POSTAL INFORMATION.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 43, 14 September 1918, Page 2

POSTAL INFORMATION.

POSTAL RATES. letters and Lei,ter Cards.—lnland including Conk Islands), Id for each toz. or fraction tfiereof, and id foi Hiich succeeding 2oz, United Kingdom, British possession. United States, Chili,iCosta Rica, Egypt, Italy, Mexico, Nicaragua, Nigeria. Peru, Pago Pago, Paraguay, Portugal, and Portuguese Colonies Siam, Scrvia. and Postal Agencies in Chinese Treaty Ports, Id for eao/,. or fraction thereof; all other p. ,ces 2)d for the (list oz. or fraction tneieof, and lid for each suceeding oz. or fraction thereof. Including War Tax id additional. Post Cards —lnland, single Id ; all other places, single Ijd. Printed Papers (including Books and Magazines, not registered).—All places Id per 2oz. Magazines (rogis tered), inland, J-d for every Boz. or fraction thereof. K.reign, Id per 2o;. or fracton thereof. One end must be left open. Including War Tax id additional. Commercial Papers.- Totyn (for accounts, etc., only) 1 for 2ozs, or lid or first 40z., and id each succeeding 2oz. Inland, lid or first 40z., and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places lOoz. 3d and id for every additional 2oz (Open for inspection). Pattern and Sample Packets.—ln land, Id, first 2oz. or fraction thereof ; over 2oz. as for “all other places.” All other places Ijd first 40z., every additional 2oz. or fraction id. Registration, —2d additional for all places. War Tax.—id additional, is included in all the above. Newspapers. —Town and Inland, id each, United Kingdom. Australia, (Jan ada, 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 at rate of Id for first loz, and id for each succeeding 2oz. All other places Id each under 4oz. and id each, extra 2oz. TELEPHONES. Telephone Exchanges at Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin, Invecargill, Napier. Hastings, Palmerston North, and Wanganui are open all day and all night. The other Exchanges chiefly from 9 a.m. and 5 p.m money orders, plus telegraph charge annual charge of £h. Charges. — At Exchange continuous ly open—Business establishments, £7, private residences £5 per annum. Exchanges not continuously open, £5 per annum. PARCEL POST. Parcels posted in the Dominion for delivery in New Zealand, not exceeding:—

N.Z AUS. U.K. 8. d 8. d. s d. 11b 0 3 0 8 1 0 21b 0 4i 1 2 1 0 31b 0 6 1 8 . 1 0 41b 0 74 2 2 2 0 61b 0 9 2 8 2 0 61b 0 1 04 . 3 2 2 0 71b 1 0 3 8 2 0 81b 1 14 4 a 3 0 91b 1 3 4 8 3 0 101b 1 44 4 8 3 0 111b 1 6 6 0 3 0 id additional war tax required Oil each parcel.