Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 43, 8 September 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

.•SETTERS. ySj»vm .*. -*. . Id for each half ounce ■or&aetion ih&i-'ini. l^st&a&d „ r . -2d Joi-eacii ha-li onuce wnfractien thca«ei.j jßtuMralitm Cob- A ffu&s^and Gook, '. Eocwie, Easter, -«orioJk s^PK'«aim, Bflmoau, l^top each haif ■e*ince Solomon, and f <-o» *t*ctkm theteof. !Keug«n Islands, British New f' :• £Subrides ' 7 Al] otter-places iwo -pence half penny j evetphsM ouace-or-fraction-'thewui. f, •POST CABDS. Inland üßkalia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id,; reply, 2d. other places, single, ljd reply, 3d. IDOOKS JLND POINTED -PAPEftS. All places, foreßch 3oz or fraction. thereol. ' ChriBtniM or any other eeasonable oi\ <?K>mplkaentax7 cards come under this Hjead

tCOMMBRCIAI. PAPERS. •Town, half-penny if not exceeding half eeance, or Id for the first 4oz or fraction rLheieof^And^a-- halfpenny for eaoh succeed**ng 2oz-or f faction thereof. * Inland, .Id for the -first 4oz or less, and ilf penny for each succeeding 2oz or iadttalJa and -all other places twopence halfpenny for the first lOoz, and halftjoenoy f«>r^e*oh -succeeding 2oa or .fraction | fc^hcreof. j

PHOW TO 'PJCOK. ATjook packet may be .posted either, Ithout a cover (in which case it must •«t be fastened infcny^wijry or in a coven - ntirely open at one ortotfa ends. It may *s tied at the «nds with string, but the ring must be easy to unfasten. I

■SaittTß OF BIZE AND WEIGHT. 33fae limits of size for book-packets are HBin. in-&ny direction. If made up in the -of a sroll, a packet may measuie -up -2ft.^in. in length and-4in. in diametei ; v .W€iight-must not exceed 41b.

fiTTEBN AND BAMPLK PACKETS. All jplaees, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; es?e*y 2oz oriracuon theieof, halfpenny.

magazines (not registered). All places except Queensland, halfpenny * j[?er 2oz or i motion thereof. Queensland, -Id jier 4oz or -fraction

satiOAziNEs (registered). 3New Zealand, Australian colonies, texcep Queensland and Western Aussraia, and Tasmania: Each cop^, first Boz 3Ld; ever_y odditioaal 40i5 -or ij"4 hereof, haifpeuny. Queensland, Id for 4oz or iraction tjaereof Western Australia and -other places, as niiiegistered magazines.

NEWSPAPEBS. Town and Inland, balfpen-ny eaoh. Australia, exoept Queensland, and ISoath Sea Islnnds, Id -each. All other places, including Queensland, lid each if not exceeding 4oz, and half-" jpir «.y additional -for -every succeeding* t2oz 01 fiactocm thereof. A newspaper must not contain any "wming beyond the name and uddress of rjh addxebfaee, the initials oi name and' sjadQioSs of the sendei, and-anv naarkfe or -signs simply intended to call attention to soassage in a text.

TPABCELS. Inland, 6& for the first lib, and 3d for' «each succeeding lib or fractioh -thereof. Australian Colonies, Cook, SamoaJi, Norfolk, and-Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the ffirst lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib traction thereof. The post office is not, by lav,', respon1 for any loss or inconvenience which ttnay arise from the non-delivery, misending or mis-delwery of any uni'egiseied letter, or othei postal packet, nor isifc^ esponsble for any injury which a packet auay sustain duiiu^ transmission. To: «guard against their being injuied, all' postal pa kets which aie likely to surfer-' rfrom stamping or -from .great pressure r ißhould.bajjliiceu-iQrstroag covers. /

'aEQISaiIATIOS, 13*e lee lor all .places -is 3d. The ttender>»f*a registered -article iray obtain;«an acknowledgement of its due^receipt. by* fche addressee on.payment, at -the time of, rposting-of the article, of an " acLnovvleclg33ient 'fee" of twopence halfpenny, jn to Ibeordinary registiauon-fe'e. Auy lo tter, Ifctter card, postcard, book.' to other packet, newspaper, 01 inUno' parcel will be accepted for l-egiatration • for .places beyond the colony can*aot be registered.

tiATE TEE IETXEBS. Late fee letters must bear n addition '«o ordinarj postage. H<H©t -intend letters. 2d for letters for Australia and the South Sen Islands. .Twopence halfpenny for -all othei ' places. Id for letter cards or post cards howavtr ad dressed. Such letters may be jposted in the 5 jguwd'e'vanjup to the time of departure of • train.

TEUTOHAM BATES "IN "NXW -ZEALINC t Ordinary Telegrams. From any sffation to any station, -Fcr the first 12 words or Jess, including address and signatnre, Od. -For every additional word, Id. Urgennt Telegrams. "For the first 12 word9'or less, including address abd signature, Is. JFor every adaitional word, 2d. •On Sundays, doablepthe^bove rates.