POSTAL INFORMATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume IV, Issue 2, 4 January 1869, Page 4

POSTAL INFORMATION.

GENERAL CHARGES FOR POSTAGE." TownLetters.— Posted at any Postoffice w'ithih^he ' Colony, for delivery at such Postoffice:— Not exceeding &oz ..." ... Id Over £oz, 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 Pbstofiice in the same Province: — Not exceeding Joz ... ... 2d Over _oz, but under 10z... ... id Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 4d Interprovincial Letters. — Posted.at any Postoffice witbin the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice within the Colony: — No exceeding £oz ... ... 3d Over £oz, but under 10z..., ... 6d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz '6d Intercolonial and Foreign Lett/rs: — For Australia, Tasmauia, Panama, Unitp States, British America and West Indies, and Great Britain:— Not exceeding £oz ... ... • 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, St. Helena, &c. cbylok Not exceeding £oz ... ... Is 6d Over £oz, but under 10z... ... 2s '"1§ •'-*'' Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2s ..Is. , For further particulars of Foreign Letter Postage, see Table of Hates 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 Boz.. ... ... 8d Every additional Boz, or fraction of Boz ... 8d Newspapers for delivery within the Colony, Australia, India, Great Britain, European Continent, Puna.___, United States, British America and West Indies... ... *' ... Id each For other foreign places, see Table of Rates. Registered Letters. — Any prepaid letter, news- ' paper, book or other packet for any place in New . Zealand, United Kingdom, British Colonies, and mauy foreign countries, may be registered at any Postoffice, during office hours, on paymeut in stamps affixed to the letters, &c., of the required , fee; aud ou presentation at the Postoffice window at least one bour prior to the time for closing the mail by which it is to be forwarded. Registration Fee on letters, Sec, for places within the Colony .. ... ... 6d" For Australian Colonies and Great Britain.. Is : See Table of Rates at the Postoffice for Foreign Registration Fees. Money Orders. — These are issued at Nejson , and CoUingwood on any Money Order Office in ; New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, or Great Britain and Ireland. . { Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 5/ — 6d ... 10/ — Is Australia „ 5/ — Is ... 10/"— 2s Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding — 21— Is ... 5/— 2s6d ... 71— 3s 6d ... 10/— 59 The issue of Orders to. any one applicant, for A tbe same payee in one day shall not exceed' 251 C on Great Britain, and 40/ on the Australian 1 colonies aud Tasmania. Town Delivery of Letters. — Letter carriers &e-' ' liver twice a day, leaving the Chief Postoffice at 9 a.m. and 2*30 p.m. . . '_*"■'