POSTAL INFORMATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 224, 21 September 1868, Page 4

PO STAL INFORMATION.

General charges for postage. Town Letters.— Posted at any Postoffice within the Colony, for' delivery at 6uch Postoffice:— : Kot exceeding J^oz ... ... id Over £oz, but under 10z... ... 2d Every additional oz, orfraction of oz 2d Country Letters.— Posted at any Postoffice within • the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice in the Bame Province: — Not exceeding £oz ... ... 2d Over loz, but under 10z... ... 4d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 4d Interprovincial Letters.— Posted at any Postoffice : within the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice within the Colony: — No exceeding _oz ... ... 34, Over £oz, but under 10z... ... 6d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 6d Intercolonial and Foreign Letters: — For Australia, Tasmania, Panama, United States, British America aud West Indies, and Great Britain: Not exceeding jjoz ... ... 6d Over soz, but under 10z... ... _ 8 Every additional oz, or fraction of oz is For India (Ceylon excepted), Penang, Singapore, China, Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Natal, St. Helena, &c. ceylok Not exceeding £oz ... ... ls 6d Over _oz, but under 10z... ... 2s ls Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2s Is For further particulars of Foreign Letter Postage, see Table of Rates at the Postoffice. Book Packets and Bankers' and Pattern Parcels, posted at any Postoffice in the Colony for delivery at any Postofhce within the Colony, or for Australian Colonies and Great Britain:— Not exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d Over 4oz, but under Boz.. ... ... 8d Every additional Boz, or fraction of Boz „, 8d Newspapers for delivery within the Colony, Australia, India, Great Britain, European Continent, P-_:ima, United. Spates, British America and West Indies... ... ... Id each For other foreign places, see Table of Rates. Registered Letters. — Any prepaid letter, newspaper, book of other packet for any place in New Zealaud, United Kingdom, British Colonies, and many foreign countries, may be registered at any Postoffice, during office hours, on payment in stamps affixed tb the letters, &c, of the required fee: and on presentation at the Postoffice window at least dne hour prior to the time for closing the mail by which it is to be forwarded. Registration Fee on letters, &c, for places within the. Colony .. ... ... 6d For Australian Colonies and Great Britain.. Is See Table of Rates at the Postoffice for Foreign Registration Fees. Money Orders. — These are issued at Nelson aud Collingwood on any Money Order Office in Now Zealaud, Australia, Tasmania, or Great Britain and Ireland. Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 51~ 6d ... 10/— Is Australia „ 5/— ls ... 10/— 2s Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding — 2/— ls ... 5l— 2s 6d ... 7/— 3s6d .-. 10/— ss The issue pf Orders to any one applicant for the same payee ih one day shall not exceed * 25/ on: Great • Britain, and- 40/ on the Australian colonies and Tasmania. Town Delivery of Letters. — Letter carriers deliver twice a day, leaving the Chief Postoffice at 9 a.m. and 2*30 p.m.