Commissions signed by the Lord Lieutenant of the West Riding of the County of York, and of the City and County of the City of York.

Hussar Regiment of Yorkshire Yeomanry Cavalry. William Beckett Denison, Gent., to be Cornet. Dated 24th September, 1853.

1st West York Regiment of Militia.

John Whitacre Allen, Gent., to be Lieutenant, vice Nelson, promoted. Dated 8th November,

1853.

6th Regiment of West York Militia.

Major Charles Hind, late of the 45th Regiment of Foot, to be Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant. Dated 28th December, 1853.

TREASURY WARRANT.

Whereas by an Act, passed in the fourth year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act for the regulation of the duties of postage" certain scales of weight and rates of postage were fixed and made chargeable and payable upon, for, or in respect of letters, newspapers, parliamentary proceedings, and printed papers transmitted and forwarded by the post, and various regulations were made for facilitating the transmission of such letters and papers by the post.

And whereas by an Act, passed in the eleventh year of the reign of Her present Majesty, intituled "An Act, for giving further facilities for the transmission of letters by post and for the regulating the duties of postage thereon, and for other purposes relating to the Post-office," the proviso concerning the maximum weight of letters to be sent by the post, as fixed in and by the said first1854. C

mentioned Act, is repealed; and in order to prevent packets of an unwieldy bulk or an inconvenient size being transmitted by the post, power is given to the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, at any time or times thereafter, by Warrant under their hands, to fix a maximum weight of letters to be sent by the post, and from time to time to repeal or revoke such maximum weight, wholly or in part, and declare any other maximum of weight in lieu thereof; and all letters are to be forwarded, conveyed, and delivered by the post in conformity with any such Warrant, and also in conformity with and under and subject to all such orders, conditions, limitations, regulations, and restrictions as to the form, size, or dimensions thereof, whether in proportion to the weight or otherwise, as the Postmaster General, with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, shall from time to time direct. And by the said Act power is also given to the Postmaster General to collect and receive the foreign and colonial postage charged or chargeable on any letters sent by the post, and also with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury to require the postage, British, colonial, or foreign, of any letters sent by the post, to be prepaid, either in money or in stamps as he may think fit, on the same being put into the Post-office, and also with such consent to abolish or restrict the prepayment in money of postage on letters sent by the post, either altogether or on certain letters, and to require the prepayment thereof to be in stamps, and to refuse to receive or send by the post any letters tendered contrary to any regulations thereby made. And it is also declared and enacted that it shall be lawful for the Postmaster-General and any officer of the Post-office to detain any letters which shall be

posted or sent by the post contrary to the regulations of that Act, or the first-mentioned Act, or contrary to the regulations of any Treasury Warrant to be issued under or by virtue of that Act, or which had been or should be issued under or by virtue of the said first-mentioned Act, and to open such letters, and either to return them to the senders thereof or to forward them to the places of their destination, charged in either case with such rates of postage as the PostmasterGeneral, with the consent of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury shall, from time to time, direct.

Now we, the undersigned, being two of the Commissioners of Her Majesty's Treasury, do, in exercise of the powers reserved to us in and by the said before-mentioned Acts, or either of them, and of all other powers enabling us in this behalf, by this Warrant under our hands, order and direct that printed books, printed magazines, printed reviews, printed pamphlets (whether British, colonial, or foreign), may be transmitted by the post between any part of the United Kingdom and the colony of New Brunswick, subject to the several regulations and rates hereinafter contained; that is to say:

On every packet, consisting of a single printed book, or printed magazine, or printed review, or printed pamphlet, the several sheets or parts of which, when more than one, shall be sewed or bound together, if not exceeding half a pound in weight, there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of sixpence.

And on every such packet, if exceeding half a pound, and not exceeding one pound in weight, there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of one shilling.

And on every such packet, if exceeding one pound, and not exceeding two pounds in weight, there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of two shillings.

And on every such packet if exceeding two pounds, and not exceeding three pounds in weight, there shall be charged and taken one uniform rate of postage of three shillings. And for every additional one pound in weight, of any such packet, above the weight of three pounds, there shall be charged and taken an additional rate of postage of one shilling, and every fraction of such additional pound shall be charged as an additional pound.

And we further order and direct, that no such packet, if containing more than one printed book, or printed magazine, or printed review, or printed pamphlet, or containing any paper or thing besides a printed book, printed magazine, printed review, or printed pamphlet, or containing any printed book, printed magazine, printed review, or printed pamphlet, the several sheets or parts of which when more than one shall not be sewed or bound together, or which packet, in length, or breadth, or width, or depth, shall exceed the dimensions of two feet or twenty-four inches shall be forwarded by the post under the provisions aforesaid.

And we further order and direct that as to any packet hereinbefore authorised to be sent by the post, under the provisions aforesaid, which shall be posted in the United Kingdom, the postage thereof shall in every case be prepaid at the time of the same being posted not in money but by being duly stamped with the proper British postage stamp or stamps affixed thereto, which stamp or stamps shall in every case be affixed or appear on the outside of every such packet, near the address, and shall be of the value or amount

of the postage duty payable thereon under or by virtue of this warrant, unless any such packet be sent from any department or office in or connected with the public service of Her Majesty which shall keep a postage account with the General Post Office in London, in which case the same shall be forwarded post paid, and the postage thereof shall be charged in such postage account; and as to any such packet posted in New Brunswick the postage thereof shall in every case be prepaid, either in money or by the proper colonial postage stamp or stamps being affixed thereto at the time of the same being posted.

And we further order and direct that every such packet shall be sent without a cover, or in a a cover or envelope open at the ends or sides, and shall contain printed matter only, with the binding thereof, and there shall be no writing or marks upon the cover or envelope thereof, or upon or within any part of the contents thereof, other than the name and address of the person to whom the packet shall be sent, unless any such packet be sent from any department or office in or connected with the public service of Her Majesty which shall keep a postage account with the General Post Office in London, in which case the same may, in addition to the name and address of the person to whom it shall be sent, have printed or written thereon or upon the cover or envelope thereof, the words "On Her Majesty's Service," and also the name of the department or public office from which the packet shall be forwarded, together with the name of any public officer employed in or belonging to any such department or office who may be authorised to affix his name to letters and packets sent by the post as a certificate that they are on the public service.

And in order to prevent any obstacles to the