Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 88, 21 December 1899, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

-cunsaiw. 'Sffaim .. .. - Id-iortiaplpttrtf ounce or fraction, thereof. Jgriland .. .. 2d for «ich half ounce ©riraoUon themof. ..; Australian Colo- \ niet, and 600k K - '•Haeie, E»f-ter, ?Fiji, Norfo.k, Pit. cairn, :-amoan, \2d tor«aob half ounce Solomon and f -or fraction tbeieof. ' Xoag*n leltvnds, Biitish New * - Guinea, N«w '. All othet pl&cei two pene» b»lf penny kt or every half ounce or fraction th««of .

roßi - oa*us. "'Town, Inland Australia, and ''onth Sea Is'ands, t-ingle, Id; reply, 2d 4AII other placei, bidijlo,' l*d ; iM7> 3d -

BOOKS AKD *KINT£D PAPERS. .All pkcm, Jd for each 2oa or fraction thereof. Christina! or any other se*«onab)e or >comphnieuUry^e»nU come -under thu bead.

coMHtJtcut tirxnt. 1 Ttowa, half.'penny if not exceeding half ronnce, or Id for the-firt.fr 4*re or fraction &he»of, and a halfpenny tor each succeediDjj 2oZ or fi action thereof. i Inland,' Id for the first 4oz or less, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2os or t fraction thrreof . Anstraliii and all other places, twopence .halipenny ior th« "flr-^t^lOjz; and hulfpenny for tidi «uooe«'iing 2mS or traction

, X XOW 10 PACK. 1 A toot packet may be posted either pcithout r cover (in ivhieh case it wua Lnot be fastened in nny w»yj or \a a cover fentnely open at One- or both endB. 't m&y -he tied at tbe end 9 with string, but the Utoing must be eaij to unfasten. 1 UUTI OF BIZE AND YTHOHT. ' ' The limits of -ieo for book-p .cketa are 1 18 in. in any direction. If m»de up in the fform of a roll, a packet tn«y meas ire u ■ to 2ft. 6in. iv length and 4in in diameltr ', the weight must not ex coil 4.b. ?ATTEIIN AND fcAMPMC TACXETS. * All plSfCes, uot ex eertmg 4oz, Id ; every additional 2ozl or fi action thereof, ■^uie-lwklfp' nny. i "KA.QAZISKB (not regittered). AW places except Qneen«l«nd, halfpenny I per 2oz or li action thereof. Queensland, Id per 402 or fraction : thexsof .

haoaziswi (registei ed). Now Zealand, Auitrilian olonies, ' except Queensland and Western Austraj lia, and L'tvBman\<» : Paoh copy, first Buz, Id; every additional 4oz or fi action tiibereof, halfpenny. Queensland, la for ioz or fi action PSheieof. [> Western Anstra'i* and other placet, as fefoi unrQjjiatered macar,ines.

i TJEWB?A>ERB. ! Town and luianu, halfpenny each. Australia, except Queensland, and ESouth Sea lahmdvld. each, J , All other places, lnchn ing Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and half3pennj additional for every 6ucceecmi& f 2oz or fraction thereof. A newspaper" must not contain any t writing bejond the n»me and address of addregbee, the initials or name and address of the sender, -and an » marks er ksigns BUDjply intended to cfcU-atteutron to ''passages m a text.

- TXt.CKIJI. j Inland, 6d for th« first lib, and 3d for v^iieb succeeding lib or fraction thereof. Australian Colonies, Cook, Sumo in, ;Njrfo:k, and 1 Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the i&\m lib, and 6J 'for each succeeding lib -or fraction tth-reof . t The post office ia no^by l*w, responcaible for any loss or inconvenience which -■may ante from the non delivery, misti< nding or mis-delivery of any anr* \^- tered tetter, or oth«r postal packet, no> is it ' responsible for »ny injury vrhnch a pucket -*m«y sustain dnntr, transmission. To t puard against their being injured, all ..poiJttJ pin ketß'whioh are likalj to cutter ( irom stamping or from gre it pressuie v.ihould be placed in strong covers.

■JIEOISIIU.TIOK. The fee for ail pmcfs is Sd. The j ,s*»»ler of • registered article may obtain j an 'acknowledgement of its due receipt by ' ♦>» addreyseeon payment, -at the time o( !;yoiung of tbt article, of an " ackno*^dg- I .'went fee" of twopence halfpenny, in I addition to the ordinary refci&tration fee. ! Any letter, letter curd, post card, book. 1 or otljeY packet, newsjjjipex, or inland ■ smroat will b« acceptad tor-rcgi traiion. P, t rc6lB for piaces beyoad the colony canaot be legiitered.

JUTX IXK XKTTXRS. L*te fee letter* mnst be»r io addition to fth« ordinary postage, Id for inland letters. 2d for letters for Auctmlift and the, 1 South Se&lslandi. Jarnpence halfpenny for all other placet. Id for letter cards or post cards how aver addressed. 'flocb letters may b« posted in the fcnn«d'«'?i i n'tip to the time of departtue of iiha tr.jn.

TILEfIKAPH BATE! IN NEW ZEALAND. * Ordinary "Telegrams. From liny sUtion to any station, 'For ihe first 12 wonls or less, includirg - , eddress »nd signature, Qi. '-For every-»ddition»l word, Id. Urgent Telegrams. 'for tha first 12 wordfl or le^s, including - address and signatare, Is. For » very additional word, 3d. jOo Sund&js.rdonble the aboru rate»,