POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLI, Issue 134, 8 June 1907, Page 2

POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Letters and Letter-cards.—lnland Id for each 4oz. or fraction thereof. The United Kingdom, British possessions, etc., Id for each |oz. or fraction thereof. All other places 2£d for each r|oz. or fraction thereof, Note. —"Inland" includes the Cook Islands—namely, Raratonga, Mangaia, Atiu, Aitutaki, Mitiaro, Mauke (Parry), and Hervey (Manuae); also Palruerston (Avarua), Niue (Savage), Pukapuka (Danger), Kakaanga, Manahiki, Penrhyn (Tongareva),and Sawarrow Islands. Post-cards. —All places : Single, Id ; reply, 2d. Commercial Papers.—Town (for accounts &c, only) id 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 thereof, and £d for each succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. In all other places 2£d for the first 10 oz., and §d for each succeeding 2oz. or raction thereof. Books and Printed Papers.—All places l& for each 2oz. or fraction thereof. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland: Not exceeding 20z., £d ; over 20z., as for " All other places." All other places : Not exceeding 40z., Id ; every additional 2oz. or fraction thereof, id. Newspapers.—Town and inland, -Jd 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 £d additional for every succeeding 2oz. or fraction thereof. Eegistration, 3d for all places. Parcels.—lnland, 4d for the first lib., and 2d for each succeeding 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. • . GENEKAL EEGULATIONS. Letters. —Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are charged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on de"livery. No letter may exceed 2ft. in length or lft. in width or depth. - Letters containing valuables must be registered. ' x Late-fee Letters, etc., must bear, in addition to the ordinary postage, Id. POST-CARDS, All places, each single post-card, Id ; each reply-paid po^t-card, 2d. Post-cards must be sent unclosed. Excepting stamps for prepayment and an address-label, nothing whatever must be joined jor 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 post-cards, provided the total weight does not exceed 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 <£5 are issued and paid at all Money Order Offices in New Zealand. The following are the amounts for which postal noteß ai^ issued, together with the poundage payable in respect of each note:— . Amount Amount of Note Poundage of Note Poundage £ s. d. d. jB 8. d. • d. 1 0 ... i 5 o.* H 16..* 10 0 ... 3 2 0 ... 1 15 0 ... 3 2 6 ... 1 10 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.