POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 71, 25 March 1907, Page 6

POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Letters and Letter-cards.—Tnland Id for each _4oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, British possessions, etc., Id for each ioz. or fraction thereof. All other places 2sd for each -£oz. or fraction thereof.

Note.—"lnland" includes the Cook Is-lands—-namely, Karatonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Mauke (Parry)., and Hervey (Manuae); also Palmerston (Avarua), Niue (Savage),Pukapuka (Danger). Eakaanga, Manahiki, Penrhyn (Tougareva),and Sawarrow Islands. Post-cards.—Ail plaoss •. Single, Id ; reply, 2d. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts &c, only) if not exceeding £oz., or Id for the first 4oz. or fraction thereof, and l& for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. Inland, Id for the first 4oz. or fraction thereof, and for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. In all other places 2 d for the first 10 oz., and id for each succeeding 2oz. or raction thereof. Books and Printed Papers.—All places id for each 2oz. or fraction thereof. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland : Not exceeding 20z., |d ; over 20z., as for " AH other places." All other places: Not exceeding 40z., Id ; every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof,-|d. Newspapers.—Town and inland, each. Australia, South Sea Islands, Canada, and many other British possessions, Id each. United Kingdom, Id each. All other places, Id each if not exceeding 40z., and Jd additional for every succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. Registration, 3d for nil places. Parcels.—lnland, 4d for the first lib., and 2d for each s^^ccee<^ing lib. ; Australian States 8d for the first lib., and 6d for each succeeding lib.; for U.K., Is up to 31bs, 2s up to 71bs, 3s up to 11 lbs ; for all other countries the charges vary. Registration.—The fee for all places is 3d. j *

GENERAL REGULATIONS.

Letters.—Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on delivery. No letter rxay exceed 2ffc. in length or Ift. in width or depth.

Letters containing valuables must be registered.

Late-fee Letters, etc., must bear, in addition to the ordinary postage. Id.

POST-CARDS

All places, each single post-card, ld( each reply-paid poet-card, 2d. Post-cards mußt be sent unclosed.

Excepting stamps for prepayment and an address-label, nothing whatever must be joined or attached to a post-card for a place beyond the Colony. For delivery within the Colony receipt-stamps or slips of paper maybe affixed to post-cards, provided the total weight does not exceed •£oz.. ,

Printed Matter superscribed "Postcard,"—Cards fulfilling the conditions of printed matter may pass at the rate for printed matter in' New Zealand and to the United Kingdom although they bear the words " Post-card" as a "heading

POSTAL NOTES

Postal notes for fixed stuus from Is up to ,£5 are issued and paid at all Money Order Offices in New Zealand.

The following are the amounts for which postal notes are issued, together with the poundage payable in respect of each note s — Amount Anount of Note Poundage of Note P, undage £ c. cL d. £ s. d. d.

1 0 ... £ 5 0 ... H 1 6 ... i 10 0 ... SJ 2 0 ... 1 15 0 ... 31 2 6 ... 1 1 0 0 ... 3iJ 3 0 ... 1 5 0 0 ... 6 ; Broken amounts may be made up by the use of postage stamps, not exceeding 5d in value, affixed to the back of any one postal note. These stamps must be affixed only by the sender or remitters of such postal notes.

COMMISSION CHAEGEABLE ON MONEY OEDEES. Commission on Money Orders issued in N«w Zealand is charged according to the following scale:— BY TELEGRAPH. (Within New Zealand.) At the rates chargeable for orders by post and a telegraph fee of Is for each order. Money Order Telegrams can be sent as urgent upon payment of Is on each order in addition to the ordinary rates. Such telegrams will rate as Urgent Ordinary Telegrams, and be sent^n the order of their receipt with other telegrams of, the like code. .n The remitter of a Money Order Telegram may have a private communication for the payee added to the official telegrana of advice on paying for the additional words at the following m rates :— Ordinary, Id per word, with a minimum charge of 6d; urgent, 2d per word, with a minimum charge of Is, which covers cost of urgent fee for private message and official telegram of advice. (Australia.) At the rates chargeable for orders by post and a telegraph charge Nat the rate for a message to the State upon which the Money Order is drawn.