POSTAL INFORMATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 140, 15 June 1908, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

i LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS. \ Letters within New Zealand, Id 3 ior the first •*,/,; o. ii n.i/11 tihsreoi. 1 and id ior each- succeed! ng -oas or traction thereof. For United States of America, Id '. for each oz. or fraction thereof (to 1 include Pago Pago and Hawaiian ■ Islands, Porto Rico and Alaska). 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, single £d, reply Id ; all * other places, single Id, reply 2d. ! NEWSPAPERS. ', Within the Dominion, Jd for eaoh newspaper ; to Australia, South Sea Islands, Canada, etc. each newspaper, Id ; to United Kingdom, Id by" direct steamer, by other routes id for first Boz. and £d each addi- '; tional 2oz. To other countries, for the first 4oz. Id, each additional 2oz. {d. The weight of newspapers for transmission to Australia and British New Guinea at the Id rate is restricted to 20ozs for each copy ; for each lOozs or fraction thereof additional, id. MAGAZINES. Magazines (not registered), all places £d each 2oz. Magazines (registered), within the Dominion, Id for each 16ozs or fraction thereof ; Australia (except Queensland and West Australia), under 2ozs, '£d ; 2ozs to Bozs, Id ; each additional 4ozs, £d ; Queensland, West Australia, and other places, £d each 2oz. COMMERCIAL PAPERS. Town (for accounts, etc., only), £d if not exceeding £oz, or Id for first •lozs and £d for each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4ozs, and for each succeeding 2ozs. All other places -?|d for first lOozs, and id for each succeding 2ozs. REPLY COUPONS. As a means of enabling the sender of a letter addressed to a place abroad to prepay the postage on a reply,' the Department issue* reply coupons on payment of a fee of 3d. These coupons may be exchanged for a postage stamp of the value of 2sd in any country which adopts the scheme. REGISTRATION. Universal fee of 2d to all places. The sender of a registered article may obtain acknowledgment of ats due receipt on payment in advance of 2jdPARCEL POST. Maxmum weight, 111b ; greatest length, 3ft 6in ; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. Inland, 4d for first lb, and 2d f>r each cucceeding lb or fraction tht" oof. United Kingdom, not excee.. ;ig 31b, Is ; not exceeding 71b, 2s ; not exceeding 111b, 3s. Australian States, 8d for first lb, and 6d for each succeeding lb or fraction thereof up to 111b. POSTAL NOTES. One shilling, Is 6d, 2s, 2s 6d, *d ; 3s and ss, Id ; 10s up to 20s, 2d. TELEGRAMS. Ordinary, 12 words for 6d, each succeeding word |d ; urgent, double the above rates. MONEY ORDERS. Up to £5, 3d ; above £5 to £10, 6d ; above £10 to £15, 9d ; above n £15 to £20, Is ; above £20 to £25, J 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 t<> 20s may be pro- 1 cured at the principal Money Order J Offices in New Zealand- + i BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS, All places, |d for each 2ozs. b< PATTERNS AND SAMPLES. t< Inland, not exceeding 2ozs, id ; over 2ozs, same as for other places. All other places, not exceding 4ozs, Id ; every aditional 2o7>s, id. ;

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