396 THE FARMER S AND 



Dollars. 



Rix-dollar of Sweden 1.00 



Ruble of Russia, according to the exchange between London 



and St. Petersburg. 



Rupee of Bombay, Calcutta, and Sicca, each ... .50 

 - Madras, 103=100 Sicca rupees 



Star pagoda of India ----... 1.84 

 St. Bartholomew's, 8s. 3d. - - - - - 1.00 



St. Kitt's, 9s. - 1.00 



Tale of China - - - 1.48 



In Canada, money is reckoned in Halifax currency, a 

 pound Halifax being 16s. 8d. sterling ; thus making JE100 

 sterling, 120 currency. 



The legal value of a British sovereign in Canada, is 

 24s. 4d. Halifax. It usually passes in trade at about two 

 pence currency, higher. 



RATES OF POSTAGE. 



ABSTRACT OF THE POST OFFICE LAW, PASSED MARCH 3, 18*9. 



Cent* 

 LETTERS, not over half an ounce, not exceeding 300 miles, .... 5 



" " " exceeding 300 miles, 10 



" over half an ounce, and not over an ounce, double price. 

 Any fractional excess over an ounce, always counted an ounce. 



SHIP LETTERS, delivered where received, 6 



" if conveyed by mail, in addition to the postage, . . 2 



deposited in a post office for ship, 1 



HANDBILLS, CIRCULARS, and ADVERTISEMENTS, not exceeding one 



sheet, unsealed, any distance, (to be prepaid,) 3 



NEWSPAPERS, sent from office of publication, not exceeding 1900 



sq. inches, under 100 miles, or within the State, . 1 



" over 100 miles, and out of the State, 1$ 



" over 1900 square inches, same rate as pamphlets. 



" Transient papers, the same rates, to be prepaid. 



PAMPHLETS, of all kinds, not exceeding one ounce a copy, .... 2) 



" for each additional ounce, 1 



" A fractional excess, if less than a half ounce, is not 



counted ; if a half ounce or more, it is counted an ounce. 



