POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1638, 16 November 1916, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

letters and letter CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islands, I %d. for first 4 oz. or fraction thereof; V z d. for each additional 2 oz, or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, J L>d for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards. —Inland : Single id ; reply, 2d, All other places : Single, iy 2 d; reply Li. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-10-iiand 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 ol easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which i) 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 2L>d- at the time of registration ot subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with which New Zealand has 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 for nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows : —For notes of 1/, 1/6, 2/- and 2/6, poundage %d; 3/- and 5/-, poundage Id.; 10/-, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal Orders,—British postal orders for fixed sums from bd. 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/-, 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 jd; £3O, is sd; £35, is Qd; £4O, 2s. TELEGRAPH. Tariff rates, inland: Ordinary telegrams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature. 8d; for every additional word, %d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, 1/2 for every additional word. Id,