POST OFFICE FINES. TO THE EDITOR.
Sir— When the question of the reduction of post-age on inland letters comes under consideration, the unjust penalties now in force for short postage should be amended. Take a case of a letter posted to Ngahauranga having a 2d stamp thereon. It, however, slightly exceeds the authorised weight, wereby the receiver is charged 2d for the excess and 2d fine. This practically makes the cost of the letter's carriage 6d. But should a 4d stamp have been affixed, and a similar oversight have occuri'ed as to weight, the recipient is mulcted in 4d for over weight and 4d fine, making the aggregate of Is for a letter delivered over the same distance. It is quite right that the letter, being over weight, should be charged for the extra, but the fines are excessive., (Business people have their scales, or, being in the habit of despatching correspondence, have no excuse ; but to thousands, the addition of a single sheet or an enclosure will entail a surcharge which is borne by the innocent receiver. I am, etc., W. Wellington, 7th February, 1899,
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Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 33, 9 February 1899, Page 2
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186POST OFFICE FINES. TO THE EDITOR. Evening Post, Volume LVII, Issue 33, 9 February 1899, Page 2
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