POSTAL INFORMATION.
GENERAL CHARGES. , FOE POSTAGE. .TownLetters.-^Postedat any Postoffice within the Colony, for delivery at su6h Postoffice:-- . Not exceeding £oz ... ... Id Over Joz, but under 10z... . ... 2d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz' ; 2d ■'• Country Letters.—Posted at any Postoffice within - the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice . in the same Province: — ..'.'.' Not exceeding Joz .;-. .....2d - Over _oz, but under 10z... ... ,4d.. - Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 4d Interprovincial Letters.—-Posted at any Postoffice within the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice within the Colony: — No exceeding Soz .... - #i. 3d Over £oz, but under 10z... ... ,■ 6d " Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 6d; •-, Intercolonial and Foreign Letters:—For Australia, Tasmania-Panama, United Stato3, British America and West Indies, and Great Britain:—- * Not exceediug Joz ... " ... 6d Over £oz, but under loz Is Every additional oz, or fraction of oz Is For India (Ceylon excepted), Penang, Singapore* China, Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Natal, Bt. Helena, &'c. CBYI.ON Not exceeding £oz .. ... Is 6d Over |oz,'but under 10z... ... 2s 'Is Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2s Is" For, further particulars of Foreign Letter Eostage, see Table of Rates at the Postoffice. Book Packets and Bankers' and Pattern Parcels, posted at any Postoffice in the Colony for delivery at any Postoffice within the Colony, or for Australian Colonies and Great Britain :— Not exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d Over 4oz, but under 8oz.; ... ;._7 8d Every additional, Soz, or fraction of Soz ... <§d Newspapers for delivery within the Colony, Australia, India, Great Britain, European Continent, Panama, Unit ed States, British America and West.lndies... "'•••.*' ...: :Id each For other- foreigu places* see Table of Rates. Registered Letters.r—Any prepaid letter, newspaper, book or other packet for, auy 'place inNewZealaud, United Kingdom, British Colonies, and many foreign countries, may be registered' at any Postoffice; during office hours, ~on payment in stamps affixed to the letters, Sec, of -the required fee; aud on presentation at the Postoffice. window at least one hour prior to the time for. closing the mail by which it is to be forwarded. ' '.' " ' '- " ' Registration Fee oh letters, Sec, for places within the Colony '.. - -... -...'■' 6d For Australian.Colonies.and Great Britain.. 1_ See Table of.Rates at the Postoffice for Foreign Registration Fees. . . - * i Money Orders.—These are issued at Nelson and Collingwood on any Money Order Officfe in New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania/ or "'Great Britain and Ireland. * ''• Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 5/—6 d ... 10/—ls Australia „ 5/—ls ... 10/ —2s Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding — ' 2/—ls ... 5/—2s6d ... 7/-^-Ss6d '.*. 10/—ss !, The issue of Orders to anyone applicant for the same payee in one day shall ■not"exceed-25/ on ;Greai Britain, .and 40/-on the Australian colonies and Tasmania. Town De'ivery of Letters.—Letter carriers de*liver twice a day, leaving the (Chief Postoffice !at 9 a.m. and 2"30 p.m. "■ -" r - '■ - '•••"' ■ . '■■ . «*-
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 285, 2 December 1868, Page 4
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464POSTAL INFORMATION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 285, 2 December 1868, Page 4
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