POSTAL INFORMATION.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLII, Issue 170, 20 July 1908, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

LETTERS AND LETTER CARDS.

' Letters within New Zealand, Id for the first 4oz oivfi^ntioh thereof, and id ior each succeeding 2o*s or fractjon-thereof. For United States of America, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof (to 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, 2id for each oz. and lid for each succeeding oz. POST CARDS. Inland, single id, reply Id ; all other places, single Id, reply 2d. NETvoFaPJGKS. Within the Dominion, id for each newspaper ; lo Australia, South Sea ! Islands, Canada, etc. each newspaper, Id ; to United Kingdom, Id by direct steamer, by other routes Id for first Boz. and id each additional 2oz. To other; countries, for ;ij *m? t 4oz-.ld> each additional 2oz. 3d. 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. I MAGAZINES. Magazines (not registered), all places id each 2oz. Magazines (registered), within the Dominion, Id for each 16ozs or fraction thereof • Australia (except Queensland and West Australia), under 2ozs, id • 2ozs to 80as. Id ; each additional 4ozs, id ; Queensland, West Australia, and other places, id each 2oz COMMERCIAL PAPERS. Town (for accounts, etc., only), *d if not exceeding ioz, or Id for first 4ozs and id for each succeeding 2oz Inland, Id for first 4ozs, and id for each 1 succeeding 2ozs. All other places 2§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 issues reply coupons on payment of a fee of 3d. These coupons may be exchanged for a postage stamp of the value of 2id 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 jts due receipt on payment in advance of 2id.. ■ " PARCEL POST. Maxmum weight, 111b ; greatest length, 3ft 6in ; greatest length and girth combined, 6ft. Inland, 4d for Irst lb, and 2d for each, succeeding lb or fraction thereof. United King^ dom, not. exceeding 31b, Is ; not exceeding 71b, 2s ; not exceeding 111b, 3s. Australian States, 8d for arst lb, and 6d for each succeeding lb or fraction thereof up to 111b. MONEY ORDERS. Up to £5, 3d ; 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 OfEess in New Zealand. BOOKS AND PRINTED PAPERS All places, id for each 2oza. PATTERNS AND SAMPLES. Inland, not exceeding 2ozs, Jd r over 2ozs, same as for other places Ad other places, not exceding 4ozs. j.vi ; every aditional 2ozs. Id. POSTAL NOTES. One shilling, Is 6d, 2s>2s 6d, id r 3s and ss, Id ; 10s up to 20s s 2d TELEGRAMS. Ordinary, 12 words for 6d, each