Oct. 10.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1287

No packet may contain anything which is sealed or otherwise closed against inspec-
tion; nor must there be any letter, or 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
admissible. Indeed, as respects the name and address of the sender, not only is the writing
permitted, but it is recommended; so that if the cover comes off, or for any other reason
the packet cannot be forwarded, it may be returned. A book may also contain a manuscript
dedication, or a complimentary inscription from the author. Passages in the text to which
it is desired to call attention may be marked with a simple stroke.

If a packet be posted so made up that it cannot be opened without tearing the
cover or breaking the seal, or if it contain any letter or any communication of the nature
of a letter written in it, or upon its cover, whether closed or open, or coin or bank notes,
or any enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any other unauthorized
enclosure, the packet will be charged double letter postage less the postage affixed, and for-
warded to its address.

Any packet posted wholly unpaid or insufficiently prepaid will be charged double
the deficient postage.

Bona fide printed or lithographed matter may be enclosed in envelopes entirely
open at one end or side, or having the fly turned inside, instead of gummed over in the
usual manner, so that the contents may be examined without cutting or tearing the envelope.

Trade and professional accounts passing between creditor and debtor cannot pass
at book rates of postage, but must be prepaid as letters.

Foreign Book Post.

For rates of postage to all places outside New Zealand see page 1275.

The conditions under which books and printed and written matter may be sent
through the post to all places outside New Zealand are in the main the same as under
the Inland Book and Packet Post Regulations. Press manuscript cannot, however,
be sent to places outside New Zealand. For the regulations as to the pattern and sample
post to places outside New Zealand see Foreign Pattern and Sample Post. The extreme
limit of weight of a packet for countries in the Postal Union (not including the United
Kingdom and India) is four pounds; and for New South Wales, Queensland, and Fiji the
maximum weight is three pounds. There are other limitations which will be found in the
table of rates. For the United Kingdom and India the limit is five pounds in weight, two
feet in length, and one foot in breadth or depth.

If a packet be posted not open at the ends or sides, or contain any letter, or any
communication of the nature of a letter written in it, or upon its cover, whether closed or
open, or any enclosure sealed or otherwise closed against inspection, or any other un-
authorized enclosure, it will be detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office.

If a book packet for the Australian Colonies, India, the United Kingdom, Canada,
and other British-American places, and the United States of America be not sufficiently
prepaid with stamps, but nevertheless bear stamps of the value of one rate, it is forwarded
charged with the deficient postage, together with a fine of an additional rate of fourpence
in all cases. Books and parcels for France if posted wholly unpaid will be detained; if
short paid they will be charged double the deficient postage and forwarded. Book packets
for all other countries and places named in the table of rates of postage, to which prepay-
ment is compulsory and which are irregularly posted or not fully prepaid, are detained and
the addresses advertised for one month on a list outside the Post Office, and if not released
they are then sent to the Dead Letter Office for disposal.

Foreign Pattern and Sample Post.

For Rates of Postage see Table of Rates of Postage, page 1275.

A foreign packet is a bona fide pattern or sample of merchandise. Goods sent for
sale or in execution of an order, or any articles sent by one private individual to another,
which are not actually patterns or samples, are not admissible, except for India,
Victoria, and New South Wales To New South Wales the limit of weight for such packets
is sixteen ounces. No package can be transmitted containing fluids or articles of similar
nature unless securely packed in tin cases, nor may anything dangerous or offensive be sent.

No packet shall exceed eight inches in length, four inches in width, and two
inches in depth, and eight ounces in weight, for places within the Postal Union, except
the United Kingdom and India. Parcels, however, for Belgium, France, Greece, Luxem-
burg, Portugal, Switzerland, the Argentine Republic, and the United States are accepted
up to one foot in length, eight inches in width, four inches in depth, and twelve ounces
in weight (see Table of Rates of Postage). Parcets for the United Kingdom, India, the
Australian Colonies, and other non-Union countries (except New South Wales, Queensland,
and Fiji), are not to exceed two feet in length, and one foot in width or depth, and five
pounds in weight. For New South Wales, Queensland, and Fiji, the limit is three pounds
in weight for bona fide patterns, &c. Packets exceeding these weights and dimensions will
be detained, advertised, and returned to the sender, if possible; otherwise sent to the Dead
Letter Office.

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.

There must be no enclosure other than the samples or articles. The parti-
culars which are allowed to be furnished under the preceding rule must in all cases be
given, not on loose pieces of paper, but on the covers or on small labels attached to the
samples or the bags containing them, or the packet will be treated as a letter.

The articles must be sent in covers open at the ends, so as to be easy of examina-
tion. 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 department 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.

Insufficiently prepaid packets are charged with double the deficient postage, and
then forwarded; and wholly unpaid, are detained and sent to the Dead Letter Office.

Bags entirely closed, even though they be transparent, must not be used for the
transmission of seeds to any foreign country except the United Kingdom the United
States of America, Holland and its possessions, Belgium, Denmark, Greece, Portugal and
its possessions, and Switzerland; and samples of intrinsic value must not be sent to
foreign countries.