POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXX, Issue 38, 19 May 1916, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for eav'h k>z. or fraction thereof, and {d For each succeeding 2oz, Nnitod Kingdom, British possessions, United States, Chili. Costa Rica. Egypt Ttaly, Mexico. Nicaragua., Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam. Servia, and Postal Agencies >a Chinese Treaty Ports, id for each uz. or fraction thereof; ali other plr.ces 2.K"J for the first oz. or fraction thereof, aud l£d for each succeeding oz, or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places single, Id; reply 2d. Frintod Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—-AH places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, Jd for every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, jd pec 2oz. or fraction thereof One cud must be left ope:\ Commercial rap«rs. —Town (foi accounts, etc., only) id fojr,2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 40z.. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2id and id for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern aity Sample Packets. —In land, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof; over 2oz. as for "all other places." All other places, Id first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction Ad. 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 under Boz. sent by first available route; over Soz.' sent by direct steamer only; unless specially nddiessed and paid at rate of H for first 4oz. and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz.' and id °aeh extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Cnarges. —At Exchanges coutinaoiisly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of €o. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland. Wellington. Christcnureh, Dunedin. Invereargill, Napier, Hastings, Palnicrston North, and Wanganni are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiettv from °- a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

id additional war tax required on ouch parcel.

. N.Z. Aus. U.K. S. (1. s. < 1. s. d. Ill) t) 3 0 8 1 0 '211) 0 45 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 43 b 0 1\ ■_> o 2 0 nn, 0 9 •) 8 2 0 61b 0 10| 3 2 2 0 7!h 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b 1 14 a 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 s 3 0 101b 1 44 4 8 3 0 i nil 1 6 5 0 3 0