POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1394, 6 May 1915, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LEITEPS AND 1,1 OTTER G.ARDi. iiil;.-ml. tin: Took amicertain other South Sen Islands, hi. tor first 4 oz. or Traction thereof: Nil, for each addition:;! 21 z. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, id. fur each o/.. or fraction thereof. Postcards.- Inland: Single Ad; reply, id. All other places : Single, Id: reply 2d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places. — Ad. per 20/. or fraction thereof. Magazines (regEtercd).— inland ; Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., Ad.; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, 1 2d. Newspapers.—Town anil inland, Ad. each. REGISTRATION, Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under die hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should he placed in strong covers. Ail classes of matter may he registered ; but commercial papers, printed papers, ete., must be so packed as to admit o! easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which 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,Ad. at the time of registration 01 subsequently. in the event oi the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arranueincnl as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to he liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2.

POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. ■ 1 lie notes are i>'iii(l for nine amounts, upon which poundage is dun-god as follows ; -For notes, of 1/6, 2,- and 2,0, poundage Ad; 3/- and 5/-, poundage id.; 10;-. 13,-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders.---British postal ordets fur fixed sums from od. to Pi arc issued for payment in the United Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is ; Up 10 2/0, Id ; to 15/-, 2ci; 10 U, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand).—-For sums not over £3 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, yd; £2O, is.; £25, is 3d; £3O, Is 5d ; £35, Is Qd ; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tan if rates. Inland; Ordinary telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature, Cd; for every additional word, Ad. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, is.; for every additional word, id.