Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 20, 17 July 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

HWTERB. Town ... -♦ Id for «a**h haK ounce or fi action thereof. Tutand *. •« 2d for «ach half onnos ex irtetioc thereof. Aastraihut Colo- \ ai**, aod •oek, SJti; Ea»tß», ' Norfolk, Pli-.-a»-a, Samoaa, \fi«l fc>r «u*h half ounce "'»!.imon ani f .or iwi«tk>B thereof . 7» o" fc -*» Iola»dg, . *, ittth New * Ano*, New 2h* ...dee 11 other places two ponoe half penny j\erj half ounce or fraction thereof.

POSS CARSS. 2 s " wn, I»land ushalia, aad Soutk Sea Islands, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other plaeee, single, l£d reply, Bd. BOSKS AND -PRXNU'ED PAPXiiS. dUI places, Jd for eac*"u Hob or fraction thereof. C mtmaa «r any riher Reasonable 01 n-nnpliMentorj oaiu» c«bm under thik

OOtmKKCIAJ. PAPKBB. Town, half-penny if n»t exceeding hall Kmnce, er Id for the first 4oz or fraction (thereof, and a halfpenny foi each succeedscg 2oz or fraolion thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or les<?, and .ifpenny for eaoh succeeding 2oz 01 thereof Austsalia and all other places twopenot aißlfpenny in the fliet lOoz, and halfpenny for each sueoccding 2oz or kaeticE thereof.

HOTf SO PACT. A hoc* p*ok«t may be posted «ithei lth out a eoTor (m which case it musi 3iot he fastened in any way) or in * eoTei ntirely open at one or both ends. J t inaj 3be wed at the ends -with siring, but the trisf m«si bo eMj to unfieten.

sneras oi size and wbiget. The limits of sibo for book-pa«kett? ai< 3.81n. in any direction. If made up in th< iorin of a roll, a packet may measure vi 2ft. fiin. in length and 4in. in diameter weight must not exceed 4lb. JAITBBN AKD BAMPLB PACK3STB. All places, not -exceeding 4oa, Id *Y«ry additional 2oz or fraction thereof halfpenny.

IU.GA2INMS (not -registered). All places except Queensland, lialf gonny 3>«r 2oa or fraction thereof. Queensland, Id per 4oz or fraotion .. heieof .

BAeiWHBS (registered) . Uew Zealand, Aiutialian colonies, «*xeep Queensland and Western Austraia, and Tasmania : Each copy, first Boz "ild; 'every udditional 4»z or kr Jiereof, halfpanny. Quetnsland, Id lor ioz or fraction cnereoi We»t«m Amstnlia oci other places, as unregistered mag Mine*

To-vrn and Inland, halfpenny eaek. Australia, except Queensland, and. .'South Sea Islands, Id ©aeh. All ether places, inducing Queensland, Id. each ii not exceeding 4oz, and halfpenny additional for every eusoeoding 2»a or fraction thereof. A. newspape* must not contain ftny -writing beyond the name and address of ik addresses, the initials ov name and address of the Bender, and any marks or .signs limply intended to call attention to wtiuag* in A text.

Inland, £d for the first lib, *nd 3d for «ach succeeding lib or fraction theieof. Australian Colonios, Cook, Samoan, Norfolk, *nd Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the rfiist lib, and 6d for eaoh succeeding lib iraetion tker«of . Tks post offlae ia not, by law, rasponsibl for any losi or inconrbPience whish ■may arise fro» the non-delivery, misending ci mis-ieliYGrT of &ny onrogisered letter, ox other postal packet, nor w it e3pomßible for any injury which a pftcket may ißßtain iurins transmission. To «uard against tkeir being injurad, all Titstal paoketa whiok are likoly to Buffer liom stamping ci from great pressure should k» placed in strong ccvera.

■EIGIBTBA.TION. The i— ioi all places ia 3d. The tatndw •! * registered article may obtain an acknowledgement oi its due reoeipt by the adareisee ©n payment, a* the time oi Dosting of the article, ot an " aotnowladgm«Bt f«e" »i twopence halfpenny, in addition t« thswdinary registration fee. Any Utter, letter «ard, poßt «ard, boolK .o »th»r packet, newspaper, «r inland »»rc«l will be aooepted for registration Sarctk for f la«e* beyond the «Oiony oantaat -Us 4f»ai»tered.

JfcASB FB» liITTEBS. jLfcts fee lottwa must bear in addition to ordinary postage, Id for inland letters. 54 for letters for Australia ana Wat South Sea Islands. !Twopen«e halfjenny fo» nil ©tbe* pla«»s. Id for letter earde or post oardi bow- ; f- ever addrswed. ; Bucb lettere may b« poeted la tn» guard's Tan v© to the time of departure of j train. I

g?EIiS»KAPB EATBB TO WSW a»AIA«>. Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, Jo the words or leas, including addreßß and signature, 6d. Fos every additional word, Id. Urgent Telegrams. For the Irst 12 words or less, including addreaß and signature, Is. For every additional word, 2d. " On SWaye, doable tha above ratesu