Hates t>f Postage. j

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 38, 28 August 1900, Page 2

Hates t>f Postage. j

T»w» .» -. Id for -etwih 'half ownce or fraction thereof. *) lutf . . < . 'fid for each half ounce or-lttiGtion thereof. Australian 0010- \ nies, and Cook, | IS uoie, Eafter, Korfolk, JPitcairn, Bamoan, \2& for each baTf oanco Solomon and ( or Iraction .thereof. ■Tongan Islands, British New ! ' Guinea, Now i 2lebrides / AD other places two :penoe half penny ! everj half ounce or f faction thereof . ;

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■Town, Inland ustralia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id ; *esly, 3d. other places, single, l*d reply, -Bd. »00K8 AMD JPBINTBD *AiPEBS.

-AH places, |d for -each fioz or fraction thereof.

Christinas or any other eeasonable or « complimentary -cauds oome «nder this ' %cad 1

COMMERCIAL SAPBBS.

Town, half-penny if not .exceeding half ounce, or W iot the first 4oz or fraction ami a halfpenny for each Bucceed«ng 2ois or Iraction theieof. li.land, Id for the .first 4ob or less, and 3 If penny for .each succeeding 2oz or thereof

Australia aad «.ll other places twopence halfpenny for "the first lOoz, aad halfpenny for -each succeeding soz or kaction ' 4hereoL - ; Bom 10 jack.

A 600k packet may be posted either ithout & ixwer (in which -case it must ot be fastened in any way) or in a cover ntirely open at one oriothends. It may • tied at the ends with siring, hut the ring must be easy to unfasten. IJIfXTS OF SIZB AND WEIGHT,

The limits of size for book-packets -are HSin. in any direotion. If made up in the of a roll, a packet may measure up 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter ; weight must not exceed 41b. PATTERN JkJM> .SAMPiE PACKETS.

All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; ««very additional 2oz or fraction theieof, halfpenny. magazines (cot registered).

All places except Queensland, halfpenny .jier 2oa or inaction theieoL Queensland, Id jper 4oz oc iraction .hereof. masasines (registered).

New Zealand, Australian colonies,

•excep Queensland and Western Austrai», and '1 Asciania : Each copj , first Boz 3.d ; every additional 4oz or io r hereof, halfpenny. Qneenblana, Id ior 4oz or fraction i^aereof Western AustraUa and oilier places, as unregiatei^u iuaga,/i.jt-b.

>EWSi'U>EI£S. Town and Inlu.nd, .halfpenny each

Australia -eKf-ot Qaeenbifciia, .and ificuth Sea Islands, xa t^cli. All other places, inclui ing QuetnOa.id, Id each if not exceeding ±az, »is f i hallpenny additional fox flviwy cici-.-e.uug "2oz or fraction thereof. A newspaper must not contain any ■writing beyond the name nrtd .address of *h addressee, the initials 01 name and of the sender, And any inaiks or simply intended to call attention to raassage in a text. 'PARCELS.

Inlanu, 6d for fhe first lib, and 6d fox

-each succeeding lib or fraction thereof, j Australian Colonies, Cook, Samoan, -Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the ' i^irft lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib auction thereof. The i>ost office is not, by law, respon1 for any toss or inconvenience winch i^rnay arise from the non-delivery, mia- ' nding or mis-delivery of any anregis- ■ o< td letter, or other postal packet, nor is it et-ponsible for any injury which a packet sustain during transmission. To «<juard agaiast their being injuied, *li r pacfcets which are likely to sutler rfrom stamping or from great pressure * should be placed in strong covers. .REGISTRATION. : The fee .for all places is Bd. The i sender of a registered article may obtain van acknowledgement of its due receipt by r-tne addressee on payment, at the time of 1 justing of the .article, of .an " acknowled^- •. jncnt fee"" of twopence halfpouny, m -to -thaerdmary registration feeAny 'etter, letter card, post card, book, *o other packet, newspaper, or inland ') .nuel will be accepted for registration . J an els for places beyond the colony cany iriut be registered. tATE FEE LETTERS. L ite fee letters must bear n addition .io oi. inary postage. Id for inland letters. 2d for letter lor Australia and the South Sea Islands. . ". 'i wopence balfpe&oy for all other = ptaeea. . ' i ' for letter cards or post cards how«/ur ad dressed. -w. t uch letters may be posted in the j^gurrd's van up to the time of departure ci train.

TELEGRAM BATES IN NEW ZEALAND. Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, Foi ibe first 12 words or less, including addiess and signature, 6d. _ For every additional word, Id. Urgennt Telegrams. < For the first 12 words or less, including a-.l'i iess and signature, Is, ?l«'or every additional word, 2d. ©n'.*»undayß, double the above rates.