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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

SCHEDULE.

RATES OF POSTAGE CHARGEABLE ON LETTERS, NEWSPAPERS, BOOK PACKETS, ETC., POSTED IN NEW ZEALAND.

Given under the hand of His Excellency the Most Honorable George Augustus Constantine,
Marquis of Normanby, Earl of Mulgrave, Viscount Normanby, and Baron Mulgrave of
Mulgrave, all in the County of York, in the Peerage of the United Kingdom; and Baron
Mulgrave of New Ross, in the County of Wexford, in the Peerage of Ireland; a Member
of Her Majesty's Most Honorable Privy Council; Knight Grand Cross of the Most
Distinguished Order of Saint Michael and Saint George; Governor and Commander-in-
Chief in and over Her Majesty's Colony of New Zealand and its Dependencies, and Vice-
Admiral of the same; and issued under the Seal of the said Colony, at the Government
House, at Wellington, this fourteenth day of September, in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.

Approved in Council—

FORSTER GORING,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

J. T. FISHER.

GOD SAVE THE QUEEN!

Regulations Establishing an Inland Pattern and
Sample and Parcel Post; also Extending the In-
land Book Post System; and also fresh Regula-
tions for the Registration, and the Transmission
by Post, of Newspapers and Trade Circulars.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 14th September, 1878.

THE following regulations, establishing an Inland
Pattern and Sample and Parcel Post; also
extending the regulations of the Inland Book Post;
and also providing for the registration, and trans-
mission by post, of Newspapers and Trade Circulars,
are published for general information.

The Inland Pattern and Sample and Parcel Post,
and the Inland Book Post regulations, only apply to
articles posted for transmission to places within the
colony. The regulations governing the transmission
of Book Packets and Pattern and Sample Parcels to
places without the colony, are also published, so as to
prevent misconception on the part of the public.
These regulations have had force as from the 1st
September instant.

By order.

W. GRAY,
Secretary.

INLAND PATTERN AND SAMPLE AND PARCEL POST.
The regulations prohibiting any complete article having a
value of its own, parcels of goods sent for sale, or in execution
of an order (however small the quantity), and also articles sent
by one private individual to another, which were not actually
patterns or samples, being sent by pattern and sample post, are
hereby repealed.

Every article of merchandise, whether raw or manufactured,
and of a character not likely to injure the contents of the mail
bags, or to do bodily harm to any officer of the Post Office, is
now accepted, under the regulations of the inland pattern and
sample and parcel post.

The following are the rules of the inland pattern and sample
and parcel post:—

(1.) A pattern sample or parcel packet may contain pat-
terns, samples, or articles of merchandise, goods sent for
sale or in execution of an order, or any articles sent by
one private individual to another; seeds, cuttings, bulbs,
roots, and scions may also be forwarded.

(2.) The postage is one penny not exceeding two ounces;
twopence not exceeding four ounces; and one penny for
every additional two ounces or fraction of two ounces.

(3.) No packet must exceed two feet in length or one foot
in width or depth, nor must it exceed five pounds in
weight; any packet exceeding that weight will be sent
to the Dead Letter Office.

(4.) There must be no writing or 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 and the nature of the contents, a trade mark and
numbers, and the prices of the articles, otherwise the
packet will be charged double letter postage. The name
and address of the sender of any parcel should invariably
be given, so that, if for any reason the packet cannot be
forwarded or delivered, it may be returned to the sender.

(5.) There must be no enclosure other than the articles
themselves. The particulars which are allowed to be
furnished under the preceding rule, as to the trade
marks and numbers, and the prices of the articles, must
in all cases be given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on
small labels attached to the articles or the bags con-
taining them. Should this rule be infringed, the packet
will be charged double letter postage.

(6.) A pattern, sample, or parcel packet must be sent in
stout and durable covers, open at the ends, so as to be
easy of examination. Seeds, drugs, &c., may be enclosed
in tin boxes, or in bags of linen, or other material, fas-
tened in such a manner that they may be readily opened,
or in the case of seeds in bags entirely closed, provided
that they are transparent, so that the officers of the
department may be able to satisfy themselves as to the
nature of the contents. If this rule be infringed, the
packet will be charged double letter postage.

(7.) Insufficiently paid packets will be treated as described
in section 10 of the Inland Book Post Regulations.

(8.) In order to prevent any interruption to the regular
transmission of letters, any packet may, when it is neces-
sary, be kept back by any Postmaster until the following
despatch.