A HINT TO PUBLISHERS.
[TO Till EDITOR OF TUN “srscreTon...] have just been looking over the thirty pages. of advertisements of books in your issue of December 1.4th, 1907, and although in the large majority of them the price is given, in not one is there any mention of the cost of postage or carriage to the Colonies. May I be allowed to - recommend to your advertisers the careful perusal of the inscription on King Edwaed VII.'s coins : Britt : °Inn : Rex, and to ask them why they neglect to notice in any way the mere existence of Britt : omn ? Apparently they think that their customers will be confined to residents of the United Kingdom. Now ,there are several books in the list that I should like to have, but in order to get them I must either order them through a bookseller here, in which case I must pay 25 per cent. on the selling-price, or even more, for a sixpenny magazine costs ninepeuce, or order them from the publisher in London. In the latter case, how much must I remit in order to cover the cost of postage or carriage P I have no idea. If I write to ask, the promptest reply will not reach me under three months; then I must wait another three. months for the book, even if the publisher sends it by return mail.—I
am, Sir, &c., AN ENGLISHMAN LONG RESIDENT IN NEW ZEALAND.
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