POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVI, Issue 95, 26 August 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, Id for each toa or fraction thereof, and id 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, Bervia, and

POS+3J Agencies in Chinese Treaty Porta, Id for each oz. or fraction rhereof; all other places 2Jd for the drst oz. or fraction tnereof, and lsd rpr each succeeding sz. or fraction chereof. Post Cards.—-Inland, Bingle, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, ici per 2oz* Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz loft open. Commctrolsl Papers.— Town (for accounts, etc., only), Jd for 2ozs, or Id for first 403 and id each succeeding 20!5. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and Jd

for each succeeding 2oz„ All other places lOoz 2Jd, and Jd for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town asd Inland, id wctt. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Boz sent iy first available route; ovei Soz sent by direct steamer only, un« loss specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz *«nd id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sampla Packets. —Inland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; ;;v9r 2oz as for "all other places." All -Uher places. Id first 4cz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Gharge*.— 4t exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £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. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceodin«r —- or fraction thereof. One end must be

Money Order*. (By Post).—Payable in New Zealand, fov each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 8d; ,£5,, Is; £7, Is 6d';' £lO, 2s; £li, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d; £2l 4s; maximum, £±o. United Eyingcumi, British Possessions. Canada, oj'ye\ States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d 10.- each £l or fraction thereof. (By Toiegrapfy.—-■ Within Now Zealand; 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia,'at rate yf postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATE 3. For 12 words or less, including addresß and signature—

Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, l«i and Id for 3ach additional word. Telegrams to he repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES. b. a. Australian Statei 0 4Vd per word Fiji ... ... 0 & „ Norfolk- Island ... 0 8 ~

United. Sfcatei 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 „ .United Kingdom 8 0 „ (Signature and address counted as part of moßsaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is if tiie value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £6O, 2s 6d; for every additional £6O, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d MAiL NOTICE*. Mails close at tne Tost Office, Straiford, as under:— For—

Auckland—Daily. 8.10 a.m.; alio. Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff—Daily. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, 6 cm. fS'.tham—D'aflr 8.10 a.m., 9.$ a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. 3awera--Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.89 a.m , 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. ttawke's Bay—Daily, 8.10 ».»., 8.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama—Daily, 6 p.m. Muiroa— Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, .Wednesday,, and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglowood—Uaily, b.iO a.m., S.Sfc

p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 8.25 pirn. Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, "Wednesday and Saturday, at G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.26 p.m. Malice—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Vlam Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BS o.m.', and 2.30 p.m. Makahu—Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirat—Daily. 8.10 a.m., 2.50 p.m..

Kand 6 p.m. Now Plymouth—Daily, 8.10 am., 1 p.m., 2. 30 p.m., and 6 p.m. H' K turt>—Dailjr 8.10 a.m., 3.80 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. \ormanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m.' 2.30 p.m., and ffl p.m. " f'almerston N irth—Dail*, 8.10 a.m., 3.30 a.m., and 2.8 U p.m. Pohokura—Daily, 6 p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesday a nd Satmdays, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. ftowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., B.BG a.m., and 2.30 p.m. 4l»rathmore—Daily, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Wednesday, Satur-

day 6 p.m. rariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 p.m., and 0 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 9 a.m.; and Wednesday, 6 p.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. I'oko—r>aily, tJ P.m.; also, Tnenday and Saturday, 9 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday' and Saturday, 9 a.m.; Wednesday G p.m. VVairarapu—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.80 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitdra— Uaiiy, 8.10 a.m., 12.25 p.m.,

and G p.m. •,Van;::<iTnii— Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m 2.80 p.m anc? 15 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 8.80 a.m., and 2.80 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday and Saturday 9 a.m. and 6 p.m., Wednesday and Thursday 6 p.m. ». to. IiTANTOftS.

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