POSTAL RATES IN CANADA : A CORRECTION.
[TO TDB EDITOR OF THE " SPBOTATOR."]
SIR,—In discussing postal rates you state that in Canada there is a war tax on all mail matter, including newspapers and circulars, &o. Such is not the case. The tax is only exacted in the case of letters, and our waste-paper baskets are still choked with printed stuff which goes through the mails at merely nominal rates. I enclose a clipping from our local
"IMPORTANT.
A War Tax' of one cent has been imposed on each letter and postcard mailed in Canada for delivery in Canada, the United States, Mexico, and letters to United Kingdom eael British possessions generally, and wherever the two cent rate applies. The' War Tax' is to be prepaid by the senders by means of a war stamp or postage stamp. In the event of failure on the part of the sender to prepay the ' War Tax' on each letter or postcard, such letter or postcard will be sent immediately to the Branch Dead Letter Office. Circulars, catalogues, newspapers, parcels, &e., are not subject to the War Tax.' '
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