POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 16, 17 January 1913, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

VO ST A L RATES.

Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and_ for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, iuiliah Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first o'/,, or fraction tneroof, and IJd for each succeeding uz. or fraction thereof.

Post Garda. —lnland, single, id; reply, Id; ail other places, single, Id; replj' 2d. Printed Papers paciuding Books and Magazines, not registered).—Ail places, id per 2oz • M agazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2o? or fraction thereof. On© end must be left open. Gommercial Papers.—fown (for 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 2|d, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Mevrspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvao 1 , Id each paper. If unde: Boz sent oy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer ©nly, 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 eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Packets. —In land, id first 2oz or fraction thereof: over 2oz as for “all other places.” Al! other places, Id first 4oz, every ad ditional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. PARCEL POST.

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

fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth. Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £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 Mew Zealand, 3d for every £f or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fct of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges.— it excnanges continuous ly open—Business establishments, £/; private residences 1 , 1 £5 per annum Exchanges not continuously open, ar 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 ».m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. \ For 12 words or less, including address

and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for ach additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for ?ach additional word. Telegrams to l>o repeated will', be charge® halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. s. a. Australian States , 0 4*d per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 (Signature and address counted ae Dart of message.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 oi over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof if of the value of £2O or upwards, Is Lease or Agreement for Lease, when the rent does not exceed £SO, 2a 6d for every additional £SO, or part oi £SO. 2s. 6d, MAIL NOTICES. v Mails close at tno Foat Office. Stratford, as under: — For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fri days, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 p.m. Elthaiu—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8-10 a.m., 9.3( a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m.

Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—-Tuesday, Thursday, ant

Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 6-tn., 2.3)

p.m., and Q p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Fri-

day, 6 p.rn. Kohuratabi—Tuesday, Thursday, anc Saturday, 6 p.m, Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, anc 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. s[akahu—Thursday and Saturday, t

p.m. Midhirst—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m

and G p.io. New Plymouth—Bally, 8.10 a.m., 3 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Ngairo—-Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a. in. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m, Normauby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 0 p.m. Palmerston N >rth—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. IVaokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and i Saturday, 0 p.m. Paid who. kau—Tuesdays nd featm days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, G p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.26 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.3 C a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore —Daily, G p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m, Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2,30 p.m., and (5 p.m. Taurakawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.ft). To Wera—Daily, G p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairavapa.—Daily, 8.10 am., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 3.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. W.'tnn m —Ootily, 8.10 9.<30 2.30 d.ir and 3 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.<-0 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomcno.—'Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. v : . *,*„ STANTON. Pa c.tre p.o tvor.

mg— N.Z. Aus. U.K. s. d. B. d. s. d. 11b ... 0 4 0 8 1 0 21b 0 6 1 2 1 0 31b. ' ... 0 S 1 8 1 0 11b. ... 0 10 2 2 2 C 5!b. ... 1 0 2 3 2 G 61b. ... 1 2 3 2 2 c c 71b. 1 4 3 8 2 fell). !" i 6 4 2 3 c 91b. ... i 8 4 8 3 0 101b. ... i 10 5 2 3 0 nib. ... 2 0 5 8 3 0 Money Orders. (By -Payable in New Zealand, for eacli £5 or