POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 21, 8 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL HATES.

Letters and Letter Cards. —lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and -Jd for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa llica, Egypt, Italy, JNlexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Scrvia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places for the [first oz. or fraction tnereof, and ltd j for each succeeding oz. or fraction I thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (Including Books and Magazines, not registered).-—All places, id per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per i-oz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2.\d, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Ssiewspapsrs.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange Itivor, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent by first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof ; over 2oz as for “all other places.” All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id.

Registration. —2d additional for all places.

PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga. £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Cd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph) Within New Zealand, 3d for every - £5 . or ifraction of. £5, and a telegraph fee:; of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge; TELEPHONES. exchanges continuously;, openT—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per. sAhnppi. Exchanges not . continuously Open', ' an equal charge of £6. ' 7 Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, l Christchurch, ; ;ji),un'ediu, Invercargill, Napier, Hasfin'gsj VPaluH: erpton North) and Wanganui afe'opCh all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly TELEGRAPHIC' RATES. For 12 words or less, including,address . " and signature— '* Ordinary Telegrams, (3d, ahd id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional Avoid. -Telegrams to bo repeated will The 5 . ( 'widrg&d;Tidlfij rates in addition to The above.' CABLE RATES; ’ \i ■'.! s. d. Australian States 0 4-Jd per win;3 Fiji 0 8 1 * • ■ 4 Norfolk Island ... 0 . 3 . , ... United States 2 4to 2 3 ~ Capo Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ , (Signature and address counted as part of message.) /" STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2- op ovot), id. Agreement (other than Lease), Avhero the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, ivhefe the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; (for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. Gd;

mg— N .z. '■ Aus. U.K. s. d. s. d. s. d. 111) ... 0 4 0 8 1 0 211) 0 6 i 2 1 0 31b. ... 0 8 i 8 1 0 41b. ... 0 10 2 2 2 0 51b. ... 1 0 2 8 2 0 (51b. ... 1 2 3 2 2 0 71b. ... 1 4 3 8 2 0 81b. ... 1 6 4 2 3 0 91b. ... 1 8 4 8 3 0 101b. ... 1 10 5 2 3 0 111b. ... 2 0 5 8 3 0