POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXII, Issue 55, 29 February 1912, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards. —Inland, including Cook Islands, Id for each 4oz or traction thereof, and for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, Chili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago 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 2£d for the first oz. or fraction taereof, and l£d for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards.—lnland, single, £d; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. 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 Ja for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each. United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal, Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper. If under Boz sent by first available route; over Boz sent by direct steamer only, unless specially addressed and paid af rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4ez and Jd eacl extra 2oz Pattern and Sample Packets. —Inland;. 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 exceeding—

Money Orders. (By Post). —Payable in New Zealand, for each £5 or fraction of £5, 3d. Commonwealth, Fiji, Samoa, and Tonga, £2, 6d; £5, Is; £7, Is 6d; £lO, 2s; £l2, 2s 6d; £ls, 3s; £l7, 3s 6d ; £2O, 4s; maximum, £4O. United Kingdom, British Possessions, Canada, United States, Hawaii, and Germany, 3d for each £1 or.fraction thereof. (By Telegraph).— Within New Zealand, 3d for every £5 or fraction of £5, and a telegraph fecof 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 Auckland, 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 p.m. TELEGRAPHIC RATES. For 12 words or less, including address and signature— Ordinary Telegrams, 6d, and £d for each additional word. Urgent Telegrams, Is, and Id for each additional word. Telegrams to be repeated will be charged halfrates in addition to the above.

CABLE RATES. s. d. Australian States 0 4Jd per word Fiji 0 /8 „ Norfolk Island ... O’ 3 ~ United States 2 4to 2 8 „ Cape Colony 2 7 ~ United Kingdom 3 0 ~ (Signature and address counted as Dart of message.) 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 6d; for every additional £SO, or part of £SO. 2s. 6d. MAIL NOTICES. Mails close at the 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, 6 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, 6 p.m. Huiroa—Daily. 6 p.m. Hurimoana—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 p.m. Inglewood—Daily, 8,10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 p.m. Kaponga—Daily, 3.25 p.m, Kiore—Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, 6 p.m. Kohuratahi—Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday, 6 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. i Makahu—Thursday and Saturday, 6

p.m. Midhirst—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m., and 6 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, 0 p.m. Puniwhakau—Tuesdays and Satiudays, 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, 6 p.m. Tahora—Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, 6. p.m. Tariki—Daily, 8.10 a.m., 2.30 p.m.,

and 6 p.m. Taurakawa—Tuesday and Saturday,

10 a.m. Te Wera—Daily, 6 p.m, Toko—Daily, o p.m.; also, Tuesday and Saturday, 10 a.m. Tututawa—Tuesday 'qpd Saturday, 10 a.m.; Wednesday(s 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. Gr. STANTON, Postmaster.

N.Z. Aus. U.K. 8. d. s. d. s. d. 11b ... 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 c 61b. ... 1 2 3 2 2 0 71b. ... 1 4 3 8 2 c 81b. ... 1 6 4 2 3 c 91b. ... 1 8 4 8 3 0 101b. ... 1 10 5 2 3 c 111b. ... 2 0 5 8 3 c