of one penny; if exceeding four ounces, and not exceeding eight ounces in weight, a rate of two pence; if exceeding eight ounces, and not exceeding twelve ounces in weight, a rate of three pence; if exeeeding twelve ounces, and not exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, a rate of four pence; and for every additional four ounces in weight, above the weight of sixteen ounces, there shall be charged and paid an additional rate of one penny; and any lesser weight than four ounces shall be charged as four ounces.

Provided always, and we direct, that no printed votes or proceedings of any Colonial Legislature of British North America, exceeding six pounds in weight, or of the British West Indies, exceeding sixteen ounces in weight, shall be forwarded by the post in any one packet or cover.

And we further direct, that on all printed pamphlets and publications printed in British North America, or in the British West Indies, or in the United States, and forwarded by the post between the United States and British North America or the British West Indies, or between any places within British North America, or within the British West Indies, or between any place in British North America and any place in the British West Indies (without, in any such cases, passing through the United Kingdom), there shall be charged and paid an inland colonial rate of one penny for every ounce weight thereof (in addition to any rate payable for the sea conveyance thereof), and any lesser weight than an ounce shall be charged as one ounce; but so that any such pamphlets or publications, if printed in the United States, shall, in order to be entitled to pass by the post at such reduced inland rate, be posted within the United States, and if not so posted, the same shall be liable to the like rates of

postage as would have been chargeable thereon if the same had been a letter so conveyed by the post.

And that on all printed pamphlets and publications printed within the United Kingdom, or British North America, or the British West Indies, and forwarded (whether by the post or not) between the United Kingdom and British North America or the British West Indies, there shall be charged and paid for the conveyance of the same by the post within British North America or the British West Indies, from which the same shall be sent, or to which the same shall be addressed (in addition to any British postage that may be payable for the same if conveyed by the post to or from or within the United Kingdom), a rate of one penny for every ounce weight thereof, and any lesser weight than an ounce shall be charged as one

ounce.

And we further direct, that no such pamphlet or publication exceeding the weight of sixteen ounces shall be forwarded by the post.

And we further direct, that any privilege of franking letters or newspapers, or printed votes and proceedings of any Colonial Legislature, or pamphlets, publications, or other printed papers, or of sending them by the post under an immemorial privilege of any Deputy Postmaster-General or Deputy Postmaster in British North America, or in the island of Jamaica, shall cease and determine.

And we further direct, that all such printed newspapers and printed supplements, votes, and proceedings of any Colonial Legislature, pamphlets, and publications as aforesaid, shall be posted, forwarded, conveyed, and delivered under and subject to all such orders, directions, and regulations, and under and subject to all such conditions, limi

tations, and restrictions as to the form, size, dimensions, enclosures, or otherwise, as the Postmaster-General, with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, shall, from time to time, direct; and that it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General, if he shall see fit, to delay the transmission of any such newspapers, supplements, votes, legislative proceedings, pamphlets, and publications, for any space or time not exceeding twenty-four hours, or, at his option, one post from the time at which the same would otherwise have been forwarded.

And we further direct, that no printed newspaper or printed supplement votes, or proceedings of any Colonial Legislature, pamphlets or publications, shall be conveyed by the post within or to or from British North America, or the British West Indies, under the regulations of this present warrant, unless the same shall be sent without a cover, or in a cover open at the sides, and that (except as hereinafter provided) there be no word or communication printed on the paper after its publication, or upon the cover thereof, nor any writing or marks upon it, or upon the cover of it, except the name and address of the person to whom sent, nor any paper or thing enclosed in or with the same.

Provided always, that it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General, if he shall see fit, to allow any printed words, writing, or marks, other than the directions to be put on any such newspaper, supplement, votes, legislative proceedings, pamphlets, or publications, or on the cover thereof.

And we further direct, that in all cases in which a question shall arise, whether a printed paper is entitled to the privilege of a newspaper, or other printed paper hereby privileged, so far as respects the transmission of the same by the post under this

warrant, the question shall be referred to the determination of the Postmaster-General, whose decision, with the concurrence of the Lords of the Treasury, shall be final.

And we further direct, that the several and respective rates of postage chargeable under this warrant shall be charged in sterling money.

And we further direct, that nothing contained in this warrant shall be deemed or construed to annul, prejudice, or affect any of the exemptions and privileges granted by the said Act of the third and fourth years of Her present Majesty, or by an Act, made and passed in the first year of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the management of the Post Office;" or any of the rates fixed by a Treasury warrant, bearing date the ninth day of May one thousand eight hundred and forty-three, on letters passing between France, or other foreign countries viâ France, and British North America, through the United Kingdom; and all such exemptions, privileges, and rates shall remain in full force.

And we further direct, that this present warrant shall be in force only in places in British North. America and the British West Indies, where the Postmaster-General has already established, or shall hereafter establish, posts; and that the term "British North America," in this warrant, shall include the provinces of Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward's Island, and Newfoundland, and their respective dependencies; and that the term "British West Indies," in this warrant, shall include the Bermudas, the Bahamas, and other British islands commonly called the West Indies, as also the colonies of British Guiana and Honduras, and their respective dependencies; and that the several other terms and expressions used in this warrant shall be construed to have the like

meaning, in all respects, as they would have had if inserted in the said Act of the third and fourth years of Her present Majesty.

And we further direct, that this warrant shall come into operation on the 5th day of January 1844.

Provided lastly, and we hereby declare and direct, that it shall be lawful for the Commissioners for the time being of Her Majesty's Treasury, or any three of them, by warrant under their hands, at any time hereafter to alter or repeal any of the rates hereby altered, or the regulations hereby made, and to make and establish any new or other rates or regulations in lieu thereof, and from time to time to appoint at what time the rates that may be payable are to be paid.

Whitehall, Treasury Chambers, the 11th day of October 1843.

HENRY GOULBURN.
JOHN YOUNG.
HENRY BARING.

FROM THE

LONDON GAZETTE of OCTOBER 20, 1843.

Whitehall, October 20, 1843.

THE Queen has been pleased to grant to the Reverend Thomas Dale, M. A. the place and dignity of a Canon Residentiary of the cathedral church of St. Paul, London, void by the death of the Reverend James Tate.