Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 50, 25 September 1900, Page 2

Rates of Postage.

LE TKBS. ffwvn „ .. Id for each half on r^e orii action thereof. fj.V.nd „ « . 2d for each half ounce oi fiaction theieof. Golo- \ i.ien, and Cook, i j? i <\&, Easter, I Norfolk, Pitciirn, Samoan, \2d for each half onnco Solomon and C or fraction thereof. V o-'gan Islands, Untish New Guinea, New • jESi brides ; Ail other places two pence half penny every half ounce or fraction theieof. POSI OABDS. S n -own, Inland ustralia, and South Sea Islands, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other places, single, lsd reply, 3d. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPEKb. All places, f d for each 2oz or fraction thereof." Chiistmas or any other seasonable or ®o*iiphmentary cards come under this d

COMIIEHOIAI PAPERS. Town, half-penny if not exceeding half <«nrce, or Id for the fiist 4oz or fraction thereof, and a halfpenny for each succeedi.^ig 2oz or fiaction thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or less, and ■halfpenny tor each succeeding 2oz 01 iraction thereof .Australia and all other places twopence fislfpenny for the fiist lOoz, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or Iraction i ah«reof. '

HOW TO PACK. A book pae Let maj be posted either •*.vithout a cover (in which ease it toast '1 A te fastenbd in any waj) 01 in a covoi vj itiiely open at one or both ends. It may 300 tied at the ends, with &timg, but the .•idling must be easy to untasten. LIMITS Oi UZE AND VEItrHT. The limits of cize for book-packets are ZLuin. in any ilueaion. If mode up in the rform of a 1 oil, a packet may rneasme vp 2ft. 6m. in length and 4in. iv diameter ; ihe weight must not exceed 41b. ] PATTJiBN AND bAMPLK PACKETS. 1 All places, not exceeding 4oz. Id, j jsvery additional 2oz| or iraction theieof, j halfpenny.

P«4G i/i Nth (not repi^tcred). All places except Queensland, halfpenny j pei 2oz 01 ii action theieot. Queeufaiand, id per 4oz. or fiaction d&ereof. r

magazines (registered). l<lew Zealand, Austialian colonies, jexcep Queensland and Western Australia, and Tasmania: Each copy, fiist Boz Id; every additional 4oz or ion thereof, halfpenny. j Queensland, Id for 4oz or fraction : i^nereof : Western Australia and other places, as lid unregieteied magazines.

SEWSPAPEE3. ; Town and Inland, halfpenny each. Australia, except Queensland, and South Sea Islands, Id each. All other places, including Queensland, Id each if not exceeding 4oz, and halfpenny additional for eveiy succeeding r202 or fraction theieof. A newspaper must not contain any -wilting beyond tbs nanie and ac?3ress of ih addressee, the initials or name and ■addicts of the sender, and any marks or signs simply intended to call attention to passage in a lest.

PARCELS. Inland, <5d for the first lib, and 3d for ■each succeeding lib or fraction theieof. Austialian Colonies, Cook, Samoan, Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for tho iQxsb lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib traction theieof. The post office is not, by law, respon1 for any loss or inconvenience which £nay arise from the non-delneiy, mis- . ending or mi--de3ivery of any umegiEi^ied letter, or other postal packet, nor is it 'esponsible for any injury which a packet Huay sustain during transmission. To ■sguard against their being injured, all j^osial pae kets which are likely to sufier s^iom t.tau:pnig oi from great pieesure be placed in strong covers.

REGIbTKATION. The fee for all places Is 3d. The of a registered article may obtain acknowledgement oi its dv« leceipt by US-he addie^see on pajmenr, at the time of footing of ihe aiiicle, of an " nciujoviedg332i.nt fee" of twopence halfpenny, in ssit./'on to tt^or a^ny registiaiionfoe. Any 'etiei, Jettti cad, post caid, book, as otl. r packet, newspaper, or ml.md jparcc i i»'ill te acctjjted for legistianon Parcels toi y>aSks beyond the coiony cansnoi be regibteied.-

ftiTE fES LETTEH3. Late fee Ictteis reiiEt Lear n addition kii i pouage. Id ft<r inland ietttis. .^d fur lbtteis for Australia and tho Soutb H&u. Ifclands. Twf pence halfpenny for all other Id lor letter cards or post cards bow- '^: <sver ad dre^Beci. •Such iettcis may be posted in the igrpTX&'s van up to the tune of departure cf train.

IELLGEAH JUTKS IN NEW ZEAia.KD. Gidinary 'ielegrauiß. iTrcrn any station to any station, 3?qt the nLst 12 woids or iesd, including addieas and bignatuie, Gd. 3?or oyery additional v;oid, Id. Urgennt Telegrams. I?or the first 12 -words or less, including address and signature, Is. For every additional word, 2d. On Sundays, double the above rates.