POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 39, 10 February 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— lnland, including Cook islands. Id lor each 4.0 z or fraction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, I ago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id lor the first oz. or fraction tuereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. . Post CatdS.— lnland, single, id; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply Aid. . Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered). All places, id per 2oz; Magazines (registered), inland, id for every Boz or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz or fraction thereof. One end must be left open. Commercial Papers —Town (for accounts, etc., only), id per ioz., or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first ~4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every adclitional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.— Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, ami Transvaal, Id each paper. If undei Soz sent by first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz.- All other places Id each under 4oz and id each extra ioz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for “all other places. All other places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration. —2d additional for all places. • PARCEL POST. Parcels.posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceed-

Money Orders. '(By Post). —Payable in Now Zealand, for each £5 infraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, Gd; £o, is; £7, Is Gd; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s Gd; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s (id; £2O, 4s;maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or fraction thereof. (Bv Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £o or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fee of Is. Australia, at rate of postal money orders, plus telegraph charge. TELEPHONES. Charges. —At exchanges continuously open—Business establishments, £7 ; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £5. Telephone Exchanges at Aucklansl, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invercargill, Napier, Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9-to 5 J>.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, Gd, and id for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams,'' Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to bo repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above, ' CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4*d per word Fiji ... ... 0 8 „ ■ Norfolk Island ... 0 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as part of messaae.) STAMP DUTIES. Receipt or Discharge (for £2 or Over), Id. Agreement (other than Lease), where the matter thereof is of the value of £2O or upwards. Is. Lease or Agreement for Lease, where the rent does not exceed £SO, 2s Gd; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO, 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at tire Post Office, Stratford, as under : For— Auckland —Daily, 8.10 a.m.; also, Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, at 6 p.m. Cardiff —Daily, 3.25 p.m. Douglas—Daily, G p.m. Eltham—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawera—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Hawke’s Bay—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Huiakama —Daily, G p.m. Uuiroa—Daily, 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. Kaponga— -Daily, 3.25 p.m. Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, G p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Lowgarth—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 3.25 p.m. Mahoe—Daily, 3.25 p.m. Main Trunk—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Makaliu- -Thursday and Saturday, 6 p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. New Plymouth—Dally, 8.10 a.m., 1 p.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Ngaire—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Normanby—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Palmerston North—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Pohokura—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, G p.m. Puniwhakau —Tuesdays and Satu. days, 10 a.m.; and Wednesdays, 6 p.m. Rowan—Daily, 3.25 p.m. South Island—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Strathmore—Daily, G p.m. I'ahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6 p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and G p.m. , Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m. Toko—Daily, G p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa —Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday 6 p.m. Wairarapa—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Waitara—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Wanganui—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m 2.30 p.m and 6 p.m. Wellington—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 9.30 a.m., and 2.30 p.m. Whangamomona—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. S. G. STANTON, Postmaster

nig— N.Z. Aus. U.K. s. d. s. d. s. d. lib 0 4 0 8 1 0 21b 0 6 1 2 1 0 31b. 0 8 1 8 1 0 41b. 0 10 2 2 2 0 51b. 1 0 2 8 2 0 (31b. 1 2 3 2 2 0 71b. 1 4 3 8 2 0 81b. 1 6 4 2 3 0 91b. 1 8 4 8 3 0 101b. 1 10 5 2 3 0 111b. 2 0 5 8 3 0