POSTAL INFOORMATION.
GENERAL CHAKGE3 FOR POSTAGE.' Town Letters. — Posted at any Postoßice within the Colony, for delivery tit sucli Postoffice: — JNot exceeding £oz ... .... Id Over ioz, but undyr 10z... ... 2d Ever} additional oz, or fraction of oz 2d Country Letters. — Posted at any Pobtoffice within tiie Colony, ior delivery at any oilier PostolUce in the same Province: — Not exceeding ... ... 2d Over ioz, but under 10z... ... 4d' Every aduiiional oz, or fraction of oz 4d Interproviiicial Letters. — Posted at any Postoffice vhliiu the Colony, for delivery at any other Poitotliee wiihiu Uie Colony: — Is ; o exceeding 1 -Joz ... ... 3d Over hj,K)Z, but under 10z.., ... 6d Every additional oz, or iraction of oz 6d Intercolonial and Foreign Letters: — Eor Australia, Tasmania, Panama, United States, Uritisli America avid West ludies, and uruat Britain: — JiSot exceeding }/m ... ... 6d Over |oz, but under 10z... ... Is Every additional oz, cr fraction of oz Is For India (.Ceylon excepted), Ponahy, Singapore, China, Japan, Cape of Good Hope, Mnuricius Natal, St. Helena, &c. CJiYLON Not exceeding iuz ... ... Is 6d Over soz, but under 10z... ... 2s Is Every additional oz, or fraction of oz 2s Is For further particulars of Foreign Letter Postage, see Table of Kates at the Postoffice.
Book Packets and bankers' and Pattern Parcels, posted at any i\.is>U>ince in the Colony for delivery sit any Postollice within the Colony, or for Australian Colonies and Great Britain: — Not exceeding 4oz ... ... ... 4d Over 4oz, but under Boz.. ... ... 8d Every additional Boz, or fractiuu 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 Hates.
Letters. — Any prepaid letter, news* paper, book or other packet for any place in New Zealand, United Kingdom, British Coionies, and many foreign countries, may be registered at any PosioLhce, during ollice hours, on payment in stamps affixed to the letters, &c, of the required fee; and on presentation at the Postolh'oe window at least one huur prior to the time for closing the mail by which it is to be forwarded. Registration ifee on letters, &c, for places within the Colony .. .... ... 6d For Australian Colonies and Great Britain.. Is bee Table of iuites at the Postorh'ee for Jb'oreign Registration Fees.
Money Orders. — These are issued at Nelson and Collingwood on any Money Order Office in H^r Zealand, Auscralia, Tasmania, or Great Britain and Ireland. Commission on Orders payable at following places: — New Zealand, not exceeding 5/ — 6d ... 10/— Is Australia „ 5/ — is ... 10/ — 2s Great Jiritain and Ireland, not exceeding — •2.1 — is ... 5/— 2s6d ... ~i — 3s kd ... 10/— ss The issue of Orders to any one applicant for the same payee in one day shall not exceed 25/ on Great Britain, mid 40/ on the Australian colonies and Tasmania.
Town De'ivery of Letters. — Letter carriers deliver twice a day, leaving the Chief Postolßce at 9 a.m. and 230 p.m.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 302, 22 December 1868, Page 4
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488POSTAL INFOORMATION. Nelson Evening Mail, Volume III, Issue 302, 22 December 1868, Page 4
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