POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 8, 4 January 1913, Page 8

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or traction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, Uritish Possessions, United ttiates, CJUili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Aiexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese 'lreaty Ports, 1(1 for each o/.. or fraction thereof ; ail other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; r&ply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers ('acmdiug Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz- Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must he left open. Commercial Papers.—fiown (for accounts, etc., only}, id per ioz., or la for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id tor first 4oz, and id tor each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every aaditional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—'['own and inland, id each. United Kmgaom, Australia, Canada, Cej lon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, id each paper. If unde. Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for eacl. succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern ant! Sample Puckets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof : over 2oz as for “all other places.” A! other places, Id first 4oz, every au ditional 2oz or fraction io. Registration.—2d additional for al places. PARCEL POST,

Parcels posted in the Dominion for de livery 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 Cd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Gorraanv, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).Within Now Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private r&sidences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address

and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd foi each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id foi ;ach additional word.- Telegrams tc be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. e. d. Australian States 0 4*d per word

Fiji ... ... 0 8 ii Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 , ~ United Kingdom 3 0 „ (Signature and address counted at part of niessajic.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter tuereof if it the value of £2U or upwards, Is. i,ease or Agreement for .Lease, whore til® rent does uot exceed LSU, 2s bd; icr every additional £6O, or part oi U6O, 2s. 6d. mail notices.

Mails close at cue Fust Office, „i atiurd, as uuUer: —

i* or— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, *veduesdays, and findays, at 6 p.m. Jamal— o.zo p.m. Douglas--Daily, 0 p.m. / Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m..

2.30 p.m , and b p.m. daw ora—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., ana 0 p.m. tiawKO h Bay—Daily, b.iU ».m„ 9.3 b a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiaicama —Daily, 0 p.m. duuoa- r Daily, o p.m. ilunmoana—Tuesuay, Thursday, and

Saturday, b p.ui, Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m. t 2.3 c

p.m., ana b p.nu Kapouga—Dadv, 3.25 p.m. Kiore —Monday, Wednesday, and fin

day, 6 p.m. KoLuratahi —luesday, Ihursday, auo

Saturday, 6 p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Mam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30

a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu- -Thursday and Saturday, c

pm. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m,, and 6 p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m, 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normandy—Daily, B.iU a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston N irth —Daily, 8.10 a.m.. 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, »md Saturday, 0 o.m. Puniwhakau— Tuesdays nd Batin days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan —Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, b p.m, Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and b p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. To W era—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko-Daily, b p.m.; also, Tuesday

and Saturday, 10 a.in. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday. 10 a.rn.; Wednesday 6 p.ra. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.in., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 n.m and 8 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whanaamornona —Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.oi. 8, V STANTON Postmaster.

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