POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 1641, 23 November 1916, Page 4

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea islands, I Lid. for first 4 oz. or fraction thereof; /id. for each additional 2 oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, and liritisli possessions, ] Hd for each oz. or fraction thereof. Postcards. —Inland : Single Id ; reply, 2d. All other places ; Single, iLid: reply 3d. 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 papcis, ele., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it Iroin the cilice 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 lee of 2j£d. at the time of registration 01 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 tor 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 ovei £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, qd; £2O, is.; £25, is 3d; £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, L>d. Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature, 1/2 for every additional word, Id.