POSTAL ANOMALY.

Press, Volume LXVII, Issue 20184, 12 March 1931, Page 8

POSTAL ANOMALY.

CHEAPER TO POST TO ENGLAND. \ 1 By an anomaly of- the new postal charges it is now possible to send books" ' of certain weight# to England more cheaply than to a, destination,- within New Zealand. ' For trapsgniasioa .within the Dominion books come 1 under .> the , packet post, the charges for which'll&V9 recently been increased, while if "they, go to England they are sent %y post, the special rates for which have not been altered. Under tie packet ijost <fhe chafges jfor hooks are notf Id for.qach >4os or fraction up to lib, and 4d for eftoh additional'pouftd 1 up to, 61b. Fpr to England the Postal Union "races' ©£; |d for eaeh Soz up to 41b apply.* Although the rates are identical when ovenponijds weight, or even divisions of four ounces under the first potind 'airq considered, for all othev weight# tlie rates tb Eiigi land.are the cheapen The, following table shows the relation of the charges for' the twp\ , deritinatlo^^y, v, '!' [i ] i ? m . . \) ,-i \h/ia^e# 1 '" Weight. To England, Zealand. .80*. , r ,h rid/MU soac .. ' 2d ~ ' 9oz I ..1 : 2|dr4' ' 3dV 13oz , '3Jd ' , 4d ~ ' lib 4d ■ ' 4d - lib loz , . '.4 jd - * HvV l lib 4oe f, .. 5d ' i'Bd. ' ~ 11b 008v21b , . ... .8d«<:;v- ? 31V. loz. ~ ag ■ - / ( <'('V » 1 The durance an favour' ofi iEnj&Mi destinations is greates&-,tahen the -weight of the' boolc is-just over aneven pdtind,' \although it never. exceeda'<B}d.,;/I£ 4" book weighs] more than 4lb the char'gefa for overseas parceJ%Apply, and for New Zealand' th¥ cheaper. For parcehl other than books the inland rates are i still cheaper than the overseas rates. I<-> \ »