POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXV, Issue 75, 26 February 1918, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL BATES. Letters and Letter Cards.—lnland including Cook Islands), Id for each 4oz. or traction thereof, and id for each succeeding 2oz, United Kingdom, British possession United Sta'ces, oiuli, Costa Rica, Ep>pt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colomeß Siam, Servia, and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Purts, Id for each ok. or fraction thereof; aIJ other places 2£d for the first 07.. or fraction thereof, and lid for each suceeding oss. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax \d additional.

Host Cards.—lnland, single Id ; all other places, single l£d. Printed Papers (including Books jild Magazines, not registered).—All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (registered), inland, £d tor every Boz. or fraction thereof. Foreign, Id per 2oz or fracton thereof. One end must he left open. Including War Tax Jd additional.

Commerical Papers. —Town (for ac-,-omits, etc., only) 1 for 2ozs, or or first 40z., and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, lid or first 40z., and id ior each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 3d and id fur every ad ditional 2oz. (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—lt land, Id first 2nz. or fraction thereof, over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All othe r places lid first 40z., every d ll ions I 2oz or fraction id. Registration.—2d additional for an places. War Tax.—id additional, is included in all the above. Newspapers.—Town and Inland, id each, Hidled Kingdom Australia, Cat ada. Ceylon, India, Jamaica, Natal Orange‘River. Smith Sen Islands, amt t’ransvaal Id each paper. If nndei v„; sent by first available route; >ei 'oz. sent ly direct steamer only ; mi-,,-ss specially addressed and paid at cate of Id for first 4oz, and i<l for each succeeding 2oz All other places I<* ■ach under 4o?. and )d each extra 2oy TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, VVt M ngton, Christchurch, Dunedin, invecargill, Napier. Hastings, Palm .-•rsfon North, and Wanganui are open all day and nil night. The other Ex changes chiefly from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m money orders, plus telegraph charge ininial charge of £5. Charges.— At Exchange continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7, private residences £5 per annniiK Exchanges nob continuously open, £o per annum. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion feu delivery in New Zealand, not exceed ing _ __ . n

I III) I , H additional war tax required ou a Money' Orders. tßy £ ay * ible in New Zealand for each £5 or Vactiou of £5. 3d Commor wealth, ■■'iii, Samoa, and Tonga, £2. od , to, M . £7 U fid; £lO, 2s; £l2 2s 'id; •Ifl £l7. 3s Gd. £2O. 4s; mas»nmu £4O United Kingdom, gritisn iW«*«ionn. Onicda United States flawaii and Germany. 3d for ereli ,r fraction thereof (\U Telegraph' •Vithin New Zealand, 3d for every £o , traction of £5, and a telegraph fee ,f is—Australia, at rate specihe. ihove with additional 4id per woid or telegram of adviee and delivery »p fid CABLE RATES.

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