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Show POSTAL AFFAIRS. RATES OF DOMtIlC POSTAGE. LmtKd: 'iha ftindard lingle raio waiiht is S ot. avoirdapoif. titriiie ra:o leuor lAioUihout the-Uaiie-i 6tatcj Soenta yor eich tddiiional Kot-ortrao-nion . 8 " J)tov lot'.eri, Hinio rate, 1 N hwa?ipsis isu ftmouiCiLS. Iho o?t-ga o?t-ga on cewii.arera has to be paid at the ooiee of iiubticjtion, ewspaper3 are not charged postage when lent from tae publication ouico to eubecrioort in the county where the paper is published. Single Newspapers, cot eseeodme 2 ounces in weight, 2 cenu to any part oi the United Sutea, prepaid. PiCEAcaa. PareaLs, unboiled, 1 oont per ounce. The maiimum weicht of any package ol printed or misoeilaaoouj matter if H4. avoir-apoia. avoir-apoia. 6VBQ1STEKED LETTKPJJ aWD SIOJ'KY H MisxaATios : Loners may be registered on payment of a fee of ten cents, but the government takes no responsioility for oafs carriage or compensation in caae of loss. Mossy uaDKaa: All principal post-effioes now receive small sums ol money and issue drafts foi the same upon other uost-oSces, subject to the following charfiee and regulations: On oraers not exceeding $15- lu cents On orders not exceeding ' Over iu and not exceeding SWL 20 " Ovsr and not exceeding S-s). 25 " Iatematiocal Money Orders on Ureat Britain, liurmany ik buierland may be obtained ttpon tc i ay meat of the following feis, tU 6REAT BBTTiEi: On orders not exceeding aiu .. 25 eU. Over 10 and not exceeding 50 " Over iJJ and not exceeding SA) 75 " Over 5-JU ana not exceeding 8-0 81 00 Otoi J4U sad not oxcooding co 1 Fees same as Qrcat Britain. iwiTiJtaujrD: Bitoa of ootnmiiiion, in United States Currency, Cur-rency, onargod fur issuing International Money OrdorJ, to be transmitted by the Poatmaater at iiew York to bwitierland: On urars not cXLeding 5) 1U cents. Over S2J and not excocling SJ- 15 " Over SJ and not exceeding !-w 20 Over S-w and not oxcoeding tod- 25 " RATES OP FOREIGN POSTAGE. T he standard JiDKle rata to Great Britain is half an ounce avoirdupois; to 1 ranee and the Continent (by P ranch mails) it is 16 grammes r one-juartor ounce avoirdupois. The asterisks, aster-isks, i'i indicato that propaym,.ttrsBI,l'Ktn., Znglacd. Inland, Scotland aid Waioe acf German States and free cities, including Austria, Uavaria. Badon, Bremen, Brunswiok, Prankiort, Hamburg, llan- ovor, Lubec. Luxomburg, Mecklenburg. Oldenburg, ruia, baxe-A nonourg, w Durg-Gotha, Aloiningcn, W oi-niar, oi-niar, taaxony, and VS'urtom-bur?. VS'urtom-bur?. by Nortn Herman , Union - '5 ois. 3 eta. By cloooi mail, via Kngland,... '5 cts. 1 etc Aur-ralia, Britieh mail via bouthampton, 16 eta. 4 eta. BU.'ium 5 eta. ots-Central ots-Central America (Pacific coast) 10 ots. Sou. China, Ainoncan Packot, via tian rrancisoo, 10 eta. 2 cts. CnDa - 5ata- 3 ois. Donmark, via North German Union cU. 0 eU. Donmark, closed mail via Keg- wn(l 5 cti, 2 it. Eat Indies, British Mail via San prancieco 10 cts. 2 ote. France, diroot packet 5 ots. 2 cla. tireeee, via Horth Gorman Union direct, 5 CU. 2 cts. Jreoco, closed mail via Knx- land. 6 ata 2 ets. flonikong, Amorioan packet, Tia San Francisco 10 cts. 2 ots. ftly, direct closed mail via Kngland, 5 otfc 2 eta. I Lab', via North German Union direct . BcU, 3 cU. jai,;in. Amorioan pMkot via Han Franaiaoo. - 15 ots. 1 els' MaZ 10 cU- 2 ctA- hi o iealand.via Southampton licts. eta. Norway, via North Gorman Union direct, 5 ets. 2 cts. TCn'-.ry. closed mail via hut- a!'. 5 2 cts Portugal, via Pnglund, ft cts. , 2 ots Kjisiia. vl Sort Gorman TJaiondirect acta. 2cU. Rossia closed mil via Eng. land - 0 c 2 oU- Sandwich Islands, by mail from San r'ranciJOJ Sot. 4 CU. float h American Suics, Allan-tie Allan-tie Coast, via Kngland, 2S eta. 4 otl Bratil alone, from Now York, 15 CLs. 2 cts. Argentine Kepublie.and Uru-maiT Uru-maiT via American packet from New York... 23 ota. 10 ots. faiu- Coast. Poru. Ecuador, Bolivia and Chili 17 eta, 4 cts. Spain, via Now Urloans 5 cts. 2 cts. Spain, open mall, 4 ots. BWodoa, via North Gorman Union diroot,. 5 eta. 2 eta. fiweiex;- oloiod mail via Ena- lani Seta, 2ct. HwiUorUna, direct oloiod mail Tia EngUnd, 5 ot. 2 ote. fiwitiorland, by North Gorman Union diroct, 5cts 2cta. Wost Indies (British aodOan-Uh.l aodOan-Uh.l Amorican aokot from Now York. 5 ets, 2oU. fritiah), lintiah mail via at. omas, - - Sett 2 cts. gtJirftiabJ : & 2 |