POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 16, 19 January 1914, Page 3

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. Letters and Letter Cards.— -Inland (including Cook Islands), Id for each loz. or fraction thereof, and i for each succeeding 2oz. United Kingdom, Bldtish Possessions. United States, C’hili, Costa Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexio, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies, Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Pbrts, Id for each oz. or fraction thereof; all other places 2id for the first oz. or fraction thereof, and lid for each succeeding oz. or fraction thereof.

Post Cards. —lnland, single, id ; reply, Id; all other places, single, Id; reply 2d. Printed Papers (including Books >nd Magazines, not registered).—All places, id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, id for ©very Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, id per 2oz. or fraction thereof. One end must be 'oft open. Commercial Papers. —Town (for accounts, etc., only) id for 2ozs., or Id for first 4oz. and id each succeeding ioz. Inland, Id for first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 2]d, and |d for every additional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lnland, id first 2oz. or fraction thereof: over 2oz. as for “all other places.” Allother places, Id first 4oz, every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration 2d additional for all places. 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 Soz. 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 2oz. TELEPHONES.

charges— At exchanges continuousopen—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 ax-e open nil day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. PARCEL POST, Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding—

e. a STANTON, Postmaster

N.Z. Aus ILK. s . d. b. d. 8. d. 11b 0 3 0 1 3 1 0 21b 0 4 i 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 1 0 41b 0 n 9 2 2 2 0 5lb 0 2 8 2 0 61 b 0 10* a 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 Sib 1 1* ‘ 4 2 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101I> 1 41 4 8 3 0 11 lb 1 a 6 8 0 0