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Show POSTAL AFFAIRS. RATES OF DOM ESTIO POSTAGE. Ltrrtiis: The standard lingla rata weight Is X oi. avoirdupois. binglo lata latter throughout tha United States, .., 8 oants Tor each additional os. or fraction frac-tion I " Dro letters, single rata . 1 ' KtwarAPEKii .-: PeaiowciLg. The oit-ae oit-ae on newspaj.-ers has 10 do paid at the office of publication. Newspapers arc not charted postage when Mat from tte publication oiice to subscribers 1 la the county where ihe paper is published, I biOKle Newspapers, cot exceeding i ounces in weight, 2 cent! to any part of the Unitod ; States, prepaid. 1 PiCtieafl. Parcel, unsoaled, 1 oont per The maximum weight of any package ol Minted or oaitoallaaeoai matter li a its. avoir-Wpoii. avoir-Wpoii. JUiaiaTRKKD LETTERS aND MONBI ORDERS. batSTaATioH: Letten may be registered on payment of a fea of ten emu, but the government takes no responsibility for safa carriage or compensation in case of loss. Moan urokbb: Ail prinoipal post-cm os now receive smttll sums of money and issue drafts for the same apon other post-offices, subject to the following chargo and regulations: On orders not exceeding tl 5 1U cents On orders not exceeding l-JO ...... 15 " Orer $oU and not exceeding S tfL JO " Over $40 and riot exceeding $S0 35 " Istte national Money Orders on Great Britain. Germany lad tiwiuerland may be obtained poo mo payment f the fallowing feea, via guut bjutjjx: On orders not exceeding llu . 35 ata, Orer LU and not exceeding 120 60 " Over t-H and not exceeding tJ0... 75 " Over J0 and not exceeding $4Q.....1 00 Otk tJ and aot exceeding $60. I 35 Fees aaaa as Oreat Britain. iwrrxaaujiB: Eataa of oommiasion, in United Statea Currency, Cur-rency, aharged for issuing International Money Orders, to be transmitted by tha Poetmaatar at New York to Switzerland: On orders not exceeding S20 10 oants. Orer J and not exceeding $30 15 " Orer $30 and not exceeding $40 20 " Over $0 and not axcaoding $g0 Jo " RATES OF FOREIGN POSTAGE. Tha standard single rate to Great Britain Is kalfan ounce avoirdupois; to France and the Continent (by Frenoh mails) It is la gramme r one-quarter ounce avoirdupois. The asterisks aster-isks ) indicate that prepayment U optional. MowUil fif n. Ixgland. Ireland. Scotland ana Waiee, - CU. Sets- Herman Siatea and free cities. Including Austria. Bavaria. Baden, fireman, Brunswick, Frankfort. Uamburg, Hanover, Han-over, Luboo, Luxemburg, Uocklenburg. Uldoabujg, Prussia, Sax e-Alton burg, burg-Uoihn, Moiningcn, Weimar, Wei-mar, Saxony, and Wuxtem-burr. Wuxtem-burr. by Worth German Union '5ou, gets. By closed ma:-:, via r.ngiiuiu,... -o ou, i eiB. Australia, British mail via Southampton, . IS eta. 4 cts, Belgium - o cts. 2 ots. Central Amerioa (PaciiioooaeO 10 ots, Sots. China, Amerioan Packet, via San Francisco, . 10 cts. 3 cts. , Cnba, - acts. 2 ots. , Denmark, via North Q or man Union - cU. J ota. Denmark, closed mail via ng- lad, - ' 3 1. 3 Eul Indios, British Mail via Ban Francisoo 10 cts. 3 cts. France, direct packet . 5 ots. 2 eta. Greece, via Nwrtb. Uena&n Union diieat, S ots. 2 otJ Sreece, closed mail via Ens-land- Nti 2 tU Hoagtong, American packet, via San Franoisoo 10 ots, 2 ots. Italy, direct closed nail via og land.. ...:. 5 ots. -.2 eta. atal? viaNorth German Union "tfieot. ; 5 ots. S ots. Janan. Ameneaa paakat via mi Trail oisoo,.- . li cts. i ots fcwTT-o 10 ots. 2 cts. HwZealand,via Southampton Ucts. tots. Norway, via UorU Goraae UDloB.Uraot, - Sots. 2 cts. Norway, olosed mail via lng- land - - ' "u- 2 oU Portugal, via England . cts. a eU Kojala, via iiorth I lor man Tj-ioB direct- - 6 ots. 2 ecs ELnaA aloatui mul i Kcg- laad,... - CrtJ. 2ts. Bandwich If.landJi. by mail from )a.n FrunoirtJ 6cU. lots. Bo.it h Amorican States, Atlantic Atlan-tic Coast, via England , 28 ota, 1 oU Bratil alone, from Now York, lb ota. 2 cts. Argentina Repubhu.and Uru--uar via American packet from New York, - 23 oU. 10 ota. Pacific Coast. Peru. Kouador. Bolivia and Chili . 17 ots, 4 oK Spain, via New Orleans,. 5 cts, 1 ou. Spain, open mail cts. Sweden, via North German Union direct,. 5 cts. 2 ots. Bweden. olosed mail via England. Eng-land. oats. 2ct. BviUerlana, direct olosed mall via England, o Ots. 2 ot& Bwlttorland, by North Gorman Union direct, '5 ots 2 ots. West Indies- (British andLan-lih, andLan-lih, American paokat from Now York, . 5 ats. 2 cts. (BrilisbJ, British mail ria St. Thomas, - 6 ots. 2 cte. HotBritUW....w M 6 Ots 2oti |