Rates of postage to be charged upon newspapers, pamphlets, periodicals, books, unsealed circulars, and
every other description of printed matter, transient or otherwise:
| Weights. | No. 1. | No. 2. | No. 3. | No. 4. | No. 5. |
| Cts | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | Cts. | |
| Weighing 1 oz. or under | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| Over 1 oz. and not over 2 oz | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | |
| Over 2 oz. and not over 3 oz | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | |
| Weighing not over 1 1/2 oz | 1 | 2 | |||
| Weighing 3 oz. or under | 1 | 2 | |||
| Oyer 3 oz. and not over 4 oz | 2 | 4 | 8 | 4 | |
| do 4 oz. do 5 oz | 3 | 5 | 10 | 6 | |
| do 5 oz. do 6 oz | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | |
| do 6 oz. do 7 oz | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | |
| do 7 oz. do 8 oz | 6 | 8 | 16 | 12 | |
| When weighing at least 8 oz | 4 | ||||
| Over 8 oz. do 9 oz | 7 | 4 1/2 | 9 | 18 | 14 |
| do 9 oz. do 10 oz | 8 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 16 |
| do 10 oz. do 11 oz | 9 | 5 1/2 | 11 | 22 | 18 |
| do 11 oz. do 12 oz | 10 | 6 | 12 | 24 | 20 |
| do 12 oz. do 13 oz | 11 | 6 1/2 | 13 | 26 | 22 |
| do 13 oz. do 14 oz | 12 | 7 | 14 | 28 | 24 |
| do 14 oz. do 15 oz | 13 | 7 1/2 | 15 | 30 | 26 |
| do 15 oz. do 16 oz | 14 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 28 |
No. 1 relates to newspapers, periodicals, unsealed circulars, or other articles of printed matter (except books) when sent
to any part of the United States.
No. 2 relates to small newspapers, published monthly or oftener, and pamphlets not containing more than sixteen octavo
pages, when sent in single packages, to one address, and pre-paid by postage stamps.
No. 3 relates to books, bound or unbound, not weighing over 4 pounds, fur any distance under 3000 miles, pre-paid.
No. 4 relates to books, bound or unbound, not weighing over four pounds, for any distance over 3000 miles, pre-paid.
No. 5 relates to transient newspapers, periodicals, etc., sent to any part of the United States, not paid.
