Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 14, 26 July 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

StiW .. .. IQ far each haM ounoe er fiaction thcfol. ?»l*n& „ •. 2d ior each half ownoe or fraction thgra&L O»4o- \ yrt*s, and Bock, NerUlk, Pit«s.k», Saaaoaii, 1 8d Ur ea*h half ounoe tulonaon and f or h'Attioa tbewof. *±c fi* li:la^ds, f Ksw i iii«foriiei / j 11 other places tyro penoe half penny tjTer/ hall ounce oi I. Jttiion thereof.

FOB? «ARI)t. I»l*nA aitialia, end South Sea -'Islands, Bingle, Id; iej»ly, 2d. ' other places, single, l^d reply, Bd. SOOXS AMD PKIKTIuD yAPUHS. iiill plates, J«l for each 2oz or Si-action thereof. Christnaai or any other seasonable^ or •rompHraentpry eaids eoiaa* under ihifa

«Oai9URt«ZA& PAPJKI*. j Town, half-peir, y if not exceeding half ounce, or Id for tho hxtt ioz or iiaction 4l.ei««vf, and a halfpenny for each succeed4.'g lr>3 or fiaction theieof. inland. Id for ths Just 4oz or less, and JJpQimj for euuit nacceeding Sioz or thereof Austialia anJ all oilier places twopence J«t;,{pe«ny for the nrst lOoz, and half- : I' .n y ior ench sueo>»eduig 2ua oi fraction i

HOW TO PACK. A book j-acket n^ay ba posted either ithout a cover (in v»bich case it must T.ot be fa^tcued in any way) or in a covei -<i tirely Oj^c.i at unt oi both ends. H v.ay 'L>ti tied' at the endi with string, but the filing must be easy to unfasten.

WE-ITS Oi SsIZK A3HD The limits of fize for book p ckets are 3.6 m. in any direction. If made i\p in tho of a roll, a packet may rneaame up 2ft. din. in length «n<3 4in in diaiaeter ; weight must not exceed 4lb, rATTEKN AND BAHPLE PaCKLTS. All places, not exceeding ioz, Id; oevery additional 2oz or fmotion sbeieof, halfpenny.

MXGiziKES (not registered). All placeß except Queensland, halfpenny 'JP f' "<-'z or fraction (.hereot. leensidnd, Id jer 4oa or fraction ,x Itereof.

mJl«ihke3 (registered). Now Zealand, Australian colonies, eexcep Queensland and Western Austrasa, ard lasmiania: Each copy, lirtt Boz !lcl; every -ilditioj^&l 4oz or lo'lieieof, hulfpenny. Out enhiana, Id for 4.0 a or fraction asoei-eol We?'er» Australia and other places, as umegistered magasines.

SETi'bPAJ'EnS. "o n and Inlai.d, l.alipenny each Australia, except Queensland, and -South Se* Islands, Id ea< h. All other places, including Queensland, IS each if not exoeeding 4oz, and half.j^., i j additional for every succeeding or fraction thereof. A newspaper must not contain any TTiiting beyond the name and address of -*h addressee, the initials oi name and ' oiddicas of the sender, and any marks or Bimply intended to «all attention to in a text.

fABOE&S. 1 Inland, *d for the first lib, and 3d for '«aeu toucceading lib gv fraction theieof. Australian Colonies, Cook, Samo.m, | Noiiolk, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the | Jfirst lib, and €d for each succeeding lib iraction thereof. The -post office is not, by law, responb 1 for any loss or inconvenience which j >T-?y pr-se from the non-delivery, mis•iiding er mis-delivery of any um-egi 11e- ed letter, or other postal packet, nor is it e-j oHS'bla for any injury which a packet j aj &s fcQßtain during tiansniission. To .-i^-.ncl Against their being injured, all ;johtal paekttß which are likely to uufter i iiom stamping or from great pleasure sheuld be placed 1 in strong covers. j

HEGIBTEATIOS. ] The fea for all places Is »d. Iha render of a registered article may obtain ■*n aitknowledgemwat of ita due receipt by 'ih^ addressee on payment, at the time of «>^b^j-a of the article, of an «• acknowledgment fee" ©f twopence halfpenny, in t6 theordinarj registraiion fee. " AtryletteivlSoier-tarui pQei card, booi;>o «ther 4paok«t, newspaper," or""inland \ yjaisel *will be accepted for registraiion <P«>t«els for plases beyond the colony can- , ki&J be registeitd. ■

UL'jCH FE* WSTTBBB. i Lat« fea letters must bear in addition to i ordinary postage, J Id for inland letters. -i*d for letters for Australia and the South Sea Islands. Twopence halfpenny for »11 other places. Id for letter cards o* post card* however addressed. £ucb letters may be posted la the guard's van up to the time of departure »i train.

'XlilXQTkrß BA.TBS IN NEW iSKAIiAIO). Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, Fo the words or less, inoludinf address and signature, 6d. For every additional word, Id. Urgent Telegrams. ■For the Arst 12 words or le-is, inoktotag ■" address and signature, Is. For ev?ry additional word, 2d. On Sundays, doubi* tho atove vat»a.