POSTAL REGULATIONS.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVI, Issue 13, 16 January 1912, Page 2

POSTAL REGULATIONS.

RATES OF POSTAGE

Letters and - Letter-cards.—lnland, including Cook Islands, etc., Id fo* fche first 4oz. or fraction thereof ; anil* |d' for* each succeeding 2oz. Unittd* Kingdom, British Possessions, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico,, Nicaragua, Peru, Paraguay, Portugal and Portuguese Colonies, Servia, Siam, some China. Ports, and Pag©< Pago, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof | all r tNr places, 2id for th*> first oztor fraction thereof, and l|d for each auceeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post-Cards—lnland, single $d } reply, Id. All othre places, single l<f; reply 2d. Books and Printed Papers—All. places,, id for each 2oz. or fraction thereof. '■ '

Commercial Papers—Town, id if not> exceeding J o^., or. Id for the first # oz. and id for each succeeding 2 oz, ; Inland, Id for the first 4oz. or leee, and |d for each succeeding 2 oa : Australia and all other places, 20 for the ret 10 bz., and id for eadb succeeding 2 oz. or fraction thereof. Patterns; and ; Sample Packets— Inland, id first' 2oz. or fraction their*of ; over 2 oz., as for •'all other places" j all other places, first 4 ob. Id, every additional 2 oz. |d". ' Newspapers-jTown and Inland, Id each ; Australia and South Sea' &• lands,, Canada, India, Ceylon, Natal, Jamaica, Transvaal, Orange Kiver, Id, each ; for United Kingdom, Id each' paper ; all other countries, Id each if not exceeding 4 oz., and §<J for each additional 2 oz.^er fraction thereof. Parcels—lnland, 4d for the firrt lib., and 2d for each succeeding lib. ; Australian States, 8d for the first lib., and 6d for each succeeding 11© j /or United Kingdom, Is up to Slfc. 2s up to 71bs, 3s up to lllbs ; for til flth«r countries the charges vary. Registration—By prepayment of » fee or 2d in addition to the full postage any letter, newspaper, book, or other packet may be registered to any place in the world. Parcels cannot be registered beyond the colony except to U.S.A. POST-CARDS. Inland.—Single, id ; reply, Id. All other places, single, Id ; reply, 2d Post-cards must be sent unclosed. Excepting stamps for prepayment and an address-label, nothing whatever may be joined or attached to» post-card for a place beyond th« d>lony. For delivery within the Colosy receipt-stamps or slips of paper »r.ay be affixed to post-cards.-Reply Cards.—The reply half of » post-card received from any place outside of the colony can be sent without extra charge only to the country in tfhich it originated ; and must have been received attached to the corresponding half. Each of the two halves must fulfil the conditions laid down for single post-cards ; one half is doubled over the other 5 and th«y must not be closed up in any manner; whatsoever

Private Cards.—Private cards, including pictorial cards, bearing adhesive stamps may also, be used aa post- cards. They must be composed of ordinary cardboard not thicker than that used for post-cards of tha post-card patterfr. The size must not' be more than s&in. by, 3Jin., and not less than 4£in. by 2|in. For inland transmission the cards may *be entirely plain ; but for transmission to places Tbeybnd the colony reply cards must bear the words, " Post-card with Reply Paid," and " Post-card Repljr." To other than English-speaking countries these words must appear in Trench, " Carte Postale avec Reponse Payee," "Carte Postale—Reponse." They^ are otherwise treated like officially-issued post-cards. Private cards will be received from \hm public, and impressed with the penny postage,-stamp. The rates for* such impressing are—£d envelopes (3jia. s s|in-), 7sd doz. ; Id envelopes, unguiamed (3fin. x 6in.), Is fdr 11 ;Id envelopes, ungummed (4£in. s sJin.), Is for 11. GENERAL REGULATIONS. Letters—Letters not fully prepaid or posted wholly unpaid are qharged double the deficiency at the prepaid rate on delivery. No letter may 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.