POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 51, 5 July 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES.

Letters and Latter 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 Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies. Siam. Sevvia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2|d for the first os. or fraction taereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed' Papaya (including Bookß and Magazines, not registered)..—All places, Jd per 2oz • Magazines (registered 1 ), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. ForeigD, id per 2oz left open. Commercial Pausra—Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz, All other olaceß lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers Town a::d Inland, id aach. United Kingdom. Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent by first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, un. loss specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz <md id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eact extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln-iai-d, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All ither places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id, Registration 2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— A.t exenanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an -qual charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Danedin, fnvercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST.

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

Money Order*, (ay Post). —Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3si £l7, 3s 6d; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 *>r fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph, charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES,

For 15S wwds or lesß, including address

i and signatureOrdinary Telegrams, 6d, and id for aach additional word.

Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for men additional word. Telegraaiß tc be repeated will be charged halfrateß in addition to thn above. CABLE RATES. ".3., ..... Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 „',':, Norfolk Island ... 0 8 ' ~ : -> United States 2: 4to 2 8 Cape Colony .27 „ United Kingdom 8 0 (Signature and address counted as Bart of inessaae.) 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. Lease or 'Agreement for Lea Be, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tne Foot Office, Stratford, as under:— For— Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 8.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 o.m. E'tham-Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SQ a.m., 2,30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. flawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama— ; Daily, 8 p.m. Huiroa—Daily, 6 p.m.

Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and

Saturday, at 6 p.m. I Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ».m. I 1.88 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3. 25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi —Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowcart.h —tue«dr>v, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—lJauy, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6

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

and 6 p.m. New Plymouth— Dally, 8.10 a.m., 3 D.m.. 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 0.80 a.m.. z.di) p.m., and S p.m. Vnrm.-uihy-'Jaily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Palmerston Njrth—Daily, a.lO a.m., G. 30 a.m.. and 2.30 p.m. Pokokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays nd featu* days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., O.SG a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday. 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, 6 p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., find 2.30 n.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m., and 6 p.m. Waneanui —Daily. P.lO a.m., 9.H0 a.m 2.30 p.m anc? <J p.m. Wellington—Daily. 8.10 a.m.. f 1.30 a.m., and 2.30 o.m. Whangamomona —Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday, at fl p.m.

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