THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 303

dated stamp, both on their despatch and arrival,
in the same manner as letters.

43. All photographs, drawings, prints, or other
    things which are obviously of an obscene character,
    and which have been posted as book-packets, must
    be detained and forwarded to the Dead Letter
    Office.

44. To prevent obstacles to the regular trans-
    mission of letters by any overland mail, a
    Postmaster may when necessary delay forwarding
    book-packets until the despatch of the mail next
    after that by which they ought otherwise to have
    been forwarded.

V.-NEWSPAPERS.

45. All Newspapers and Trade Circulars pub-
    lished in the Colony, and registered at the General
    Post Office for transmission by post, may either
    be forwarded like other printed matter under the
    regulations of the book post, or may be trans-
    mitted within the Colony on payment of a postage
    rate of one penny each in postage stamps, and to
    places beyond the Colony at the rates set forth
    in the Postal Guide, under the following regu-
    lations :--

The title and date of the newspaper must be printed at the
top of every page.
It must have either no cover, or a cover open at the ends.
It must not contain any enclosures, nor any writing or
other mark thereon beyond the name and address of
the person to whom it is sent, nor anything on the
cover but such name and address, the printed title of
the newspaper, and the printed name and address of
the publisher or vendor who sends it.

46. If a newspaper addressed to any place
    within the Colony be found to contain writing or
    any enclosure, it must be forwarded to its destina-
    tion charged according to its weight, with the full
    rate of letter postage from the country where it
    originated, and the postage brought to account
    in the same manner as ordinary surcharge postage;
    but if such newspaper be addressed to any place
    beyond the Colony it must be detained, and in
    due course sent to the Dead Letter Office.

47. Newspapers re-directed from one Post Office
    to another within the Colony may be transmitted
    accordingly, but are chargeable with a fresh
    newspaper rate of one penny each, and may be
    paid either on re-direction or delivery.

48. Every Postmaster must do his best to
    protect the revenue by examining newspapers
    passing through his office, and in all cases of
    fraud or non-compliance with these regulations
    they must be treated in the manner above
    described.

VI. PATTERN AND SAMPLE POST.

49. Packets of patterns and samples may be
    transmitted by post to places within the Colony,
    to the United Kingdom, the Australian Colonies,
    and some foreign countries, as enumerated in,
    and at the rates of postage set forth in the
    "New Zealand Postal Guide," under the following
    regulations :--

No packet must exceed twenty-four ounces in weight;
there must be no writing nor printing on the packet
or its cover, in addition to the address of the person
for whom the packet is intended, except the address of
the sender, or trademark and numbers, and the prices
of the articles, otherwise the packet must be treated as
a letter. There must be no enclosure other than the
samples themselves, and these must be sent in covers
open at the ends, so as to be easy of examination.
Samples however of seeds, &c., may be enclosed in
boxes, or in bags of linen or other materials, if fastened
in such a manner that they may be readily opened.
Any packet which may be made up in such a manner
that its contents cannot be ascertained without diffi-
culty must be treated as a letter.

50. If a packet of patterns or samples be posted
    altogether unpaid, or insufficiently paid, it must be
    treated in the manner described in Rule 31.

51. In order to prevent any interruption to
    the regular transmission of letters by overland
    mails, a Postmaster may, if necessary, delay for-
    warding pattern and sample packets until the
    despatch of the mail next after that by which
    they ought otherwise to have been forwarded.

52. The rule which forbids the transmission
    through the post of any article which might
    injure the contents of the mail bags or the officers
    of the Post Office, is so far relaxed as to permit
    the transmission of scissors, knives, razors, forks,
    steel pens, nails, keys, watch machinery, metal
    tubing, pieces of metal ore, and such like, as
    samples, provided that they be packed and guarded
    in so secure a manner as to afford complete pro-
    tection to the contents of the mail bags and the
    officers of the Post Office, while at the same time
    the samples may be easily examined. If any
    packet containing such articles as these be posted
    which is found not to be sufficiently guarded, it
    must be stopped, and the Postmaster must report
    the circumstance to the Secretary.

VII.-BANKERS' PARCEL POST.

53. Bankers' parcels, containing only bank
    notes, orders, bills, promissory notes, cheques,
    pass-books, or bank returns, sent by or to any
    bank or banker within the Colony, may be trans-
    mitted by post at the same rates of postage as
    book-packets, under the following regulations :---

They must be securely closed and sealed, and must contain
no letter, nor communication of the nature of a letter.
In addition to the address, they must bear the words
"bankers parcel without letter," and be subscribed
with the name and address of the sender.

54. In cases where these regulations are not
    complied with the parcels must be treated as
    letters.

55. If a parcel be posted purporting to be a
    banker's parcel, and addressed to any place without
    the Colony, it must be treated as a letter, and in
    the manner described in Rule 31.

VIII. REGISTRATION.

56. Any prepaid letter, newspaper, book, or
    other packet addressed to places within New
    Zealand, the United Kingdom, the British Colonies,
    and many foreign countries, may be registered on
    payment in stamps affixed to the letter, &c., of
    the fee as set forth in the "New Zealand Postal
    Guide."

57. A registered letter, when re-directed to any
    place within the Colony, is not liable to any
    further charge than an ordinary re-directed letter.
    If however a registered letter be re-directed to any
    place without the Colony, the second postage and
    registration fee must be prepaid.

58. The Post Office does not guarantee the safe
    delivery of a registered letter, though its officers
    are of course responsible to the Postmaster-
    General, who will call to strict account any one
    who neglects his duty in this matter, and will
    determine those cases in which any loss is to be
    made good by the officer in fault, or, if the error