Postage Act 1848 No 8a (NSW)

No. XLVII.

An Act to amend tlie Law of Postage of Letters to and from tlie neigld)ouring Colonies of Van Diemen’s Land Soutli Australia and Western Australia. [15/// June, 1848.] F’oSTAni:. __

T L L H E U E A S an Act of the Governor and Lci^islative Conncil of New Pi camiiio.

W South Waleswaspassedin tlie fifth yearoftlie reign of Herpresent c v i c . N( j i i .

Majesty by wliieh it Avas enacted tliat the rate of postage to he de­ manded and taken for conveyance of jiaekets and letters hy steamers between Sydney and the District of Port J.diillip should he the same in amount as was then and might thereafter be demanded and taken for

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mission of packets and letters between the said places by land And whereas it is expedient to make a distinction between letters and packets from the neighbouring Colonicjs of Van Diemen’s Land South Australia or Western Australia and those from the said District of

As to how letters to Port PliilHp Only Be it enacted hy His Excellency the Governor of

Lann7soiith™™ ̂ South Wales with the advice and consent of the Legislative

Australia are to be

charged, Council thereof That all letters or packets transmitted to or from the neighbouring Colonies of Van Diemen’s Land or South Australia in steam vessels although they may touch at any port in the District of Port Phillip shall only he charged as “ ship letters or packets” in addition to the inland postage to or from the port of receipt or dispatch.

To be applied also2. And he it enacted That the foregoing provision shall be also to leuers to or from applied to all lettci’s and packets transmitted to or from Western Aus­

tralia whether the same be conveyed hy steam or sailing vessels.