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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
[No. 64

TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE—continued.

Countries, etc.
Route.
Ordinary Letters.
Registered Letters.
Newspapers.
Packets, etc.
Not exceeding ½ ounce.
Every additional ½ ounce.
Fee in Addition to Postage.
Each Newspaper.
By weight (each Newspaper)
Not exceeding 2 ounces.
2 ounces to 4 ounces.
Every additional 4 ounces.
Not exceeding 1 ounce.
1 ounce to 2 ounces.
2 ounces to 4 ounces.
4 ounces to 6 ounces.
6 ounces to 8 ounces.
8 ounces to 10 ounces.
10 ounces to 12 ounces.
12 ounces to 14 ounces.
14 ounces to 16 ounces.

Venetia ... ... San Francisco and England
Brindisi ...
Venezuela ... ... San Francisco ...
Brindisi and England ...
Victoria ... ... Direct
Volo ... ... San Francisco and England
Suez ...
Wallachia ... ... San Francisco and England
Brindisi ...
Western Australia ... Direct
W. Indies, except places named
British ... ... San Francisco ...
Foreign (a) ... ... Brindisi and England ...
Wurtemburg ... ... San Francisco and England
Brindisi ...
Whydah (c) ... ... San Francisco and England
Brindisi and England ...
Zanzibar ... ... San Francisco and England
Aden ...

• To port of arrival only.
  † To Town of Tripoli only.
  ‡ Correspondence to be sent by private ship must be addressed "By private ship," and, if by a particular one, the name of the vessel must be given.
  a. No pattern packet must exceed 8 inches in length, 4 inches in width, 2 inches in depth, and 8 ounces in weight. This applies to countries in the Postal Union, except to Belgium, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland and France, and the United States, to which the limit is 12 in. in length, 8 in. in width, 4 in. in depth, and 12 ounces in weight. The weight of a packet of newspapers, commercial papers, printed papers, or books for countries in the Postal Union is limited to 4 pounds. Note.—To all other countries not comprised within the Postal Union, and also to the United Kingdom, packets not exceeding 2 feet in length, 1 foot in width or depth, and 5 pounds in weight, may be sent. c. An additional charge will be made on delivery. d. The postage for France and French possessions on commercial papers, which include printed papers of all descriptions, except newspapers, and written papers of every kind which are not of the nature of actual correspondence, is 6d. for any weight up to twelve ounces, and 1d. for every additional ounce. On pattern and book packets, 1d. per ounce. e. Unpaid and insufficiently prepaid letters for France will be forwarded to destination, but double the unpaid postage, or double the deficient postage, as the case may be, will be charged on delivery. Insufficiently prepaid packets will be forwarded, taxed double the deficient postage, but wholly unpaid packets will be detained, and sent to the Dead Letter Office. Newspapers must be prepaid.
  Note.—Letters, Books, and Newspapers for all places, except the Australian Colonies, Fiji, and the Chatham Islands, can be forwarded by private ship direct, as opportunity offers, upon payment of the ordinary ship rates, viz.:—Letters, 6d. per half ounce; newspapers, 1d. each; book packets, 2d. per two ounces.
  Letters or packets, registered or otherwise, containing gold or silver money, jewels, or precious articles, or anything liable to Customs duties, cannot be transmitted through the post to any country of the Postal Union (see next page), except the United Kingdom, to which, however, such packets can only be forwarded at the letter rate.
  Any number of newspapers may be sent as a book packet; but if sent as newspapers the specified rate must be paid for each paper, whether one or several be enclosed in the same

§ Denotes compulsory prepayment.

Amendment of Regulations under "The Post Office Act, 1881."

WM. F. DRUMMOND JERVOIS,
Governor.

ORDER IN COUNCIL.

At the Government House, at Wellington, this twenty-seventh day of September, 1887.

Present:

His Excellency the Governor in Council.

WHEREAS by "The Post Office Act, 1881" (hereinafter termed "the said Act"), it is enacted that it shall be lawful for the Governor in Council from time to time to make, alter, and revoke rules and regulations for the managing of the several post offices, for the receiving, despatching, conveying, and delivering of letters, and for the several other purposes in the said section mentioned: And whereas by Order in Council bearing date the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, certain rules and regulations were made under the said Act: And whereas it is expedient to revoke the said Order in Council in part, and to make other provision in lieu thereof:

Now, therefore, His Excellency the Governor of the Colony of New Zealand, in pursuance of the power and authority conferred by the said Act, and by and with the advice and consent of the Executive Council of the said colony, doth hereby revoke the Order in Council of the fifth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, published in the New Zealand Gazette of the fifteenth day of April, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, to the extent set forth in the First Schedule hereto, and in lieu thereof doth hereby make the rules and regulations specified in the Second Schedule hereto; and doth hereby declare that this order shall take effect as from the first day of October, one thousand eight hundred and eighty-seven.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

All the regulations set forth in Order in Council of the 5th April, 1886, under the following headings, viz.:

Rates of postage and conditions of transmission.
Pattern and sample post (inland and foreign).
Book post (inland and foreign).