Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 40, 1 September 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

j-'Ei'iKiie. 3Cown „« „ Id f<r«ach'half onnee 01 fraction thereof. inland „ . . 2d for pach half ounce ■or fraction thereof. Australian Colo- \ nies, and Cook, Xuoie, Easter, Norfolk, Pitcairn, Samoan, \2d for each half ounce Solomon and j or traction thereof. fPongan Islands, Biitish New . Guinea, New Eebrideß / All other places two pence half penny every half ounce or fuiction theieof.

POSt <JAHDS. Town, Inland ustralia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other places, single, ljd reply, 3d. BOOKS AN© 'PKINTED PAPERS. ♦All places, £d for each 2oz or fraction thereof. Christmas or any other seasonable or -•complimentary cards come under this-

COMMERCIAL PAPEBS. Town, balf-penny if not exoeeding half lOnnee, or Id for the fhst 4oz or fraction -thereof, ftpd a halfpenny for each succeedSng 2oz or fi action thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or less, and ;lfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or thuoo 1 , Austialift and all other-placea twopence fcalt) ei.ny for the first lOoz, and ha.lf•peiipy for each succeeding 2oz ur Xraction thereof.

HOW TO PICK. A book packet .may be posted either ithoui v, co>cr (in which case it must ot be fastened in any way) or in a eovsi .utirelj open ut on« or ■both ends. It may c tied at the ends with string, but the ring must be easy to unfaeten. [

LIMITS OF SIZE AND 'WEIGHT. The limits of bize for book-packets are HBin. in any direction. If made up in the of a roll, a packet may measure up 2ft. Gin. in Jength and 4in. in diameter ; weight must not exceed 41b. PAaTEKN AKD BA2IPLB PACKETS. All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; «fcvery additional 2oz or fraction thereof, halfpenny.

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

magazines (registered). New Zealand, Australian colonies, , «sexcep Queensland and Western Aaatraia, and 1 asniania : Each copy, first 80s JLd ; every additional 4oz or ij» hereof, hallpenny. Queensland, Id lor 4oz or fraction rtoereof Western Aastralia and olher places, as unregistered magazines.

" Town sv(\ InJapH, haMpenny each. Austral-!. p\. tpt Queensland, and is? outh Stu ..siaiutb, Id each.. AH othf7 piuces, inducing Q.ieen&2s,nd, Id t.vch n ncit txcttaiutj 4oi, and haltfpLiioy addhional for f-veiy succf-ediug f2o'A or fraction theieof. A newspaper must uot contain miy -■w itiuy Le^ozid tLo naiiif itid «,ddre&s of rth addres-see, the initials at name and ,-fii}«io^B of the Bender, And any liwakb or <f £,mib simply intended to call alteation ,to .TUH.abAge m a text.

PABCEXB. Inlano, 6d for the first lib, and 3d for . £>. ( h i ucceedir q lib or fraeliou thereof. Ai"/ U ra!mn Colonies, Cook, Sainoan, ioik, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the tfaitt lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib t. action thereof. J he i^osi office is not, by law, resjponi for any loss or inconvenience which x i; aiise from the non-delivery, mis- '<• - q or in is- delivery of any unregisi < < i etter, or othex postal pneket, nor is it > i < • .. We tor any injmy which a packet s3 iy bustain during, transmisaion. To '<„! -vi; against their being injured, all -A . a) |,acket^ which are likely to snffer oil 1 1^ stuiiiping *r irom great c rf-shcutt. L(j,pii.ced in stiong covers.

.BEOIBTBATION. r iLe fee dor all places 4a Bd. The tbUuUr uf a registered article may obtain , au acknowledgement of its due receipt by •-11 1 Ju.fie. -t^e on payment, at the time of 2>i .in.y oi the article, of an " acknowiedg_ii ii,t He" of twopence halfpenny, in .«(tditn>i to the ordinary registration fee. £v} -iw-i, letter card, postcard, book, ,*o oiJ"ui (-acket, newspaper, or inland puiCL'l wili be accepted for registration iFuicclb 101 places beyond the colony can- , , % not be i<-(,i»sei*ed.

LATE FEE LETTERS. Lute ilw letters must bear a addition _io 01 viii... postage, la iui iv hikl letteis. 2d f«,r Jv-ttcis for Aufitsalia and the i~A .. m Leu Islands. !.iw )< new ijiitf penny for all other *id tui i_iTcr cards or post oardß bow|£j- ever ad diessed. Such itueis may be' posted in the ,ghii'. \ \un up to tbetime of departure of - uam.

iCLLGi^M BATES IK NEW ZEIXANB. t-r'.inary Telegrams. _ Fioiu vi j station to any statidn, 1 of the fai. t 12 worda or less, including aclt iul .lutl signatme, 6d. i'urevt'j^ additional word, Id. i jj.;eunt Telegrams. • or the hut 12 words or less, including tukntsb and signature, Is. -ittev.ij i,UL(itional word, 24. On t unuuyo, double the abo-ve rates.