Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 46, 15 September 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

Town .. .. iLd far <eoch itaif ounce j or fraction thereof.; r iil»n<i ... ,« 2d for *ael» half ounce' or ftaetion thereof. , xtiea, and Cook, : < JDucie, Easter, ' - - Norfolk, Pit- - : cairn, Samoao, 1 2d ior each half ounce ' Solomon .and r -or fraction thereof. ' STongan Islands, j .) ■■ British New 1 Guinea, New J Hebrides K -f All oiber plaoes two penoe -half penny every half ounce, or fraction thereof. ; •. tosa* <cab»s. 3F»wn, Inland ustralia, and South Ben Islands, single, Id; reply, 2d. other plaoes, single, l£d reply, -3d. BOOKS AND MINTED PAPERS. WUI places, £d for each 3oz or fraction thereof. Christmas ax any other seasonable or complimentary ends come under this *»cad COMMERCIAL PIPERS. 'Town, half-penny if not exceeding half ounce, or Id for the first 4oz or fraction thereof, aim! .a halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof. Inland, Id for tb* first 4oz or less, and ■ tlfpenny f©r «ach succeeding 2oz or thereof Australia and all other places twopence for the first 10o£, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2ok or fraction thereof. * - * BOW TO Pi.CE. A book packet may be' posted either ithout a cover (in whios case it must ot be fastened in any way}- or in a cover ntirely open at one or both ends. It may c tied at the ends with string, but the ring must be easy to unfasten. ' t iIIOTS OF SIZS AND WEIGHT. The limits of tize for book-packeta are .3.Bin. in sny diiection. If made up in the of a roll, a 'packet may measure up 2ft. Gin. in length and 4in. in diameter ; weight must not exceed 41b. PATTEEN AND BAMPLK PACKETS. All places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; -every additional 2oz or fraction thereof, halfpenny. magazines (not registered). All places except Queensland, halfpenny -per 2oz or fraction thereof. Queenbland, Id per 4oz or fraction hereo UAOAzmss (registered). New Zealand, Australian colonies, texcep Queensland and Western Austraia, and Tasmania: Each copy, first Boz Id ; every additional . 4ez or i^ hereof, halfpenny. Queensland, Id for 4oa or fraction /Cnereof Western Australia and other places, as unregistered magazines. SIWBPAPEBB. Town and Inland, halfpenny etch. Australia, except Queensland, and '.South Sea Islands, Id each. All other places, including Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and half - \penny (additional 4 for every succeeding .2oz or Irar tiaa thnraot. ~ . ". A. newspaper most not contain any writing- beyond th« name md address of th addreßsae, the initials oi nume and AdtUods of the sender, and any marks or Signs simply intended to call attention to <SAB«ge in » text. rABCELS. Inlantf, 6d for .the first lib, and Si for each succeeding lib or fraction thereof. Australian Colonies, Cook, Barnoan, (SorfOlk^And Hawaiian Islands, 8d ior the -firat Ufa, and 6d for each succeeding lib jtraction thereof. 'The post office i« not, by law, respon1 for any loss or inconvenience which •^may arise from the, non-delivery, misFending or mis-delivery of any unregiaeied letter, ox other pqetal packet, nor is it eaponeil?leior aoy injury which a packet 15M^ - Mn^min \&iixi&& i^ansmiesion. To guard against their -imng injured, all postal whioh are likely to suffer 4rom Btairping or from grest pressure hejplaced in stiong covers. SSOIBrRATION". I 3?be fee -ios all places is 3d. The siender 61 a registered article txmy oblum tan aoknowledgemeei of its due receipt by tthe fiddreE^ae on payenent, at the time of S>oatiQg-,«>f the .article, of un " acknowledgement fee" -of twopence halfpenny, in addition to'theordinaiy registiaii^nfee. ■Any 'etter, letter card, post card, book, «> -other packet', newspaper, vr inland .paroel will be accepted for registration Parcels lor placet! beyond the coiony can=uot be registered. LATE FEE LETTERS. liate fee letters must bear n addition ordinary postage. Id for inland letters. :2d for letters ior Australia and the South Sea Islands. Twopence halfpenny for all other places. v Id for letter cards or post cards however ad dressed. Such letters may tie posted in the £o?nl'a van up to the time of departure cf train. TBUEOBAJf BITBB IN NEW ZEALAND. Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, For the first 12 word* or less, including address and signature, 6d. ' For every «ddjtiona.W v word, Id. t Urgennt Telegram.3.. For the first 12 words or less, including address and signature, Is. For every additional word, 2d. On Sundays, double the above rates.