Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 95, 13 January 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

LETTERS. ■own . - » . Id for eftch half mnca or fraction thereof. liiJand „ . . 2d for each btilf ounce or fraction thereof. Australian Coloi;'Orf, and Cbok, 3 ucie, Easter, 3 .a, Norfolk, Pit(aim, f-amoan, . 2d for each half ooncs ,'ioloinon and r or fraction theieot. *! r.'.iv a n Islands, Ijntish New < uinea, New ll^ijiidps . j All oihe< places two penre hp^f penny lor every halt ounce Or fi notion theieof.

POST CUIBS ■n, T ril"Tu f.rA "oni'n Sta ;•- s. "„ c, !■!; ?eplv, ?A ' -'... other x^laoes, siu^ie, l^d ; leply, 3d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. ' -1 ' -niacpg, £d for each 2oz or rriction "•• n« or finy rthp v c ea"onab]e or ' 'rti' n 3 cnme under this : <' -, p\pi,i ?. ■ — n - - ,1j , r l,a'i ea - i • m '. .a ' '• // 'f jil . ■ , OHM'" I>\ tr.^h ell * -'1 p ! h 1( .'. in ..i i i "II <"!.■ f. r! - ' %c; ' >■ 'fi •!; tni"v if»j tl>o in t iOi ?i,? i, .tn>' "*i «* * * (■•<ry for each succeeding 2^z 02 fractioi i-neof.

HOW TO PACK. hook packet may be ported other rut a eo\er (in winch ccse it I t,ut! > ' c *";i\tei>pcl in nny way) or in a covei 'y >\ en at one or both ends. It mny ' t.t-'lat t'.e ends with string, but the >r% muil l.c easy to unfasten.

LlltlTd or SIZE AND WEIGHT. The limits of -~iza for book-packets are lf?m in any direction. If made up in the f-»mofftio}l a packet may measuie iv> X 2ft. 6in in length and 4in in diameter ; tl.e wcil'l t must not exceed 41b. PATTFRS AKD SA7IPLS PACKETS. All piaee3, not exceeding -iiz, Id : €^erv additional 2ozj or fraction thereof, one halfpenny.

magazines (not rrcistercd). All "places exempt Queensland, halfpenny yf r 2oz or fiaction thereof. Queensland, Id per 4oz or fraction thereof.

magazines (registei ccm. New Zealand, Austialian colonies cicept Queensland and Western Ausiiw 3 m, and 'lasivania: Fnch copy, fiist Soz, Id ; eveiy additional 4oz or fi action Tiereof, halfpenny. Queensland, Id for 4oz or fi action h Jeof. Westei it nFira'ia and other places, au or unreggislei ed ruaazines.

M>A\SPAPERf« Town and Inland, l'alipenny each Australia,, except Q lecnsland, and cuth Sea islands Id each. Al l othe r ]']nee«, influ- 11. p Queensland, <1 -fl'li I* - -■• 4f'Z. !IT|<l lialf- ,- .i. 4 v «,..u.i.v. i(i fr'x^jv succeeding 2 7; "or fiuction theieof. A np^Kpaper must not contain any ■w ning beyond ihe r»me and adihess of .*he n'ldres^ee, the initials or ruime and ■i i^diess of ibe sendei, ard an\ marks or bigns shnp'y int< nt'ed to call attention to I^assages iv a text.

PArcris. Inland, Gd for the first lib, and 3d foi each succeeding lib or fraction theseof. Austialian ( olo'iies, Cook, Sainonn, Norfolk, and Hawaiian Inlands, 8d for tLe ihst lib, and. 6d for each succeeding lib 01 fraction thereof. The post office is not, by Jaw, iespon•sible for any loss or inconvenience v\hieh limy arise from the non deliveiy, missending or mi^-deliveiy of any unrejn«teied letter, or other postal packet, noi is it lespons.ble for any injmy which a packet may su c tain duiinf, tinnprni^sion. To fuard against their being injuied, all postal pa ket^s which me Jilcely to suffer _' om stamping or from gieat piessure should be placed in shong co\eis. !

RknivriuTiox. i The fee for al! p'tics is 3d. The \ sendpr of a registeied aiticle may obtain I an acknowledgement of its due leceipt by j the addressee on payment, at the time of posting of the article, of an " acknowledgment fee" of twopence halfpenny, in addition to the ordinary legistrationfee. Any letter letter card, post caid, book, or other packet, newspaper, or inland , parcel will be accepted for legislation. Parcels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered. j

tATE FEE LFTTEBR. Late fee letters must bear in addition to the ordinary postage, Id for inland letters. ' 2d for letters for Australia and the

South Fea Islands. Twopence halfpenny for all other places. Id for letter cards or post cards however addressed. Such letters may be posted in the van lip to the time of departuie of ■ho train.

TELEGBAPH E \TES IN NEW ZEALAND. Oidinary Telegiams. From pny ptntion to any station, vF-or the fiisi 12 words or Jess, including -address and signatuie, 6d. For every additional wojd, Id. Urgent Telegrams. For the fhst 12 vsorda or Ics, including address ana signature, Is. For every additional word, 2d. (On Sundays, double the above rates.