THE ZOOLOGIST. 



Government proceeds in charging a rate of eight cents per pound. It 

 is in itself a monstrous rate, equivalent to 175 dols. per ton, or say 

 £36 per ton. It is well to consider the effect of this prohibitive rate, 

 as compared with the rate charged by the United States, on the 

 Canadian bookseller and distributors. The Canadian bookseller has 

 this before him : If he accepts an order for a subscription for an 

 English magazine or illustrated paper, he is in the first place charged 

 eight cents a pound by the British post-office, and then he has to pay 

 to the Canadian post-office one cent a pound in addition for the pur- 

 pose of having his wares distributed, unless, indeed, he and the sub- 

 scriber happen to be in the same city, when he can do it by hand 

 without the intervention of the post-office. So he has to compete 

 with an institution which can do business for three cents a pound, 

 while, if he employs the legitimate post-office facilities, the postage on 

 his wares amounts to nine cents a nound. 



