Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 131, 10 April 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

LETTEJRS. t \r,-i „ .'. Id for each half ounce or fraction thereof. Inlet a '. .. 2d for each half ounce or fraction thereof. Australian Colo- ) t ie°, and Cook, Pnr-ie, EaFter, Fiji, Norfolk, Pitcairn, iS'amoan, \2d for each "half ounce Solomon and f or fraction theieof. longan Islands, British New Ouinea, New Hebrides ; All other places two pence half penny every half ounce or fiaction theieof.

POST CARDS. Town, Inland ustralia, and Fouth Sea Islands, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other places, single, l£d reply, 3d.

BOOKS AND PKINTED PAPERS. All places, £d for each 2oz or fraction thei oof. Chiistmas or any other seasonable or .complimentary cards come under this head

COMMERCIAL PAPERS. Town, half-penny if not exceeding half ounce, or Id for the first 4oz or fraction thereof, and a halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or less, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or fuioiicn thereof Airtinhaanfl all other places twopence Jißlfjenr- u» the -first lOoz, and halfpenny t- ' < -■ h -ucaetiUn , or fraction tSiereof

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mag iziHJSS (registe. ?d > . New Zealand, Australian colomo , excep Queensland and Western Australia and Tasmania : Each copy, nrst Boz, Id; eveiy additional 4oz or fraction -thereof, halfpenny. Queensland, Id for 4oz or fraction -thereof Western Australia and other places, a? An unregistered magazines. /

NEWSPAPERS. Town and Inland, halfpenny *ach. Australia, except Queenstad, and South Sea Islands, Id each. All othe" places, including Queensland, Id each & no * exceeding *oz, and halfpenny additional for ev«ry succeeding -2oz o r fraction thereof. newspaper must not contain any -writing beyond the name and address of -the addressee, the- initials or name and address of the sender, and any marks or •aigns simply intended to call attention to passage Ji a text.

PAROEIiS. Inlanu, <5d for the first lib, and 3d for •each succeeding lib or fraction thereof. Australian Colonies, Cook, Saruoan, TSdrf oik; and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the ■first lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib •a iraction thereof. r yhe post office is not, by law, responds? A for any loss or inconvenience which *;y anse frdm the non-delivery, misbending or mis-delivery of any unre^is"tered letter, or other postal packet, nor is it for any injmy which a packet "rmj sustain dmic^ transmission. To graid again&t their bejng injured, all poa»al packets -which vie likely to suffer iiom otamping 01 from greut pleasure should 5v rJaced in stiong covers.

RTJuISTi.A-i'ION. The fco toi ail places is 3d. The s»?ndpr (u a icyistered aitiele may obtain aia, n.t.'kao->vledfeement o£ its due receipt by -the addre^ee or> at the tiiii6 of postihg of thi- aitioJe, if an " acknowledgment fee" of t\voj->nce Ldifp^rny, in addition to the ordinal / vegistratioa iee. Any letter, letter cam. post cnrO, book, or other packet, newts^ nyer, oi iuluno parcel will be accepted foi registration. Parcels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered.

f,A.TE FEE LETTERS. Late fee letters must bear in addition to ihe 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 post cards however addressed. f Such letters may be posted in the guard's van up to the time of departure of train.

IEIiEGBAPH BATES IN NEW ZEALAND. Ordinary Telegrams. any station to any station, ITorSftK..^ words or Jess, including addre&»-<mcL signature, 6d. For every adduilmial word, Id. Urgent Telegrams. For the first 12 word-* or jess, including address and signatuie, lb. For every additional word, 2d. On Sundays, douWe the above rates."