POSTAL INFORMATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 6, 8 January 1908, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. ' Letters within New Zealand, Id for the first 4oz or fraction thereof, And id ior each succeeding 2b«s or fraction thereof.

! For United States of America, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof (to include Pago Pago and Hawaiian Islands, Porto Rico and Alaska). i For United Kingdom, British Possessions and other places enumerated in schedule, at Post Office, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof : for places not named, 2£d for each oz. and l^d for each succeeding oz. ; POST CARDS. Inland, tingle id, ■ reply Id ; all other places, single Id, reply 2d. NEWSPAPERS. Within the Dominion* id for ea«h newspaper ; to, Australia,- South Sea Islands, Canada/ "etc. each newspaper, Id ; to United Kingdom > Id by direct itaamer, by other routes Id for ~ first 80s. and id each additional 2o«. To, other countries, for the first 40*.-Id r sack additional 2oz. |d. •M& w*ight .of. .newspaper* for ♦ran«miif|on.\to Australia and/British New: Gain** *t. the Id • rate ia reitriqterl to. 306» for each copy 1 for $ach 10oi» or fraction thereof additional, id.' > ' MAGAZINES. Magazines (not registered), all places id each 2oz. Magaaines (registered), within th» Dominion, Id for each 16ozb or fraction thereof : Australia (except Queensland and West Australia), under 2oa», id ; Sozs to Bozs, Id ; each additional 4ozß, id ; Queensland, West Australia, and other places, id each 2oz. i COMMERCIAL PAPERS. ! Town (for accounts, etc., only), id if not exceeding ioz, or Id for first 4ozs and id for each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4ozs, and id for •ach succeeding 2ozs. All other places 2§d for first lOozs, and id for each succeding 2oza. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS. \ All places, id for each 2ozs. PATTERNS AND SAMPLES. Inland, not exceeding 2oas, id ; over 2ozs, same as for other places. All other places, not exceding 4ozs, Id ; every aditional 2ozs, id. REGISTRATION. Universal fee of 2d to all places. The sender of a registered article may obtain acknowledgment of its due receipt on payment in advance of 2jd. PARCEL POST. Maxmum weight, 111b ; greatest length, 3ft 6in ; greatest length and firth combined, 6Ft. Inland, 4d for , rst lb, and 2d for each succeeding ilb or fraction thereof. United King- | dom, not exceeding 31b, Is ; not I awjeedipg 7 lb > 2s ; not exceeding 111b, 3s. Australian States, 8d for I first lb, and 6d for each succeeding lb or fraction thereof up to 111b REPLY COUPONS. As a means of enabling the sender •°t a,letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on a ; reply, the Department issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of 3d. , Inese coupons may be exchanged for ! a postage stamp of the value of 2id in any country which adopts the scheme. POSTAL NOTES. One shilling, Is 6d, 2s, 2s 6d, id ; 3s and ss, Id ; 10s up to 20s, 2d. MONEY ORDERS. Up to £5, 3d j above £5 to £10, .6d ; above £10 to £15, 9d ; above £15 to £20, Is ; above £20 to £25, Is 3d ; above £25 to £30, Is 6d : above £30 to £35, Is 9d ; above £35 to £40, 2s. British Postal Orders for fixed sums from 6d up to 20s may be procured at the principal Money Order Offices in New Zealand. TELEGRAMS. Ordinary, 12 words for 6d, each succeeding word £d ; urgent, double the above rates.