Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 93, 9 January 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

IiEVTEKS. own . . . . dd for -each half ounce or fraction thereof. inland .. .. 2d for each half .ounce or fraction thereof. Australian Golo- } nies, and Cook, Ducie, Easter, 3Piji, Norfolk, Pitcairn, Hamoan, 1 2d for each half ounce Solomon and { or fraction thereof. *2?ongan Islands, British New Guinea, New Hebrides / All other places two pence half penny /or every 'half ounce ar fraction thereof.

POST CABDS. Town, Inland Australia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id ; leply, 2d A'l other places, single, l£d; veply, 3d.

BOOKS AND PRINTED PAP£KS. •All places, Jd for «ach 2oz or fraction thereof. Chiistmns or any oflier seasonable or ncomplinientary cards come under this .bead.

COM?IERCI\I. PAPEBS. Town, liaJf -penny jf not exceeding half ounce, 01 Id tor the fiist 4oz 01 fract'on *cheieof. and a halfpenny foi each succeeding 2oz 01 fraction tlipreof. Inland, Id for the fiist 4oz or less, and Ihalfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or ffi action thereof. Australia anr) all other ptaces, twopence lalfpenny for the fir^t lOoz, and halfpenny foi each succeeding 2oz or fiaction

HOW TO PACK. A 'o< X im' l> + may be posted eithei "witl'out a co\ei (in which case it must snot be fastened in any way) or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends. It may he tied, at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten.

MMITB OP SIZE AND •WEIGHT. The limits of Mze for boob-packets are 18in. in aDy direction. If made up in the Jorm of a roll, a packet may measure up ■to 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter ; the weight must not exceed 41b. PATTERN AND SAMPLE PACKETS. All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; •svery additional 2oz; or fraction thereof, cne halfpenny.

magazines (not registered). All places except Queensland, halfpenny per 2oz or iraction theieof. Qneensland, Id per 4oz or fraction thereof.

magazines (legisteied). New Z°aland, Australian colonies, <?xcept Queensland and Western Australia, ami 'JasmnnJa: I'ach copy, first Boz, Id; eveiy additional 4oz or fraction thereof, halfpenny. Queensland, Id for 4oz or fraction j hereof. j Western .Anstialia and other places, as j or unreggistered maazines. ;

NEWSPAPERS. 1 Town and Inland, halfpenny each Australia, except Queensland, and outh Sea Islands, Id each. All other places, including Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and halfpenny additional for every succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof. A newspaper must not contain" any ■writing beyond the name and address of the addressee, the initials or name and addiees of the sender, and any rnaiks or signs simply intended to call attention to passages in a text.

Inland, 6t3 for the first lib, and 3d for each succeeding lib or fi action thereof. Australian ( olonies, Cook, Samoan, Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the first lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib or fraction thereof. The post office is not, by law, responsible for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non delivery, miss^ndin^ or mis- delivery of any unrepistejed letter, or other postal packet, nor is it lespons ble for any injury which a packet may sustain auiinf, transmission. To guard agaiust their being injured, all postal packet* which aie likely to suffer irom stamping or from great pressuie should be placed in strong covers. KEGISTP.ATION. The fee for all places is 3d. The render of a legistered article may obtain *n acknowledgement of its due leceipt by the addressee on payment, at the time of posting of the article, of an '■ acknowledgment fee" of twopence halfpenny, in addition to theoidinaiy legishationfee. Any letter, letter caid, postcard, book, or other packet, newspaper, or inland parcel will be accepted for registration. Parcels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered.

LATE FEE LETTERS. Late fee letters must bear in addition to the ordinary postage, Id for inland letters. 2d for letters for Australia and the South Sea Islands. ; Twopence halfpenny for all other places. Id for letter cards or poet' cards however addressed. Such letters may be posted in the ' guard's van up to the time of departuie of the train.

TELEGKAPH BATES IN HEW ZEALAND. ( Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, j For the first 12 words or legs, including address and signature, 6d. For every additional word, Id. Urgent Telegrams. For the first 12 words or lees, including address and signature, la. For every additional word, 2d. On Sundays, double the above rates.