POSTAL INFORMATIONT.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 259, 31 October 1868, Page 4

POSTAL INFORMATIONT.

GENERAL CHARGES FOR POSTAGE. TownLetters.—Posted at any Postoffice within the Colony, for delivery at such Postoffice:— Not exceeding \oz ... ... id Over £oz, but under 10z... ... 2d Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2d Country Letters,—Posted at any Postoffice within the Colony, for delivery at any other Postoffice in the same Froviuce:— Not exceeding-Joz ... ... 2d Over £oz, 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-Joz ... ... 33 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 and West Indies, and Great Britain: Not exceeding £oz ... ... 6d Over £oz, but under 10z... ... is Every additionaloz, or fraction of oz is For India (Ceylon excepted), Penang, Singapore, China, Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Mauritius, • Natal, St. Helena, &c. Ceylon Not exceeding £oz ... ... Is 6d Over but under 10z... ... 2s ls Every additionaloz, or fraction of oz 2s ls 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 iv the Colony for delivery at any Postoffice 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, 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 place 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; audou presentation at the Postoffice window at least one 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 and Collingwood on any Money Order Office in New Zealand, Australia, Tasmania, or Great Britain and Ireland. Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 5/—6 d ... 10/t-Is Australia „ 5/—ls ... 10/ —2s Great Britain and Ireland, not exceeding — 2/— ls ... 5/—2s6d ... 71— 3s 6d ... 10/—ss The issue of Orders to any one applicant for the same payee in one day shall not exceed 252 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.