POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 24, 11 January 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each luz or fraction thereof, and a d for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, 1 ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and 1 ortugueso Colonies, Siam, Serna, ami Postal Agencies in Chinese 1 ready Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof ; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tnereof, and 1-id for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards Inland, 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 Soz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (lor accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., 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 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open 'for inspection). Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undoi Soz sent by first available route; ovei Soz 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. —Inland, 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 allplaces. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in Now Zealand, not exceeding —

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payible in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, ifiii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, ls’6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdbm, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 ir fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 :jr fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee af Is. Australia, at rate of posta. money orddrs, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £su i , Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, 'Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Pabiibrston North, and Wanganui are open ,dl day and .all .night.: The other Exchanges chiefly from 9, to 5 i>.ni.

TELEGRAPHIC RATES. Kor 12 words or less, including address and signature— \ ' Ordinary Telegrams, (id, and id fclench additional word.- ! Urgent Telegrams, Is', and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will bo charged halfrates in addition to the above.

CABLE RATES. s. d. ■Australian States 0 4id per word Tiji ... ... 0 8 ~ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 ~ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of message.) STAMP DUTIES.

Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter .thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Dense or Agreement for Lease, where tiie rent does not exceed £SO, 2s (3d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. (id. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the Tost Office, Stratford, as under : Lor — Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays and Thursdays, 0 p.rn. Cardiff—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, o p.m. lOltliam—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. ilawera —Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. dawke’s Day—Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. liuiakama --Daily, 0 p.m. riuiroa—Daily, 0 p.m. . l.uriraoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Aaponga— -Daily, 3.25 p.m. . Adore—Monday, Wednesday, and Un-

day, 6 p.m. Aohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and

Saturday, G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe— Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, o p.m. Alidhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Nonnauhv —Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m.,' 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, i>.lo a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura —'Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, H p.m. I’uniwhakau —J uosdays and Satiudays, 10 a.m. j and Wednesdays, G p.m. lie wan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2,30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. Tahora— Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, G p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10, a.m. To Wera—-Daily, G p.m. Toko —Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —1 uosday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 0 p.m. Wairavapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 0 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.in., 9.80 a.m 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. B. G. STANTON, Postmaster.

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