Rates of Postage.

Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume III, Issue 63, 25 October 1900, Page 4

Rates of Postage.

Town «• «, Id ion each half ocnco or fraction thereof. r nand „ «, ,Jsl for each half ounce, or fraotfon thereof. Austral an Colo- \ nies, md Cook, Dulcs, Eastsr, Worfok.Pitcakii, Samorvsj, \2d for s«">h ?aaH ocnce 1 Solomon ant] f or fraction thereof. Tongan Islands, British New Guinea, New Hebrides / All other places two penca half penny ever}- half ounce or fraction thereof. POST CARDS Town, Inland Australia, and South Sea Islaacte, single, Id ; reply, 2d. other places, single, lfcd reply, Bd. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAP&RS

All places, £d for each 2oz or fraction thereof. Christmas or any other seasonable or compimentary cards come under this bead COMMBRCU& PAPEBS Town, haf-penny if not exceeding half ounce, or d for the first 4oz or fraction thereof, and a halfpenny for each succeed* Ing 2oz er fraction thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz or less, and; halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof Australia and al other places twopence i halfpenny for the first XOoz, and halfpenny for each succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof.

HOW TO PACK A book packet may be posted either without a cover (in which case it must not be*f*stened in any way) or in a cover entirely open at one or both ends. It may be tied at the ends with string, but the string must be easy to unfasten. , UUTT3 OF SIZE AND WEIGHT.

The limits of size for book-packets ftre! 18in. in any direction. If made up in the form of a roll, a packet may measure up io 2ft. 6in. in length and 4in. in diameter ; the weight mußt not exceed 41b. PATTERN AND SABTPLK PACKETS.

AU places, not exceeding 4oz, Id ; every additional 2oz or fraction thereof, one halfpenny. magazines (not registered).

All places except Queensland, halfpenny 2oz or fraction thereof. Queensland, Id per 4oa pr fraction thereof. magazines (registered).

New Zealand, Australian colonies, excep Queensland and Western Australia, and Tasmania : Each copy, first Boz Id ; every additional 4oz or foi thereof, halfpenny. j Queensland, Id for 4oz or fraction tnereof Western Australia and other places, as Id unregistered magazines.

NEWSPAPEBS. 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 every succeeding 2oz or fraction thereof. A newspaper must not contain any writing beyond the name cmd address of th addressee, the initials or name and addles of the sender, and any marks or signs simply intended to call attention to oassage in a text. ' PAfiCSLS.

Inlano, <5d for the first lib, and 3d for each succeeding lib or f (action thereof. Australian Colonies, Cook, Samoan, Norfolk, and Hawaiian Islands, 8d for the first lib, and 6d for each succeeding lib traction thereof. The post office is not, by law, responl for any loss or inconvenience which may arise from the non-delivery, misending or mis-delivery of any unregisered letier, or other postal packet, nor is it esponslble for any injury whioh a packet may sustain during transmission. To guard against their being injured, all postal packets which are likely to suffer from stamping or from great pressure should be placed hi strong covers. BEGIS,TBATIOS.

The fee for all places is- 3d. The sender of a registered article may obtain an acknowledgement of its due receipt by the addressee on payment, at the time of posting of the article, of au " acknowledgment fee" oi twopence halfpenny, in addition to the ordinary registration fee. 1 - j Any 'etter, letter card, posioard, book, o other packet, newspaper, or inland paicel wiii be accepted for registration Parcels for places beyond the colony cannot be registered. XiATB FEE LKTTEBB.

Late fee letters must bear in addition to ordinary postage. Id foi inland letters. 2d for letters for Australia and the! Bouth Sea Islands. . Twopence halfpenny for all other places." I * Id for letter cards or post cards how- | ever ad dressed. Such letters may be posted in the guard's van up to the time of departure of train. lELIGKAM BATES IN NEW ZKAIiANP. ! Ordinary Telegrams. From any station to any station, For the first 12 words or less, including address and signature, 6d. For every additional word, Id. Urgent 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,