In the Report for 1865 it is stated that "there has been a reduction in the charge on Registered letters" between Canada and the United Kingdom, but we are left in the dark as to the amount of the reduction or the new rate, as far as the Report goes, but in a _Post Office Directory for 1866_ (dated October 1, 1865) we find the following table which gives us the information desired:-- REGISTRATION OF LETTERS. The charge for Registration, in addition to the Postage, is as follows, viz.: On Letters to any other place in Canada, or British North America 2 cents On Letters for the United States 5 " On Letters for the United Kingdom 12-1/2 " On Letters for British Colonies or Possessions, sent _via_ England 25 " On Letters for France and other Foreign Countries, _via_ England, an amount equal to the postage rate. Both the postage charge and registration fee must in all cases be prepaid. The _Post Office Act_ 1867 made the domestic registration of letters containing valuables compulsory, the Postmaster General being empowered to prescribe and enforce regulations "in respect to the registration by the officers of the Post Office of letters unquestionably containing money or other valuable enclosure when posted without registration by the senders of the same, and to imposing a rate of two cents registration charge upon such letters."[192] [192] 31^o Vict. Cap. X. Sec. 10, par. 11. See page 96. The Report for 1868, which was the first of the Dominion of Canada, gave the statistics of registered letters as 640,000 for Ontario and Quebec (the former Province of Canada), 24,700 for New Brunswick, and 40,000 for Nova Scotia, a total registered correspondence of 704,700. The next year's Report especially notes the increase in the use of the registration system, the total having advanced to 850,000 pieces, while the Report for 1870 records an even million. Finally in the Report for 1872, we find the first hint of special stamps for registration purposes, as follows:-- It seems expedient to adopt some distinctive postage stamp to be used only in prepayment of the Registration charge, both to make it clear that this charge has been duly paid and accounted for in every case, and to diminish the risk which is occasionally felt at points of distribution of omitting to carry on the Registration in cases where the ordinary Registration postmark is not as distinct and calculated to arrest attention as it should be.