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On letters to the following countries and places, the foreign postage, to the place of destination, may be added to the United States postage, and the whole be prepaid, or the American postage alone may be prepaid, or the whole postage may be left unpaid, at the option of the sender,

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On letters to the following places on the Continent prepayment is optional; but when prepaid only the United States postage of 20 cents the single letter should be prepaid; the foreign portion being collected by the receiver, viz. Alexandria, Austria (empire and provinces), Baden, Basle, Bavaria, Cairo, Constantinople, Denmark, Greece, Norway, St. Petersburg or Cronstadt, Sweden, and the Eastern parts of Italy.

On letters to Havre, or any place on the coast of France, to Germany, or any port on the Continent, where the United States Steam packets stop, the postage is 20 cents the single rate, to be prepaid when sent from, or collected when received in the United States.

8. Postage to Mexico, South America, and the West Indies, from any Point in the United States.

On letters to Chagres, Panama, Havana (Cuba), and to the British West Indies, viz. Antigua, Barbadoes, Bahamas, Berbice, Cariacou, Demerara, Dominica, Essequibo, Grenada, Honduras, Jamaica, Montserrat, Nevis, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, and Trinidad,

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If distance from mailing office does not exceed 2,500 miles, 66 exceed 2,500 miles, The postage is to be prepaid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States.

On letters to the West India Islands (not British), to Mexico, or to places in the Gulf of Mexico, or on the Atlantic coast of

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South America, not in British possession, viz. Venezuela, Brazils, Uruguay, and Buenos Ayres,

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This postage is to be prepaid on letters sent from the United States. On letters received, the British postage being prepaid there, the United States postage only, of 10 or 20 cents, according to distance, is to be collected at the office of delivery. The same rule applies to the payment of postage to all countries on the southwest coast of America, viz. New Granada, Equador, Peru, Bolivia, and Chili; which postage is,

On letters sent, being United States and foreign postage,
On letters received, being United States postage only,

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9. Postage to and from the British North American Provinces from and to any Point in the United States.

On letters sent to Canada, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, &c., when not over 3,000 miles from the Canada line,

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Prepayment is optional in either country, but all is to be prepaid or none. A mail is made up for the British Provinces, from New York and Boston, by the English steamers. The postage on a single letter thus sent is 5 cents, to be prepaid.

10. Newspaper and Pamphlet Postage to and from Foreign Countries, from and to any Point in the United States.

On each newspaper sent between Great Britain and Ireland and the United States, and on each newspaper sent between the United States and those places named as communicated with by the Bremen line of steamers, p. 165, and between the United States and Havana and the British West Indies, the postage is 2 cents; and on each newspaper sent between the United States and those places named in Tables 1, 2, and 3, on pp. 164, 165, the postage is 4 cents. The postage between all the above places is to be prepaid when sent from, or collected when received in, the United States. On each newspaper sent from the United States to the West Indies (not British), to Mexico, or, to places in the Gulf of Mexico, or on the Atlantic coast of South America not in British possession, the postage to be prepaid, is 4 cents. On each newspaper received in the United States from those places it is 2 cents. On each newspaper sent from the United States to places on the southwest coast of South America, the postage to be prepaid, is 8 cents; and on each newspaper received in the United States from those places it is 4 cents. The postage of newspapers to and from Canada, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia, &c., is the regular United States rate to and from the line, to be prepaid when sent, and collected when received,

On each periodical and pamphlet between Great Britain and the United States, the United States postage is 2 cents, if not over 2 ounces in weight, and 1 cent per ounce or fraction of an ounce over 2 ounces, always to be prepaid. An additional British postage of the same rate, when not exceeding 2 ounces, must be paid in England; but the third ounce raises the British charge to 6 pence, with 2 pence additional for each additional ounce. When sent to or received from foreign countries, without passing through the United Kingdom, they will be charged with the regular United States rates, to be prepaid when sent, and collected when received.

Newspapers and periodicals to foreign countries, and particularly to the Continent of Europe, must be sent in narrow bands, open at the sides or end; otherwise they are chargeable there with letter postage. 11. Table of Mail Service for the Year ending June 30, 1850.*

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*The entire service and pay are set down to the State under which it is numbered, though extending into other States, instead of being divided among the States in which each portion of it lies.

†The Baltimore, Wilmington, and Philadelphia railroad is under a Maryland number. This embraces the steamboat service from St. Louis to New Orleans.

§ This embraces the steamboat service from Louisville to Cincinnati, and from Louisville to New Orleans.

This includes the route from Mobile to New Orleans.

12. Number of Post-Offices, Extent of Post-Routes, and Revenue and Expenditures of the Post-Office Department; with the Amount paid to Postmasters and for Transportation of the Mail, since 1790.

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* The returns for 1846, 1847, 1848, 1849, and 1850, are for the first five years under the new law, passed March 3, 1845.

XI. COMMERCE AND NAVIGATION.

1. VALUE OF DIFFERENT ARTICLES IMPORTED.

Value of Goods, Wares, and Merchandise imported into the United States from July 1, 1849, to June 30, 1850.

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