POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1449, 21 September 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; ’Ad. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, id. for each oz. or fraction thereof.

Postcards. —Inland: Single Ad; reply, Id. All other places : Single, Id; reply 2d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS,

All places.— Ad. per 2 oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered).—- Inland: Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., Ad. ; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, Ad. Newspapers.—Town and inland, Ad. 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 be placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commercial papers, printed papers, etc., must he 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 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 of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered idler from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to he liable to pay a sura not exceeding £2,

POSTAL NOTES

New Zealand. — The notes are issued lor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows : —For notes of I/ , :/fi, 2/- and 2/6, poundage Ad ; 3/- and 5/-, poundage id.; 10/-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d.

British Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed sums from fid. 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, 9d; £2O, Is.; £25, is 3d; £3O, is 5d ; £35, is 9d ; £4O, 2s.

TELEGRAPH

Tariff rates. — Inland; Ordinary telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature, fid; for every additional word, Ad. Urgent telegrams. —For 12 vvords or less, including addi'ess and signature, Is.; for every additional word, id.