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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume II, Issue 140, 3 May 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage. J LETTERS. Town . . . . Id for eaoh half ounce orfraclion thereof T Eln,nd . . . 2d for each half ounce or fraction thereof. Australian Colo- \ niea, and Cook, Pnoie, Faster, 3?iji Norfolk, Pitcairn, JSamoan, 2d for each half ounce Solomon and ( or fraction theieof. Tongan Islnnds, British New Guinea, New "Hfb.V. / J> Yd < • f 'a"3s two penc° ha 1 ! penny r- ' ■• 't juuee or fiaction thereof. r OST CARDS. Towr, l.jarJ ustialia, anrl Fouth Sea Ifriiiudss single, Id; reply, 2d. other places, smprle, L>d reply, 3d. BOOKS AND FItIXTM) PAPERS. All places, £d for each 2oz or fraction thereof. Christmas or any other seasonable or complimentary cards come under this &cad COMMETtCIAL PAPEES. Town, half-penny if not exoeedinc; half ounce, or Id for the fust 4oz or frn^unn "thereof, and a halfpenny for each kucceeding 2nz or fiaction theieof. Inland, Id for the mst 4oz or less and fer each succeeding 2oz or fracti thereof Australia and all other places twopence for the first lOoz, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2uz or fraction -thereof. HOW TO PACK. A book packet may be posted either •-without a cover (in which case it must 3iot be fastened in any way) 01 in a eovei entirely open at one oi both ends. It may ie tied at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten. LIMITS OP SIZE AND WEIGHT. The limits of size for book-packets are 18in. in any direction. If m >de 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 SAMPLK PACKETS. All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; every additional 2oz oi fmction thereof, halfpenny. MAGAZiNrs (not registered). All places except Queensland, halfpenny per 2oz or iraction thereof. Queensland, Id per 4oz or fraction theieof. magazines (registered). New Zealand, Austu'lian colonies, ■excep Queens-land and Western Australia, and Tasmania: Each copy, first Br7, Id ; evoiy additional 4oz or fraction -theieof, halfpenny. Queensland, lv for 4oz or fraction thereof Western AustiaMa and other places, as an unregistered magazines. HEWSPAPEUS. Town and Inland, halfpenny each. Anstiaha, except Queensland, and South Sea Islands, Id each. All other places, inoluoing Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and iialtpenny additional for eveiy bucceediay '2oz or fraction theieof. _ j A newspaper must not contain any "writing beyond the name and adclresb of the addressee, the initials 01 name and addie&s of the sender, and any maiLs or gigns simply intended to call attention to ■passage in a text. PARCTLS. Inlanu, od for the first lib, and 3d foi each succeeding lib or fiaction theicoi. Austialian Colonies, Cook, Samonn, .Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands-, bd toi iue zfirst lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib <o ii action thereof. The post office is not, by law, responsibl for any loss or inconvenience which may aiise from the non-dehveiy, mis sending or mis-delivery of any unregistered letter, or othei po&ial packet, noi is it responsible tor any injury which a packet may aubtain during tiansmission. To gujvd against their being injured, all I &_tal packets which aie likely to sutre.rom stamping or from great presaure iiioul'l be placed in strong covers. REGISTRATION. The fee for all places is 3d. The sender of a regi&teied article may obtain nn acknowledgement of its due receipt by the addieesee on payment, at the time of posting of the article, of an " acknowledgment fee" of twopence halfpenny, in addition to the ordinary zegistration fee. Any letter, letter caid, post cara, book, or other packet, newspaper, or mUnd parcel will he accepted for legit-tration. Paicels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered. XiATE 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 post cards howe\fci addressed. Such letteis may be posted in the guard's van uy to tii« ume oluepartuie of -the train, TELEGRAPH RATES IN NEW ZEALAND. Ordinaiy Telegrams. From any station to any station, For the words or less, including address and signature, (3d. For every additional woid, Id. Urgent Telegrams. For the first 12 woids or less, including addiess and signatuie, Ib. For pvevy additional woid, 2d. On Sundays, double the above rates.

BOEOUGH OF WAIMATE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the Burgess Lists for 1900 1901 are now OPEN FOR INSPECTION during office hours at tho Town Clerk's Office, Boroujn Council Chambers. A. M. TAA.FFE, Town Clerk.

NOTICE TO ADVERTISERS.

to standing advertisements ,in this paper must reach the office not later than 10 a.m. | on the day preceding that of t jpublicatiojcL