Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 134, 19 April 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

LEC'IjiKC. 'I 'ffown ... . * id for each half ounce, * or ft action thereof. Inland . . ' „ M for each ha ! f ounce or fraction tuereef. j .Australian Colo- * rues, and Cook, ( "5 nfie, Easter, Ji jji, Norfolk, Pitrairn, bamoan, \2d for each half ounce Solomon and /" or fraction thereof. Tongan Islands, Rritish New . Guinea, New jEi-ooxideb f All other places two pence half penny j every half ounce or fraction thereof, j

I POST CABDS. ] "Town, Inland ustralia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other places, single, ljd reply, 3d.

BOOKS AND PBINTED PAPERS. j -All places, £d for each 2oz or fraction thereof. Christmas or any other seasonable or -"'•mplimentary cards come under this ,cad

COMMERCIAL I'AIERg. Town, half-penny if not exceeding half •j.mce, or Id for the first 4oz or fraction l! ereof, and a halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or h action thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or less, and j halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz 01 -h action thereof Austi'il a and a'l other places twopence J alfpennj * „ tne fiist lOoz, and half1 enny for euv ■ - * A ceding 2oz or fraction --thereof.

HOW TO PACK. A book packet may be posted either "without a co\er (in which case it must a.ot be fastened in any way) or in a cover •entirely open at one or both ends. It may lie tied at thh ends with string, but the ■string must be easy to unfasten.

LIMITS OF SIZE AND WEIGHT. The limits of size for book-packets are ISin. in any direction. If made up in the '-form of a roll, a packet may measure up -to 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter ; the weight must not exceed 4ib. PATTERN AND SAAfPIiK PACKLrS. All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id j ♦-every additional 2oz or fruction thereof, halfpenny.

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

magazines (registered). New Zealand, Australian colonies, ■ excep Queensland and Western Australia, and Tasmania : Each copy, first Boz, Id ; every additional 4oz or fraction thereof, halfpenny. Queensland, Id for 4oz or fraction -thereof Western Australia and other places, as .-An unregistered magazines.

NEWSPAPERB. Town and Inland, haltpenny each. Australia, except Queensland, and i South Sea Islands, Id each. All other places, including Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and halfpenny additional for every succeeding -SJoz or fraction thereof. A newspaper mu?t not contain any •writing beyond the name and address oi *he addreßsee, the initials or name and .address of the sender, and any marks or aigna simply intended to call attention to passage in a text.

PARCELS. Inlanu, 6d for the first lib, and 3d foi "each succeeding lib or fraction thereof. Australian colonies, Cook, Samoan, and Hawaiian Islands,»Bd for the fcsi lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib ■* iraction thereof. The post office is not, by law, respon.sibl for aay loss or inconvenience which -may aiiae from the non- delivery, mis- , sending or mis-delivery of any unregistered letter, or other postal packet, nor is it for any injury which a packet anay sustain during tranbmisbion. To .guard against their being injured, all postal packets which aie likely to sutler Srona stamping or from great pressure .•should be placed in stiong covers.

BEGISTKATION . The fee for ail places is 3d. The .•sender of a registered article may obtain An acknowledgement of its due receipt try -the addressee on payment, at the time 01 posting of the article, of an " acknowledgment fee" of twopence halfpenny, in addition to theordinaiy legistiation fee. Any letter, letter caid, post caid, book, /.or other packet, newspaper, or inland parcel will be accepted for regulation. Parcels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered.

iATE FEB LETTERS. Late fee letters must bear iii^additioa to iho ordinary postage, Id for inland letters. 2d for letters for Australia and the South feea Islaiida. T- -'p'snce halfpenny for all other places. x a for letter cards or post cards however addiesbed. Sue. tetteis may be posted in the guard's van up to the time ot departure of train.

IELEGBAPH BATES IN NEW ZEALAND. Ordinary Telegrams. • From any station to an.v station. For the wor<iß or less, including address and signature, 6d. Fdr every additional word, Id. Urgent Telegramß. For the. first 12 words or lees, including address ana signature, 1«. For every additional word, 2d. On Sundays, double the above rates.