POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

Taihape Daily Times, Issue 160, 17 August 1916, Page 7

POST AND TELEGRAPH INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. Inland, the Cook and certain other South Sea Islapds, l|d for first 4ozs. or fraction thereof; id for each additional 2oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom and British possessions, lid for each oz. or fraction thereof.

Postcards —Inland: Single Id, reply lid. All other places: Single lid, reply 2id.

BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. All places: Id. per 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Magazines (registered) Each copy not exceeding Boz. Id; Every additional Boz. or fraction thereof id. Parcels inland 3id first lb, lid each additional lb. Newspapers.—Town and inland, id each. REGISTRATION. Registration insures proof of the delivery of mail-matter by placing it under the hand-to-hand check of every officer dealing with it. Registered matter should be placed in strong covers. All classes of matter may be registered; but commer cial papers, printed papers, etc., must be so packed as to admit of easy examination. Every person who registers a letter is entitled to a receipt for it from the office at which it is registered. If a further receipt is desired from the addressee, this will be obtained upon payment by of an additional fee of 2|d at the time of registration or subsequently. In the event of the loss of an inland registered letter or a registered letter from any country with tvhich New Zealand has a reciprocal arrangement as to indemnities the Postmas-ter-General consents, under certain conditions, to be liable to pay a sum not exceeding £2. POSTAL NOTES. New Zealand. —The notes are issued for nine amounts, upon which poundage is charged as follows; —For notes of Is, Is 6d, 2s and 2s 6d, poundage Id; 3s and ss, poundage Id; 10s, 15s, and 20s, poundage 2d. BVitish Postal Orders. —British postal orders for fixed'-sums from 6d to £1 are issued for payment in the Uni- ' Kingdom and some of the British possessions. The poundage is: Up to 2s Gd, Id; .to 15s, 2d; to £l, 3d. Money Orders (for places within .sew Zealand). —For sums not over £5 the charge is 3d; £lO, 6d; £ls, 9d; £2O, Is; £25, Is 3d; £3O, Is sd; £35, Is 9d; £4O, 2s. ~ TELEGRAPH, Tariff Rates—lnland: Ordinary tele> grams, from any station to any station, for 12 words or less, including address and signature Bd, for every additional w'ord |d.

Urgent telegrams.—For 12 words or less, including address and signature Is 2d, for every additional word, Id.