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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.

must be a genuine supplement, that is, matter supplied
in order to complete that to which it is added or supple-
mented, but left out of the regular issue for want of
space, time, or greater convenience. As used in relation
to newspapers, a supplement is held to be matter proper
to be inserted in the newspaper to which it is supplied,
but has not been for want of space, or want of time, or
because it is more convenient regarding space or time, or
either, that it should be printed on a separate sheet.
2. A newspaper must not contain any enclosures other than
the supplement or supplements proper to the newspaper, nor
any writing or other mark thereon, beyond the name and ad-
dress of the person to whom it is sent, nor anything on the
cover but the name and address, the printed title of the news-
paper, and the printed name and address of the publisher or
vendor who sends it. Insets, advertising sheets, or handbills
placed between the pages of newspapers, but having no connec-
tion with such publications as properly parts thereof, will subject
the entire packages to letter rates of postage.
3. If a newspaper addressed to any place within the colony
be found to contain writing or any enclosure, it must be for-
warded to its destination charged according to its weight, with
the full rate of letter postage from the country where it origi-
nated; 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.
4. If more than one newspaper be enclosed in a packet ad-
dressed to any place within the colony, and for which the full
amount of postage has not been paid, a charge of one penny
must be made for each extra newspaper enclosed. Packets of
newspapers posted for places beyond the colony not fully pre-
paid must be detained.
5. Newspapers posted in pillar-boxes, which are intended for
the receipt of letters only, must, if addressed to places within
the colony, be sent on charged a single rate of one halfpenny;
but if for places beyond the colony, they must be detained for
one month in case of inquiry, and then destroyed.
6. Newspapers, if posted in single numbers, addressed to the
Manager, Keeper, Clerk, Secretary, Librarian, or other person
having the charge of any Athenæum, Mechanics' Institute,
Hospital, Public Library, or Lunatic Asylum in the colony, are
permitted to pass through the post, and to be delivered free of
postage.
7. Newspapers, whether originating in the colony or beyond
the colony, 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 halfpenny each, which may
be paid either on re-direction or delivery.
8. "Newspaper exchanges" (i.e., newspapers exchanged
between newspaper offices) are permitted to pass through the
post free of postage, if posted in single numbers, from any news-
paper office within the colony and addressed to the Editor,
Proprietor, Publisher, or Manager of any newspaper published
in the colony, and are properly franked. The title of the news-
paper, and the words "Newspaper Exchange only," must be
written or printed on each cover above the address; and the
frank or certificate of exchange must be signed by the authorized
person, either by affixing his signature, or a fac-simile thereof
by means of an autograph stamp. Newspaper exchanges not
posted in accordance with the foregoing rules will be charged
full letter rates.

TRADE CIRCULARS AND PRICES CURRENT.

Trade Circulars and Prices Current, published in the colony
and registered for transmission by post, may be forwarded to
any place within the colony, to Australia, Tasmania, India, the
United Kingdom (unless sent via Brindisi), for one penny each.
Trade circulars and prices current embrace printed or
lithographed stock and share lists and market reports, and, if
desired, the prices may be added in manuscript or otherwise.
No trade circular or prices current must exceed one ounce
in weight.

FOREIGN BOOK POST.

The following are the regulations of the foreign book post:—
(1.) The postage to the United Kingdom, Australian
Colonies, the Dominion of Canada, and the United
States of America 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.
The postage to all other foreign places may be ascer-
tained on reference to the table of rates of postage pub-
lished from time to time in the New Zealand Postal
Guide. Book packets which may be insufficiently pre-
paid will be treated as described in section 8.
(2.) Every packet must be sent either without a cover, or
in a cover open at the ends or sides, so as to admit of the
enclosures being examined. For the greater security of
its contents, the packet may be tied at the ends with
string, but in such case the Postmaster is authorized to
cut the string, although if he do so he must again tie up
the packet.
(3.) A book packet may contain any number of separate
books or other publications (including printed or litho-
graphed letters), photographs (when not on glass or in
cases containing glass or such like substance), drawings,
prints, or maps, and any quantity of paper, parchment,
or vellum; and the books or other publications, prints,
maps, &c., may be either printed, written, engraved,
lithographed, or plain, or any mixture of these; but no
printed matter or prints will be allowed, except such as
may be printed on paper, parchment, or vellum. Fur-
ther, all legitimate binding, mounting, or covering of a
book, &c., or of a portion thereof, will be allowed, whe-
ther such binding, &c., be loose or attached; as also
rollers in the case of prints or maps, markers (whether
of paper or otherwise) in the case of books, and, in short,
whatever is necessary for the safe transmission of such
articles, or usually appertains thereto; but the binding,
rollers, &c., must not be sent as a separate packet.
(4.) No book packet may contain anything which is sealed
or otherwise closed against inspection; nor must there
be any letter, nor any communication of the nature of a
letter, whether separate or otherwise, unless the whole
of such letter or communication be printed. Entries,
however, merely stating who sends the book, &c., or to
whom it is given, are not regarded as a letter. Indeed,
as respects the name and address of the sender, not only
is the writing permitted, but it is even recommended;
so that if the cover come off, or for any other reason the
packet cannot be forwarded, it may be returned.
(5.) No book packet must exceed two feet in length, or
one foot in width or depth, nor must it exceed five
pounds in weight. The limit of weight on a book packet
addressed to any of the countries comprised within the
General Postal Union, a list of which appears at the
end of the table of rates of postage published from time
to time in the New Zealand Postal Guide, is two pounds.
Packets exceeding the foregoing weights and dimensions
will not be received at any Post Office.
(6.) Any packet which shall not be open at the ends or
sides, or shall have any letter or any communication of
the nature of a letter written in it, or upon its cover,
will be charged with double letter postage, less the value
of postage stamps affixed, and forwarded to its address.
(7.) If a packet be found to contain any letter not wholly
printed, whether closed or open, or any enclosure sealed
or otherwise closed against inspection, or any other un-
authorized enclosure, the packet will be charged with
double letter postage, less the value of postage stamps
affixed, and forwarded to its address.
(8.) If a book packet or pattern parcel be not sufficiently
prepaid with stamps, but nevertheless bear stamps of the
value of one rate, it is forwarded charged with the defi-
cient postage, together with an additional rate of four-
pence in all cases, except for parcels marked for trans-
mission vid Brindisi, and when marked via Brindisi,
sixpence.
(9.) All bona fide printed matter enclosed in envelopes slit
or partially open at the ends, and having the fly turned
inside, so that the contents may be examined without
cutting or tearing the envelope, instead of being gummed
over in the usual manner, is to be permitted to pass
through the post at book-post rates.

It is the duty of Postmasters, whenever they have ground
for suspecting an infringement of any of the above conditions,
and occasionally even where there is no ground for suspicion, to
open and examine book packets posted at or passing through
their offices.

To prevent obstacles to the regular transmission of letters, a
Postmaster may, when necessary, delay forwarding any book
packet until the following despatch.

The main business of the Post Office being the transmission
of letters, the forwarding of books and newspapers (which no
one is compelled to send through the Post Office), though an
important, is only a secondary object, for which no arrangement
can be made which would interfere with the quick and regular
conveyance and delivery of letters. Books, therefore, which
would be injured by being thrust into a bag and hurriedly
pressed down like a bundle of letters, should not be sent
through the post.

FOREIGN PATTERN AND SAMPLE POST.

The following are the rules of the foreign pattern and
sample post:—
(1.) A pattern parcel is a bond fide pattern or sample of
merchandise. Goods sent for sale or in execution of an
order (however small the quantity may be), or any arti-
cles sent by one private individual to another, which are
not actually patterns or samples, are not admissible.