POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 96, 25 April 1907, Page 3

POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Letters and Letter-cards.—lnland Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, British possessions, etc., JLd for each |oz. or traction thereof. All other places 2£d for each or fraction thereof.

Note. —"■ Inland " includes the Cook Islands—namely, Eiaratonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, JVlauke (Parry), and Hervey (Mamiae) j also Palnierston'(Avarua), Nine (Savage), Pukapuka (Danger), Eakaangal' Manahiki, - Perirhyn (Tongareva),and Sawarrow Islands.

Post-cards. —Allplaoea : Single, Id ; reply, 2d.

Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts &c, only) if not exceeding Joz., or Id for the first 4oz. or fraction' thereof, and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof.

Inland, Id for the first 4oz. or fraction c thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. . In all other places 2id for the first 10 l oz.,and Jd for each succeeding 2oz. or r raction thereof. I Books and Printed Papers.—All places -3d for each 2oz. or fraction thereof. ( Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland: ( Not exceeding 20z., Id ; over 20z., as for " All other places." ; All other places: Not exceeding 40z., Id j every additional 2oz. or fraction - thereof, Newspapers.—Town and inland, £d each. Australia, South Sea Islands, Canada. . and many other British possessions. Id j each. , United "Kingdom, Id each. All other places, Id each if not exceedi ing 40z., and £d additional for every succeeding 2oz. or fi action thereof. Begisfcration, 3d for all places. * Parcels.^—lnland, 4d for the first lib.,, , and 2d for each succeeding: lib.; Australian States, 8d foi the first lib., and \ tGd for each succeeding lib. j for U.K., Is • up to 31bs, 2s up to 71bs, 3s up to 11 Ib 3 i for all other countries the charges vary j '.Registration.—The fee for .all places is . 3d. [GENERAL REGULATIONS.! ', Letters. —Letters not fully prepaid or [ posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on de- ' livery. No letter rray exceed 2ft. in length or lft. in width or depth. Letters containing valuables must be , registered. Late-fee Letters, etc., must bear, in addition to the ordinary postage, id. POST-CAKDS. All places, each single post-card, Id ; each reply-paid post-card, 2d. Post-cards must be seat 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 may be affixed to pest-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 sums from Is up to £o 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: — Amount Amount of Note Poundage of Note Poundage £ s. d. d. £ s. d. •d. 10... £ 5 0 ... 1* 1 6 .. £ 10 0 ... 3 2 0 ... 1 15 0 ... 3 2 6 ... 1 1 0 0 ... 3 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 CHARGEABLE ON MONEY ORDERS.I Commission on Money Orders issued in New Zealand is charged according to the following scale: — BT 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 in the order of their receipt with other telegrams of the like code. The remitter of a Money Order Telegram may have a private communication for the payee added to the official telegram of advice on paying for the additional words at the follow-ino* rates: Ordinary, Id per word, with a minimum charge of 6d; urgent, 2d per word, with a minimum charge of Is, whi^h 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 at the rate for a message to the State upon which the Money Order is drawn.