POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 64, 15 November 1913, Page 7

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATESLetters and Lester Garste.—lnland., including Cook Islands. Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz."United Kinftd.-n. Rrit.isb Possessions, United. States, Cbili. Costa Bica. Ejrypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru. Vf.ao Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. "Senna, and Postal Agoneies in Chinese Treaty Porta. Id for each os. or fraction thereof; all other placee Sid for the first oe. or fraction toereof, aund J|d for each (succeeding oss. or fraction thereof. Post Uftrda.—lnland, lingje, id; reply. Id: all other places, single, Id: reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Book* and Magazines, nob registered).—All places, Id per 2ob • Magazine? (registered), inland, Jd for evorr Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz left open. CsmmsfQlai PaijM'jj.— Town (for accounts, etc;, only), id for 2928, or Id for first ioz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id for first ioz. and id for each succeeding 2o». All other olaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2on (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Pzjoketa.—lnland, Jd hrst 2ok or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All •>ther,' places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id.

Registration.—2d additional for a!) placos Newspapers.—Town ar.d Inland, id »acb. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange Riyer. South S«a Islands, and Transvaal,. Id each paper, fi undei Soz Beiit iy first available route; over Boz eent by direct steamer oniy, un» less 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 »act. extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Chsrgas.— At excn&nges continuously open—Business establishments. £7; nrivate residences. £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of '£Si .'.",.'.', I! ■. ',*. I Telephone Exchange! at Auckland, Wellington, Christchuroh., . ; P t un«vh'n. Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palraerston North, and Wanp-anui nre open all day and all night. The other Exchanges cbiefiv from 9 to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. (By 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; £li, 2a Gd; £is, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d: £2t *<i, maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions. Canada, Ui'J«\ Spates, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d *o«- e<&ci; £1 or fraction thereof. (By Teiegr&phj. - Within New Zealand, 3d for ovt-ry £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate jf postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including Address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and Jd for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for sach additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above. CABLE RATES.

(Signature and addrfoss counted as eari of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or over). Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where th« matter tberwf is nf the value of £2O or upwards, Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, »be T, « the rent do*:;*) not exceed £6O, 2s Gd ; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 20. 6* HtAIL NOTICE*.

Mails cross at the Toai Office. Stratford, as under:— For—

Auckland—Daily, 8.10 a.m.; alsso, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays, at ti p.m. Cardiff—Daik. 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, (' o.m E'tliarn—Dailr 8.10 a.m., S.JW a.m , 2.30 p.m., and fl p.m. Hawera-—Daily, 8.10 a.m., H. 39 a.m , '/ SO -m.; <*r\d (i « "1. Hawke'o Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., g.SO n m., »rwi S.BU »'.n> Buiakaina—Daily, 8 p.m.Wuiros—Dailv. 6 o.in. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 ».«»., I.& p.m., *>»«d P p.m. Kaponga—Daily, f«.2fi p.*aKiore—Monday, Wednesday; and Fnriey. C 5 p to Kol»" rt < + * u ' T'<'"--'- v "''«dnesday and Saturday, at 6 p.m. Lowgartii—iucr i. unreday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m.

rag— or fraction thereof. One end roup* >>« N.Z. Aue. U.K. •: d. 6. d. 8. d lib 0 3 0 8 10 21b 0 4} 12 10 31b 0 6 18 10 41b 0 7J 2 2 2 0 61b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 10i 3 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b 1 11 4 2 8 0 91b 1 3 4 8 8 0 101b 1 4§ 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 6 8 8 0

' s * <*. Australian 8fcitto» 0 4 frd per word , Fiji ... ';:. o f i » \ Norfolk Island ... 0 8 United Stateii 8 ito 2 * Cape Colony 3 7 United Kingdom 9 0