POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1640, 21 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; l / 2 d. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and British possessions, lL>d for each oz, or fraction thereof. Postcards—lnland : Single id ; reply, 2d. All other places : Single, ihd reply 3d. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check ol 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 Irom 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 at the time of registration 01 subsequently. In the event of the Joss 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 lor nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows :—For notes of 1/, ;/6. 2/- and 2/6, poundage l / 2 d; 3/- and 5/-, poundage Id.; xo/~, 15/-, and 20/-, poundage 2d. British Postal • Orders.—British postal orders for .fixed sums from bd. to £i 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, 8 d ; for every additional word, V%d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature. 1/2 for every additional word. Id.