POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1455, 5 October 1915, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

I LETTERS AND TETTER I CARDS. I Inland, the Cook and certain other Bouth Sea Islands, id. for first 4 oz. Br fraction thereof; Ad. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. Ifhe United Kingdom, and British possessions, Id. for each oz. or fraction thereof. I Postcards. —Inland: Single Ad ; leply, id. All other places : Single, Id; reply 2d. I BOOKS AND PRINTED I PAPERS. I All places.™ per 2 oz. or fraclion thereof. I Magazines (registered).--- Inland; tach copy not exceeding 8 oz., Ad. ; Ivery additional 8 oz. or fraction Biereof, Ad. I Newspapers.™ Town and inland, md. each. U REGISTRATION.

■ Registration insures proof of the of mail-matter by placing ■ under the hand-to-hand check of •very officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed in strong covers. AH classes of matter may be registered; but commercial papers, printed papets, ete., 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 Ice of 2%d. at the time of registration ot subsequently. In the event of the toss 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 tor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows:—For notes of 1 1 , :,'5, 2/- and 2 16, poundage A>d ; 3/- and 5/-, poundage id.; 10/-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders—British postal orders for fixed sums from 6d. to£r arc 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 sd; £35, is Qd ; £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, Ad. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, is.; for every additional word, id.