POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1393, 1 May 1915, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, id. for first 4 02, or fraction thereof; J3d. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, id. fur each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards.—lnland : Single lid; reply, id. All other places : Single, Id : reply 2d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places. — Vi cl. per 2 oz. or fraction thereof. .Magazines (registered).— Inland: Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., lid.; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, JNd. Newspapers.---Town and inland, ,'jd. each. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered, matter should l>e placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered ; but commercial papers, printed papers, etc., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at winch it is registered. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be obtained upon payment by the sender of an additional fee of 2}-id. at the time of registration 01 subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand lias a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to be liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. -The notes are issued lor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows : —For notes of t;-, 1,0. 2- and 2/6, poundage Od ; 3;- and 5/-, poundage id. ; 10;-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d.

British Postal Orders. — British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d. to £l are issued for payment in the United Kingdom and sonic of the British possessions. The poundage is ; Up to 2/0, Id ; to 13/-, 2d ; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not ovex £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, 9d; £2O, is.; £25, Is 3d; £3O, Is 5d ; £35, Is 9d ; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff rates. telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature, 6d; for every additional word, Qd. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, Is.; for every additional word, id.