POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1424, 15 July 1915, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, id. for first 4 oz. or fraction thereof; %d. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, Id. for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards. —Inland: Single %d ; reply, id. All other places : Single, id ; reply 2d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places.— Hd. per 2 oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered).— Inland : Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., lid.; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, Hd. Newspapers. —Town ami inland, lid. 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 lie 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 he obtained upon payment by the sender of an additional fee of 2J-Jd. at the lime of registration or subsequently. in the event of the loss of an in- 1 land registered letter ora registered letter from any country with which New Zealand lias a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to ire liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand.--The notes arc issued lor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows ; —For notes of I/ , 5, 2/- and 2 16, poundage lid ; 3/- and 5/-, poundage Id.; 10/'-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d. to £1 are issued for payment in the United Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is : Up to 2/6, Id ; to 15/-, 2d ; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand). —For sums not over £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, 9<J; £2O, is.; £25, is 3d; £3O, Is 5d ; £35. is pci; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. 1 artff rates. telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature, 6d; for every additional word, %d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, is.; for every additional word, Id.