POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVII, Issue 1464, 26 October 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; for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, id, for eacii oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards. —Inland: Single %d ; reply, id. All other places ; Single, Id; reply 2d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places.— per 2 oz. or fraction thereof. Magazines (registered).— Inland: Each copy not exceeding 8 oz., %d. ; evdry additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, Hd. Newspapers.—Town and inland, lid. each. REGISTRATION, Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check of every oflieer dealing with it, Registered matter should he placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commercial papers, printed papeis, etc., must be so packed as to admit oi easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the ofticc at which 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 2 r ;.d. at the time of registration 01 subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter ora registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, under certain conditions, to bo 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/, 6. 2/- and 2/6, poundage lid ; 3/- and 5/-, poundage id.; 10/-, 15/-, and 26/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders—British postal orders for lixed sums from 6d. to £l are issued for payment in the United Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is : Up to 2/6, Id ; to 15/-, 2(1 ; to £l, 3cl. Money Orders (for places within New Zealand).—For sums not over £$ the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, Qd; £2O, Is.; £25, is 3d; £3O, is sd; £35, is gd; £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, Vzd. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, Is.; for every additional word, Id.