[Sidenote: Mails for Lower Provinces.] Mails are also made up at Quebec, Montreal, and Toronto, for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and for St. John's, Newfoundland, and despatched to destination by Cunard Steamer, sailing from Boston, every alternate Wednesday. <tb> RATES OF POSTAGE ON LETTERS. [Sidenote: Canada and other parts of B. N. America.] The rate of Postage on <i>pre-paid</i> Letters between any place in Canada and any other place in Canada, and on <i>pre-paid</i> or <i>unpaid</i> letters between any place in Canada and any place in British North America (except places hereafter mentioned), including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, and Cape Breton, is regulated by weight, irrespective of distance, and is as follows:-- [Sidenote: Scale of charge.] On a letter weighing not more than 1/2 an oz., 5 cents. " " more than 1/2 oz. but not ex. 1 oz., 10 cts. " " " 1 oz. " 1-1/2 " 15 cts. " " " 1-1/2 oz. " 2 " 20 cts. " " " 2 oz. " 2-1/2 " 25 cts. And so on, 5 cents being charged for every additional 1/2 oz., or fraction of a half ounce. [Sidenote: Excess of weight.] If the weight be exceeded to the smallest extent, even though the balance be merely turned, the letter becomes liable to an additional rate. [Sidenote: Unpaid letters.] Letters addressed to any place within the Province of Canada, if sent unpaid, are liable to a charge of 7 cents per 1/2 oz. [Sidenote: Drop letters] The charge on local or drop Letters, viz., letters posted at an office in Canada for delivery from that office, is one cent for each letter. [Sidenote: Letters delivered by carriers.] The charge on letters delivered by Letter Carrier, in Canada, is two cents for each letter in addition to the ordinary postage. [Sidenote: Nova Scotia <i>via</i> Halifax.] Letters for Nova Scotia, specially addressed by "Cunard Steamer," sailing from Boston to Liverpool <i>via</i> Halifax, every alternate Wednesday, are liable to 12-1/2 cents per 1/2 oz., which can be pre-paid or not at the option of the sender. [Sidenote: Newfoundland.] Letters for Newfoundland are liable to a rate of 20 cents per 1/2 oz., which must be pre-paid. [Sidenote: British Columbia.] The rate of postage on letters to British Columbia and Vancouver's Island is 25 cents per 1/2 oz., which must be pre-paid. [Sidenote: Red River.] The rate of postage on letters to Red River, <i>via</i> the United States, is 10 cents per 1/2 oz., which may be pre-paid or not at the option of the sender. [Sidenote: United States.] The rate of postage on letters between any place in Canada and any place in the United States, except California and Oregon, is 10 cents per 1/2 oz., which may either be pre-paid or not, at the option of the sender. [Sidenote: California and Oregon.]