape Colony
Cayman Islauds
Ceylon
China British Post Offices
Egypt and the Soudau
Falkland Islands
Fanning Islaud
Fiji
Gambia
Gibraltar
Gold Cost
Hong Kong
India
Jamaica
Johore
Lagos
Leeward Islands including Alonserrat and
the Yirgin Islands
Malay States (Protected), viz :—
Perak
Selangor
Negri-Sembilan
Pahang
llalta
Mauritius
Natal
Newfoundland
N e w Zealand, including Cook Islands
Nieeria
Orange River Colony
St. Helena
Sarawak
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somaliland Protectorate
Straits Settlements
Tobago
The Transvaal
Trinidad
Turks Islands
Uganda
Windward Islands
Zanzibar
Orders of High Com–
missioner in Council No.
SOI. No. 302 and No. 310,
published respectivelv in
Gazette* No. 611. of 16th
December and No. 612.
of 23rd December, 139S,
and No. 6*20, of lst April,
1S99. and Notification
No. 4726. of the 17th
May. 1899.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council No.
337 published in Gazette
No. 695 of 12th April,
1901.
Order of High Commis–
sioner in Council N a
334 published in Gazette
No. 681 of 7th December.
190O
3 N o packet of newspapers, commercial papers or printed papers must exceed 5 lbs. in
weight, and the weight of a packet of patterns is limited to 12 oz. The size of a packet of
patterns is limited to 12 inches in length, 8 inches in width, and 4 inches in depth.