POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 20, 24 September 1913, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters snd Letter Cards—inland, including Oook Islands, Id for each 4oz or fraction thereof, and id Tor oach succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, British Possessions, United States, -Dhili. 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 j all other places 2Jd for the first oz. or fraction tnereoft and lsd for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof. Pott Card*—lnland, tingle, id; reply, Id; all other places, tingle, 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 left opea. Commerolil Papers—-Town (for accounts, etc., only), id for 2ozs, or Id for first 4oz and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, Id for first 4oz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other Dlaces lOoz 2id, and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Newspapers,—Town asd Inland, id aaeh. United Eingdom, Australia, Canada, Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal. Orange River, South Sea Islands, and Transvaal, Id each paper, [f undei Boz sent iv first available route; ovei Boz sent by direct steamer only, un* loss specially addressed and paid at rate of Id for first 4oz and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each undo!' 4oz and id eacl extra 2oz. Pattern and Sample Packets.—-In-land, Jd first 2oz or fraction thereof; over 2oz as for "all other places." All places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for all places. TELEPHONES. Charges.— A.t excnanges continuous. ly open—Business establishments, £7; private residences, £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, an equal charge of £6. Telephone Exchange* at Auckland. Wellington, Christchtirch, Dur«'lin, [nvercargill, Napier. Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanpranui ere oppu all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 to 5 p.m.