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                     RATES OF POSTAGE
                   ON DOMESTIC MAIL-31ATTER.
               rOATZS OF POSTAGE ON FIRST-CLASS MIATTERi.
  On I    s,    cd packagcs, mail-matter wholly or partly in writing, except
book manuscript and corrected proofs passing between authors and pub-
hshcrs, and caccpt local or drop letters, or United States postal cards;
all
printcd ma::cr So marked as to convey any other or further information than
is con;eyyl by thc! o:iginal print, except the correction of mere typographi-
c.,l errors; all mnatter otherwise chargeable with Itcter postage, hut which
is
so wra:ppe.Cd or secured that it cannot be conveniently examined by postmas-
tclso without destroying the wrapper or envelope; all packages containing
maitter not in itself chargeable with letter postage, but in which is inclosed
or concealed any letter, memorandum, or other thing chargeable with letter
postage, or upon which is any writing or memorandum ; all matter to which
no specific rate of postage is assigned; and manuscript for publication in
newspapers, magazines, or periodicals, three cents for each half ounce or
fraction thereof.
  On local or drop letters, at offices where free delivery by carriers is
not
established, one cent for each half ounce or fraction thereof. At offices
where
free delivery by carriers is established, two cents for each half ounce or
frac-
tion thereof.
              EhATES oF SOSTAGE ON SECOND-CLASS tItATTER.
  Mailable matter of this class embraces all newspapers, magazines and
pertodmcalS, eaca-lsiely in print, and regularly issued at stated periods
from
a known o2>ca of publication, without addition by writing, mark, or sign-
    an:ia-,2_ to regular subscribers.
  (I.) 0- a:' newspapers and periodical publications, addressed and mailed
as abz -c p: c:ibed, and issued weekly or oftener, two cents a pound or frae,
to n 2 7:Cc0.
  (2.) On a!1 newspapers and periodical publications, addressed and mailed
as above prescribed, and issued less frequently than once a week, three
cents a pound or fraction thereot.
               r.ATES OF POSTAGE ON TIIItD-CLASS MtATTEI.
  Weight of packages not to exceed four pounds.
  By act of July 1), 1S6, third-clams matter is divided as follows:
  One centfor two ounces.-Almanacs, books (printed), calendars, catalogues,
corrected proofs, haud-bills, magazines, when not sent to regular subscrib-
ers, maps--livgrap'!cd or engraved -music (printed sheet), newspapers,
when not sent to regular subscribers, occasional publications, pamphlets,
posters, proof-Sieets, prospectuses, and regular publications designed pri-
marily for advertising purposes, or for free circulation at nominal rates.
  One cent for each ounce. -Blank books, blank cards, book manuscrip.t
passing butween authors and publishers, card boards and other flexible ma-
terial, chromo-lithographs, circulars, engravings, envelopes, dflexible pat-
terns, heliotypos, letter envelopes, letter paper, lithographs, merchandise,
models, ornamented paper. postal cards, when sent in, bulk and not ad-