THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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(2.) The rates of postage are the same as for book packets.
(See clause 1 of the Foreign Book Post Regulations.)
(3.) No packet of patterns or samples must exceed twenty-
four ounces in weight; and to countries comprised
within the General Postal Union the limit of weight
for patterns and samples is eight ounces. Packets ex-
ceeding these weights 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, a trade mark and numbers, and the prices of the
articles, otherwise the packet will be treated as a letter.
(5.) There must be no enclosure other than the samples
themselves. The particulars, which are allowed to be
furnished under the preceding rule, must in all cases be
given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on small labels
attached to the samples or the bags containing them.
(6.) The patterns or samples must be sent in covers open
at the ends, so as to be easy of examination. Samples,
however, of seeds, drugs, &c., may be enclosed in boxes,
or in bags of linen, or other material, fastened in such a
manner that they may be readily opened, or in the case
of samples of seeds in bags entirely closed, provided that
they are transparent, so that the officers of the depart-
ment may be able to satisfy themselves as to the nature
of the contents. If this rule be infringed, the packet
will be treated as a letter.
(7.) Insufficiently paid packets of patterns or samples 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, a packet of patterns or samples
may, when it is necessary, be kept back by any Post-
master until the following despatch.
(9.) 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 or ore, and such like, as
samples, provided that they be packed and guarded in
so secure a manner as to afford complete protection 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 will be detained, and a notice of its detention
will be sent to the person to whom it is addressed or to
the sender, who may then obtain it upon personal appli-
cation; but the packet will be charged with a fine equal
in amount to the postage to which the packet was liable
as a packet of patterns.
(10.) A packet of patterns or samples sent vid the United
Kingdom to Portugal, Madeira, the Azores, Cape de
Verds, France, or to Turkey, Syria, or Egypt, by French
packet, must not exceed eighteen inches in length, width,
or depth; a packet to any other place abroad must not
exceed twenty-four inches in length or twelve inches in
breadth or depth.
(11.) Bags entirely closed, even though they be trans-
parent, must not be used for the transmission of seeds
to any foreign country except the United States of
America, Holland and its possessions, Belgium, Den-
mark, Greece, Portugal and its possessions, and Switzer-
land; and samples of intrinsic value must not be sent
to foreign countries.
(12.) No letter or other packet (whether registered or
otherwise) containing either gold or silver money, jewels,
or precious articles, or any other article whatever, liable
to Customs duties, can pass through the post 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.

Tenders for Inland Mail Services for 1879 and 1880.

General Post Office,
Wellington, 6th September, 1878.
SEALED Tenders will be received at the several
Chief Post Offices in the colony, until Saturday,
the 5th of October proximo, for the conveyance of
Mails between the under-mentioned places, for a
period of two years, from the 1st January, 1879, to
the 31st December, 1880, both days inclusive.

POSTAL DISTRICT OF AUCKLAND.

1. Auckland, Newton, and Ponsonby, twice daily.
   2. Auckland and Eden Terrace, daily.
   3. Auckland, Eden Terrace, and Whau, daily.
   *4. Whau Bridge and Henderson's Mills, twice weekly.
2. Whau Bridge, Titirangi, and Muddy Creek, weekly.
3. Auckland and Devonport, twice daily.
4. Auckland and Stokes Point, daily.
5. Auckland and Upper Parnell, daily.
6. Auckland, St. John's College, Panmure, and Howick, daily.
7. Railway Station, Ellerslie, and St. John's College, daily.
8. Railway Station, Ellerslie, and Howick, daily.
9. Otahuhu and Mangere, thrice weekly.
10. Onehunga and Mangere, thrice weekly.
11. Railway Station and Post Office, Otahuhu, daily.
12. Railway Station and Post Office, Woodside, daily.
13. Railway Station and Post Office, Papakura, daily.
14. Papakura and Wairoa, thrice weekly.
15. Drury and Springfield, twice weekly.
16. Railway Station, Pukekohe, and Waiuku, twice weekly.
17. Waiuku and Port Waikato, weekly.
18. Waiuku and Pollock Settlement, weekly.
19. Railway Station, Pukekohe, Pukekohe East, and Bombay,
    thrice weekly.
    *23. Railway Station, Pokeno, Queen's Redoubt, and Pokeno,
    thrice weekly.
20. Railway Station and Post Office, Rangiriri, thrice weekly.
21. Railway Station and Post Office, Taupiri, thrice weekly.
22. Newcastle, Whatawhata, Waitetuna, and Raglan, twice
    weekly.
23. Newcastle, Whatawhata, Waitetuna, and Raglan, thrice
    weekly.
    *28. Newcastle and Alexandra, thrice weekly.
24. Whatawhata, Harapipi, and Alexandra, weekly.
25. Whatawhata, Harapipi, and Alexandra, twice weekly.
26. Raglan and Aotea, weekly.
27. Hamilton and Ngahinepouri, weekly.
28. Hamilton and Waitoa, thrice weekly.
29. Railway Station and Post Office, Hamilton, twice daily.
    *35. Hamilton and Cambridge, daily.
30. Cambridge and Pukerimu, thrice weekly.
    37. Ohaupo, Pukerimu, and Cambridge, daily.
    38. Ohaupo, Te Awamutu, and Kihikihi, daily.
    39. Ohaupo, Paterangi, and Alexandra, thrice weekly.
    40. Auckland, Harkin's Point, and Waitemata Mills, daily.
31. Riverhead and Ararimu, weekly.
32. Riverhead and Ararimu, twice weekly.
33. Helensville and Kaukapakapa, thrice weekly.
34. Helensville and Kaukapakapa, daily.
35. Kaukapakapa and Komokoriki, weekly.
36. Auckland, Stokes Point, Lucas Creek, Dairy Flat, and
    Wade, twice weekly.
37. Wade and Parakakau, weekly.
38. Wade and Wangaparca, weekly.
39. Wade and Puhoi, weekly.
40. Waiwera and Orewa, weekly.
41. Wade, Orewa, and Waiwera, weekly.
42. Waiwera and Upper Waiwera, weekly.
43. Waiwera and Puhoi, weekly.
44. Te Kapa and Lower Matakana, weekly.
45. Warkworth, Kaipara Flats, and Tauhoa, weekly.
46. Warkworth, Wellsford, and Port Albert, weekly.
47. Warkworth, Wellsford, and Port Albert, twice weekly.
48. Port Albert and Wharehine, weekly.
49. Warkworth and Pakiri, weekly.
50. Wellsford, North Oruawharo, Te Arai, and Mangawai,
    weekly.
51. Wellsford, North Oruawharo, Te Arai, and Mangawai,
    twice weekly.
52. Wellsford, Kaiwaka, and Maungaturoto, weekly.
53. Maungaturoto and Paparoa, weekly.
54. Paparoa and Pahi, weekly.
55. Maungaturoto, Waipu, Mangapai, and Wangarei, weekly.
56. Mangapai and Maungakaramea, weekly.
57. Wangarei, Maungakaramea, and Tangihua, weekly.
58. Wangarei, Kamo, and Ruatangata, weekly.
59. Wangarei and Kaurihohore, weekly.
60. Wangarei and Ngunguru, weekly.
61. Wangarei and Ohaeawai, weekly.
62. Wangarei Heads and Waipu, weekly.
63. Wangarei Heads and Parua Bay, weekly.
64. Russell and Wangaruru, fortnightly.
65. Russell and Wangaruru, weekly.
66. Russell and Paihia, weekly.
67. Russell and Kawakawa, twice weekly.
68. Kawakawa, Ohaeawai, and Waimate, twice weekly.
69. Waimate, Okaihau, and Hokianga, weekly.
70. Hokianga, Whirinaki, and Omapere, weekly.
71. Wangaroa and Kaio (overland), weekly.
72. Wangaroa and Totara, weekly.
73. Mongonui, Oruru, Awanui, Kaitaia, and Ahipara, weekly.
74. Ahipara and Parenga, fortnightly.
75. Kapanga and Tokatea, thrice weekly.
76. Kapanga and Tokatea daily.
77. Kapanga and Wangapoua, weekly.