between the United Kingdom and such colony or foreign country, through Hamburg, and on every letter not exceeding one half of an ounce in weight, posted in any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, addressed to any place in the United Kingdom, transmitted between such colony or foreign country and the United Kingdom, through Hamburg, when the said respective letters are conveyed between the United Kingdom and Hamburg in closed mails, viâ Belgium, there shall be charged, taken, and paid an uniform rate of British postage of two pence halfpenny if such respective letters be prepared, and if such respective letters be not prepaid an uniform rate of British postage of three pence halfpenny; and when the said respective letters are conveyed between the United Kingdom and Hamburg direct by private ship, there shall be charged, taken, and paid an uniform rate of British postage of four pence halfpenny, if such respective letters be prepaid, and if such respective letters be not prepaid an uniform rate of British postage of sixpence.

4. On every letter not exceeding one half of an ounce in weight, posted in Hamburg, or posted in any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, and forwarded through Hamburg, addressed to any place in any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, transmitted by the post between Hamburg and any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, through the United Kingdom; and on every letter not exceeding one half of an ounce in weight, posted in any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, addressed to Hamburg, or to any place in any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country, and forwarded through Hamburg, transmitted by the post between any of Her Majesty's colonies or any foreign country and Hamburg,

through the United Kingdom; when the said respective letters are conveyed between the United Kingdom and Hamburg in closed mails, viâ Belgium, there shall be charged, taken, and paid an uniform rate of British postage of two pence halfpenny if such respective letters be prepaid, and if such respective letters be not prepaid, an uniform rate of British postage of three pence halfpenny, and when the said respective letters are conveyed between the United Kingdom and Hamburg direct by private ship, there shall be charged, taken, and paid, an uniform rate of British postage of four pence halfpenny, if such respective letters be prepaid, and if such respective letters be not prepaid, an uniform rate of British postage of sixpence; and also on every letter mentioned in this fourth clause there shall be charged, taken, and paid, such a further or additional rate of British postage for the conveyance of every such letter between the port in the United Kingdom, of the departure or arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same, and the colony or foreign country to or from which the same shall be forwarded, as shall from time to time be charged and payable for British postage on letters not exceeding half an ounce in weight, poзted or delivered at the port in the United Kingdom, of the departure or arrival of the packet or ship conveying the same, and transmitted direct between such port and any such colony or foreign country; provided that in all cases where such additional rate includes both inland and sea services, there shall be deducted therefrom the sum of one penny in respect of the inland conveyance, under this clause, of every such letter sent through the United Kingdom.

5. On every letter transmitted, as is hereinbefore in this Warrant mentioned, exceeding onehalf of an ounce in weight, there shall be charged,

taken, and paid, progressive and additional rates of postage, according to the scale of weight and number of rates following, that is to say:

On every such letter so transmitted exceeding one-half of an ounce in weight and not exceeding one ounce in weight, two rates of postage.

On every such letter so transmitted exceeding one ounce and not exceeding two ounces in weight, four rates of postage.

On every such letter so transmitted exceeding two ounces and not exceeding three ounces in weight, six rates of postage.

And for every ounce in weight of any such letter above the weight of three ounces there shall be charged, taken, and paid, two additional rates of postage, and every fractional part of such additional ounce shall be charged as an additional ounce in weight; and each progressive and additional rate chargeable under this clause, shall be estimated and charged at the sum which any such letter would be charged with under this Warrant, if not exceeding one half of an ounce in weight.

6. If any letter shall be posted in the United Kingdom addressed to Hamburg, or if any letter shall be posted in Hamburg addressed to the United Kingdom, and the value of the postage stamp or stamps affixed thereto shall be less in amount than the rate of postage to which such letter would be liable under or by virtue of this Warrant, every such letter shall be forwarded charged with the amount of the difference between the value of the postage stamp or stamps thereon, and the rate of postage payable under or by virtue of this Warrant, as an unpaid letter.

7. Registered letters may be transmitted by the post under the authority of this Warrant, upon the payment of such additional charges or rates of postage or otherwise as the Postmaster-General may from time to time direct or appoint, provided that all rates of postage and additional charges or rates from time to time payable thereupon shall be prepaid, and that no payment shall be made thereupon on the delivery of any such registered letters

8. Nothing herein contained shall be deemed or construed to extend to any letters transmitted by the post between the United Kingdom and Hamburg, viâ France, all which said letters shall be charged and chargeable with the same rates of postage as are now chargeable and payable thereon, as if this Warrant had not been made.

9. All packets consisting of printed newspapers, whether British, Colonial, or Foreign, and all packets consisting of books, publications, or works of literature or art, whether British, Colonial, or Foreign, and not being respectively of the dimensions or weight hereinafter in the 11th clause of this Warrant specified, posted in any of the respective countries and places mentioned and set forth in the first column of the schedule A to this warrant annexed, addressed to any of the respective countries and places mentioned and set forth in the second column of the said schedule A may be transmitted by the post from any of the respective countries and places mentioned and set forth in the said first column of the said schedule A to any of the respective countries and places mentioned and set forth in the said second column of the said schedule A, and all such respective packets shall be transmitted in conformity with, and under and subject to, the several regulations, orders, directions, and conditions here

inafter mentioned and contained relating thereto, and the single rate of postage for the transmission of such packets shall be that which is mentioned and set forth against such respective countries and places in the said schedule A, and all such respective packets so transmitted and chargeable with postage under this clause shall be subject to the several progressive and additional rates of postage hereinafter mentioned and set forth (that is to say):

On every such packet so transmitted, if not exceeding two ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid for the transmission thereof respectively, as aforesaid, the uniform single rate of postage which is mentioned and set forth against the said places respectively in the said schedule A.

And on every such packet, exceeding two ounces in weight, there shall be charged, taken, and paid progressive and additional rates of postage as follows (that is to say):On every such packet, if exceeding two ounces and not exceeding four ounces in weight, two rates of postage.

And on every such packet, if exceeding four ounces and not exceeding one half of a pound in weight, four rates of postage.

And on every such packet, if exceeding one half of a pound and not exceeding one pound in weight, eight rates of postage.

And on every such packet, if exceeding one pound and not exceeding one pound and the half of another pound in weight, twelve rates of postage.

And on every such packet, if exceeding one pound and the half of another pound and not exceeding two pounds in weight, sixteen rates of postage.