NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE RATES.

Te Aroha News, Volume VII, Issue 439, 22 January 1890, Page 8

NEW ZEALAND POSTAGE RATES.

TOWN LETTERS. To be delivered in (.lie same town in which they are posted. s. d Not A oz ... ... 0 1 „ 1 oz ... .. 0 2 Every additional A oz or fraction th reof ... 0 1 Newspapers each ... 0 Oj INLAND LET E *. Posted within the Colony, to be delivered at any place within the Colony. Not exci e ling Aoz 0 2 „ 1 oz 0 4 Every additional A 055 or fraction thereof ... ... 0 2 Newspapers each 0 OA LOOK PACKETS. (To bo delivered within the Colony). Not exceeding 2oz .... .. 0 1 ~ 4oz ... ... 0 2 Eveiy additional 2 oz or fraction of 2oz 0 1 Packets exceeding 12 oz may be sent at Parcel Post Hates No book packet mu t exceed 51bs weight, and no pattern parcel 24 oz weiglit.

LETTERS TO THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES. S. d. Not exceeding Aoz 0 2 Every additional Aoz 0 2 Newspapers 0 1 United KingomM. Via S in Francisco. Not exci e ling A" z ••• ••• ** 0 Every additional Aoz ... ... 0 G Newspapers ... ... ... 0 1 Registration fee,*6 1; B ade Packets,' Liz, Id ; under 2 oz, 2d ; every additional 2oz, 2d. (Via Brindisi.) Not exceeding A <IZ ••• ... 1 0 Every additional Aoz ... ... 1 0 Newspapers, 2ozto 4oz ... ... 0 2 Brindisi—Registration fe, Gd ; Book Packets under 20z.,31 ; under 4 oz., Gd ; every additional oz , 3d. American and Foreign Po tage. (Via Ban Francisco). s. d.

NEW ZEALAND INLAND PARCEL POr/f, RL+CLATIOXS. 1. Posting and Labelling.—ln order that a parcel may go by Parcel Post, it must be handed in at a Post Office counter or deliverywindow, and the postage due prepaid. The words “Parcel Post” should be written on the parcel, or on the label to be obtained from the Post Office for affixing to the parcel. 2. Rates of postage and weight.—The rates of postage for a parcel are : s. d.

No parcel.exceeding lllbs in weiglit, or the dimensions hereafter specified, will be a< - cepted ; and unpaid or insufficiently prepaid 1 a cels will be refused. “ 3. Size.—The dimensions allowed for a narcel are:—

ft. in Greatest length _ 3 6 Greatest length and girth combined 6 0 For example: A parcel measuring 3ft 6iu in length may measure as much as 2ft 6in in girth. A shorter parcel may be thicker; thus, if it measure only 3ft in length, it may be 3 t in girth round its thickest part. The weigh s and dimensions given above apply only to parcels for places served by railway, coach, or steamboat. 4. For Places not Served by Railway. Coach, or Steamer.—To all places not served by railway, coach, or steamer, only paicdnot exceeding 51bs in weight, and not measuring more than 2ft in length, and 1£ ( in breadth or depth may be accepted, and provided they are not of such a fragile natuie as to prevent their being sent with safety in the ordinary mail bag. 5. Must be Prepaid.—The full postage must be prepaid by ordinary postage stamps, which mast be affixed by the sender or the person handing in the parcel. . . Not to he Posted in Posting-box.— Parcels exceeding lib in weight are not to b 3 posted in the posting-box, but must be liun ed over the counter, or at the delivery-window oi the Post Office, to the proper officer, by whom the size, weight, and postage will be checked before a parcel may be accepted. Parcels posted in the posting-box, unless admissible and fully paid at letter rate, will be charge- 1 on delivery with a fine of 6d., in addition o any deficient postage. This also applies o parcels postecj in pillar aud other postingboxes. 7. Prohibited Parcel^. —Parcels bearing, or cm Gaining writing or mark's of an offensive or i indecent character, or containing gunpowder cartridge!, lucifer matches, or anything ex plosive or liable to combustion, bladders con talnirgliquid, live anim \ls,grossly offensive or filthy matter, or any substance Jikelv to ciuse injury to other parc< Is or to the officers of the Post Office, arej>rbhibit§<3,

United Slates—Under £ oz ... 0 6 Eveiy additional cz ... 0 6 New." pipers 0 2 Book Backets, same as English rates. Canada and other North American Colonies-oz 0 6 Every additional £ ox ... ... 0 6

Not exceeding lib in weight 0 7 Exceeding lib., but not 21ba exceeding 21ba, Slba 0 10 1 1 31bs >1 1* 41bs 1 4 If 41 bs 5lba 1 7 it 51bg Gibs 1 10 61bs 11 71ba 2 1 »i 71ba 11 81ba 2 4 n 81ba 11 91ba 2 7 n 91ba 11 10. ba 2 10 i) lolba 1» lllba 3 1