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Classes of Domestic Mail Matter, and Rates, continued, 

 braced in the other three classes, and which is not in its form 

 or nature liable to destroy, deface or otherwise damage the 

 contents of the mail bag, or harm the person of any one en- 

 gaged in the postal service, and not above the weight provided 

 by law. Includes seeds and plants. 



Rate. One cent per ounce or fraction thereof ; or on seeds, 

 cuttings, roots, scions and plants, one cent for each two ounces 

 or fraction thereof. 



a. Foreign Postage. 



To Canada and Mexico, the rates are the same as domestic 

 postage. 



In the Universal Postal Union, which includes nearly all the 

 countries of the world except New Zealand and most Austra- 

 lian provinces, rates are as follows : 



Letters, ^ ounce 5 cents. 



Postal cards, each 2 " 



Newspaper and other printed matter, per 2 ounces. . . i " 

 Packets not in excess of i o ozs. 5 " 



Packets in excess of 10 ounces, 

 Commercial papers. < for each 2 Qunces or frac _ 



tion thereof i " 



f Packets not in excess of 4 



ounces 2 " 



Samples of merchandise. 



Packets in excess of 4 ozs. , 



for each 2 ounces or 



fraction thereof i " 



Registration fee on letters or other articles 10 



The rates to New Zealand, New South Wales, Queensland, 

 Victoria and Tasmania are: 12 cents (per % oz.) on first-class 

 matter, 2 cents a copy for newspapers, 4 cents for single rate (4 

 oz.) on printed matter other than newspapers and merchandise. 

 Rates to China are 13 cents for a half ounce of first-class mat- 

 ter, 5 cents for a single rate (4 oz.) on newspapers, 4 cents for 

 a single rate (2 oz.) on other printed matter and merchandise. 

 For Cape Colony, Natal, most of Morocco, and some other 



