POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXVIV, Issue 64, 21 February 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— -Inland (including Cook Islands), Id fpi: egjVj 40/i. or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, Nnited Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili. Costa Rica, Egypt. Italy, Mexi-, co, 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 2.) . tor the first oz. or fraction thereof, ,ai)d lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered). inland, id for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers, —Town (rm accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs.. or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland. Id lor first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id. and id for every additional 2oz, (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.— ln land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” AH other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. ' Registration. —2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is required on all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland Id each, United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India. Jamaica. Natal, Orange River, South .Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If unctoi Boz. sent by first available route; over Soz sent by direct steamer only ; unless specially addressed and paid a' rate of id for first 4nz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places U each under 4oz. amd id each extra -oz. telephones. Cnarges. —At Exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £" ; private residences, £H 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 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

I Jib 1 u u w . i.(l additional war tax required on each parcel. Money Orders. (By Post./ rayable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji Samoa and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is'; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s (id; £ls 3s; £l7, 3s 6d. £2O; 4g; maximum £4O. United Kingdom. British Possessions, Canada, United States,

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