POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1539, 15 April 1916, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, iJid. for first 4 oz. or fraction thereof; Jid. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, i%d for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards. —Inland ; Single Id ; reply, 2d. All other places: Single, I/id; reply 3d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places.—id. per 2 oz. or frac tion thereof. ‘ Magazines (registered).— Inland: Each copy not exceeding 8 oz.. Id.; every additional 8 oz. or fraction thereof, %d. Newspapers.—Town and inland. %<J. 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, 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 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%d. at the time of registration or subsequently In the eveht of the loss of an in- i land registered letter or a registered \ letter-from any country with wluch New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmaster-General consents, vmde* certain conditions, tp be liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2

POSTAL NOTES, New Zealand.—The notes are issued tor nine amounts. U p?n which poundage is charged as follows For notes of 1/ ,*5 2 / rjj 2/6, poundage V 2 d; 3/.'and 5/? ssga* ,oK is '-- ■* & Bjritisfi Postal Orders.— British pos a! orders for fixed sums 2 the Umt™KSa” !ft Up P t?SfS ? - to £i! jd ' /0v to 15/ -» 2 <i; Ne^L®d d )-pS r PI3CeS ***» £ls. 9d; £2O, is.; £25,13 £3O, is sd; £35, is get; £40,2s 3d teleqraph; " Tan# rates. - Inland; Ordinary telegrams, from any station to any station for 12 words or less, inclul mg address and signature, 8d • for every additional word, V 2 d ’ Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and siena- • ture. 1/2; for every additional word),.