POSTAL INFORMATION.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 228, 25 September 1868, Page 4

POSTAL INFORMATION.

GENERAL CHARGES FOB POSTAGE. TownLetters. — Posted at any Postoffice within the Colony, for delivery at such Postuffice: — Not exeeiding £oz ... ... id Over £oz, bus under 10z... ... 2d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2d Country Letters. — Posted at any Po&toflk-e within the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice in the same Province: — Not exceeding £uz ... ... 2d Over |oz, but under 10z... ... 4d Every additional uz, or fraction of c:z 4d Interprovincial Letters.— Posted at any Postoffice wiilim the Colony, for delivery at any other Postotfice within the Colony;— No exceeding Joz ... ... 3d Over £oz, but under 10z... ... Qd Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 6d Intercolonial and Foreign Letters: — For Australia, Tasmania. Panama, United States, British America and West Indies, and Great Britain: Not exceeding ±oz ... ... 6d .Over §oz, but under 10z... ... i a Every additional oz, or fraction of oz Is For India (Ceylon exeepted), Penang, .Singapore, China, Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, Natal, Hi. Helena, &c. ckylon Not exceeding £oz ... ... is gd * Over £oz, but under 10z... ... 2s is Every additional oz , or fraction of oz 2s is For further particulars of Foreign Letter Postage, see Table of Hates at the Postoffice. Book Packets and Bankers' and Pattern Parcels, posted at any Postoffice in the Colony for delivery at any Postodice within the Colony, or for Australian Colonies and Great JBritain: Not exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d Over 4oz, but under Boz.. ... ... 8d Every additional Boz, or fraction of Soz ... 8d Newspapers for delivery within the Colony, Australia, India, Great Britain, European Continent, Panama, United States, British America and West Indies... ... ... id each For other foreign places, see Table of Rates. Registered Letters.— Any prepaid letter, newspaper, book or other packet for any plac-e in New Zealand, United Kingdom, British Colonies, and mauy foreign countries, may be registered at any Postoffice, during office hours, on payment in stamps affixed to the letters, &c, of the required fee; and on presentation at the PostolSee window at least one hour prior to the time for closing the mail by which it is to be forwarded. Registration Fee oa letters, &c., for places within the Colony .. ... ... sd 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 and Collingwood on any Money Urder Office in Nkw Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, or Great Britain aud Ireland. Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 5/ — 6d ... 10/ — Is Australia „ 5/ — Is ... 10/ — 2s Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding — 2l— is ... 5/— 2s6d ... 71— 3s Gd ... 10/—SS The issue of Orders to any one applicant for the same payee in one day shall not exceed 25/ on Great Britain, aud 40/ on the Australian colonies aud Tasmania. Town Delivery of Letters. — Letter carriers deliver twice a day, leaving the Chief Postoffice at 9 a.m. and 230 p.m.