Postage Act 1841 No 15a (NSW)

No. XV.

An Act to amend an Act intituled “ An Act to POSTAOE.

“ amend an Act intltutcd ‘ A n Act to provide fo r “ the conveyance and postayc o f L e tters '' [14/A

December, 1841.]

\ \ T ilEIlEAS by an Act of the Governor and Council of New Sontli ricambie.

V V Wales passed in the sec'ond year of the roio'n of Her Majesty

( )̂neen Victoria intitnled “A;/ Act to ((mend an. Act Intitutcd ‘ An Act ̂Victoria No. 17.

to procldc Jbr the conveyance and postage o f Letters” ])rovisioiv is made

hy the Scheduh! thereunto annexed for a cliarg'e of four-pence as tlu'

postage demandahle on every letter or packet weighing less than ])alf

an ounce forwarded by sea from one port of the Colony of Ntnv Sonth

'Wales to another and whereas since the passing of tlie said recited

̂ Act

1172 No. 16. VIC. 1841.

Colonial Distillation.

Act Post Office communication by steamer between Sydney and Port Phillip lias become frequent and it is expedient to increase the rate of postage on letters and packets transmitted by steamers plying between

Packets and letters	Sydney and Port Phillip Be it therefore enacted by llis Excellency
conveyed hy
steamers between	the Governor of Jsew South Wales with the advice of the Legislative
Sydney and Port
Phillip to be liable	Council thereof That from and after the passing of this Act the rate
to the same postage	of postage to he demanded and taken for conveyance of packets and

as letterr^------ letterstiaiismitttd letters by steamci's between Sydney and the District of Port Phillij)

by land. shall be the same in amount as is now or may hereafter he demanded and taken for transmission of packets and letters hetiveen the said places hy land.