POSTAL INFORMATION.

Lake Wakatip Mail, Issue 2951, 5 January 1912, Page 1

POSTAL INFORMATION.

—Letters and Letter Cards*— Lexers within New Zealand, LI for fir.-t 4oz* or fraction thereof, and $d fo ea;h succeeding 2oz or f'action thereof. For United Sta-ei of America, Id for each oz or fraction, there'f (to in lude Pago Pago and Hawaiian Hands, P rto Rico and Ala-ka ) For Unite 1 Kingdom, British Pos-s&rior.s and other places enumerate : in sche u e at Pot Office Id for each oz or fraction thereof ; for places rot named, 2Ad for ea h '«, and lid for each succeeding oz. —Newspapers.— Within the Dominion, id for ea-h newt, paper to Australia South s*'e» I lands Canada, cc, each newijaper Li; t> United Kingdom, Id by direct steiuier by other routes Id for first 8oz«, and Jd f'>r ench additional 2ozs. To other countries for the first 4ozs Id, each additional 2oz sd. The weigh' of new*raper» fo> tian«mission to Australia and Bfi.ssh New Guinea at the Id rate is restricted to 20ozs, or each copy; f. r each 10 zs or fra tion there f addit onal sd. —Postal Notes.— One shilling, Is 6d, 2s. 2s 61, id ; 3s and ss, Id ; 10s up to 20s, 2d. —MagazinesMagazines (not registered), all places Id each 2ozs. Magaz nes (regi teiel), within the Dominion, Id for each I6ozp or fraction thereof; Australia [tx ept Queen-laud and Wo t Australia), and other places, id each 2oz*. —Commercial Papers— Tpwa (for accounts, etc. otjly) id if not exceeding soz. or Id for fit'tt 4ozs and id for each succeeding 2oz«. Inland, Id fur first 4ozs and $d for each tucce?dii g g«>z<. All ot'ner places 2sd for fir t lOoss, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz-. —Reply Coupons As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addrcsed to a place abroad to prepay the postage oi a ieply, the Depart - mei.t issues reply coujous on payment of a fee of 31. Thee coupons may be achanged for a po-tage stamp of the value for 2-i'l in any country which adopts the scheme. —Po&tCard*.— Inland, single, id, reply Id ; all oher places, single Id, reply 2d. -Parcel Post.— Maximum-weight, I lib; greatest length 3ft 6in, greatest length and girth conjoined, (ift. Inland, 4J for lb, and 2d for each succeeding lb or fraction thereof. United Kingdom not exceeding 31b, Is; not exceeding 7«b 2-<; not exceeding 11 lb, 3s, Antral au States, 8d for firat lb, and CI for each succeeding lb or fraction ihreof up to 111b. Regutrat'oti.— Un-vorcal fee of 2d to .11 places. Th* sender of a reg'stered article may obtain acknowledgment of its due receipt on payment in advance of 2JL —Patterns aud Samples.— Inland, not exceeding 2oz, |1 over soz* s'.me as for other places. All )ther places not exceeding 3ozs, Id ; every additional 2ozs id. —Money Orders.— Up o £5, 31 ; above £5 o £lO, 61 ; above £lO to £ls 9d ; above £ls to £2O. la ; above £2O to £25, Is 3d ; abov X 25 to £3O, Is 6 I ; above £3O to £35, Is 9d ; above £35 to £4O, 2.5. British Po tal Orders for fixed sums from 6d up to 20s may be procured at the principal Money Oidt-r Office i in New Zealand. —Books and Pi in ted PapersAll places, 1 2d for each 2.z.