Note 550 — V LOCAL RATES

The following statement shows the rates charged in the twopenny post:—

"For every letter transmitted by such Post within the limits of delivery for the time being of the General Post 2d.

For every letter transmitted by such Post between a place within the said limits and any place beyond the same, or between places, both of which are beyond the said limits 3d.

And for every letter originally sent by the General Post directed to places beyond the said limits, and for every letter originally sent by the Twopenny Post, and afterwards passing through the General Post, in addition to all other rates chargeable thereon 2d.

Newspapers sent by the Twopenny Post, and not passing or intended to pass by the General Post, are charged each 1d.

But newspapers by the General Post and delivered by the Twopenny Post, received by the Twopenny Post and afterwards passing by the General Post, have, since August 1836, been exempted from postage."—Ninth Report of the Commissioners of Post Office Inquiry, 1837, p. 4.