New Zealand Gazette – 1889 – No. 3

Page 39

✨ Postage Rate Table Continuation

JAN. 17.] THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 39

TABLE OF RATES OF POSTAGE—continued.

COUNTRIES, ETC.	ROUTE.	ORDINARY LETTERS.	REGISTERED LETTERS.	NEWSPAPERS.	BOOKS.	PACKETS.
		Not exceeding 1/2 ounce.	Every additional 1/2 ounce.	Fee in Addition to Postage.	Each Newspaper.	By weight (each Newspaper)
		s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.	s. d.
Australia and Fiji.
New South Wales, Queensland, South
Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western
Australia	...	0	2	0	2	0

| Europe. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Austria and Hungary, Belgium, Denmark, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Faroe Islands, Heligoland, Holland, Iceland, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Portu- | San Francisco ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| gal, Roumelia, Roumania (Moldavia, Wal- | Plymouth ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| lachia, Bucharest), Russia and Poland, | Suez and Italy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Servia (Belgrade), Spain and Balcaric | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Islands, Sweden, Switzerland, Sardinia | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| ... France (also Algeria and Corsica) | San Francisco ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1a | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2bf |
| | Plymouth ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1a | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2bf |
| | French packet (e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Suez and Italy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| Germany (including Baden, Bavaria, Bremen, | San Francisco ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Brunswick, Saxony, Lauenburg, Prussia, | Plymouth ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Wurtemburg, Hessen, Mecklenburg-Schwerin, | Suez and Italy | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1a | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2b |
| Mecklenburg-Strelitz, Oldenburg, Saxe- | German packet (e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Weimar, Reuss, Schaumburg-Lippe, Lippe, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Gotha, Anhalt, Schwartzburg-Rudolstadt, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Waldeck, Reuss, Schaumburg-Lippe, Lippe, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Lübeck, Hamburg, Alsace-Lorraine, Han- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| over, Frankfort, Schleswig-Holstein, Grand | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Duchy of Luxembourg) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| ... Gibraltar and Malta | Suez ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1d | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2b |

| Greece and Ionian Islands, and places in the | Suez ... | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Levant, including Cyprus, Crete (Candia), | San Francisco ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Rhodes, &c. | Plymouth ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Italy, including Venetia and Sardinia | San Francisco ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1a | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2bf |
| | Suez ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |

| Turkey, including Albania, Adrianople, Bos- | San Francisco ... | 0 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| nia, Bulgaria, Lagos, Mitylene, Salonica, | Plymouth ... | 0 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Galatz, Gallipoli, Varna | Suez ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1a | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Suez and Italy | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | San Francisco ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Plymouth ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2a | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| | Brindisi or Naples (e) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |

| Polynesia. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Cook Islands, Fiji, Friendly Islands (Tonga), | ... | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Marquesas, Low, Gambier, Easter, Navi- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| gator (Samoa), Norfolk, Pitcairn, Ducé, New | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Hebrides, Solomon (Lord Howe), and Society | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Islands (Tahiti) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| New Caledonia, Marshall Islands, Hawaii | ... | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 1 | ... | ... | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| (Sandwich), New Guinea, &c. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

| West Indies. | San Francisco and New | 0 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0a | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 3a | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3b |
| Antigua, Bahamas, Barbadoes, Cuba, Curagoa, | York | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Dominica, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Hayti, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Domingo, Jamaica, Martinique, Mont- | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| serrat, Nevis, Porto Rico, Santa Cruz, St. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Eustatius, St. Kitts, St. Lucia, St. Martin's, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| St. Thomas, St. Vincent, Tobago, Tortola, | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Trinidad, Turk's Island, &c. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

a. The weight of a packet of newspapers, commercial papers, printed papers, or books is limited to 4 pounds 6 ounces.
b. 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 (see page 84), except Belgium, France, Greece, Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland vid France, Italy, and the United States, to which the limit is 12 inches in length, 8 inches in width, 4 inches in depth, and 12 ounces in weight.
c. Cannot be registered.
d. A further charge on delivery.
e. Must be specially addressed.
f. 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 page 84), except the United Kingdom, to which such articles can be forwarded at the letter rate if registered.
g. Letters, Book-packets, and Newspapers 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 2 ounces for all countries except Australia, and those enumerated in the first group under Polynesia, which are subject to the lesser rates shown in the table.

VUW Te Waharoa — NZ Gazette 1889, No 3

In 1865 Parliament moved to Wellington and sat in the Wellington Provincial Council Chambers (depicted). Gradually expanded into a larger complex of buildings, it was replaced by the General Assembly Library in 1899

✨ LLM interpretation of page content

🚂 Continuation of Table of International Postage Rates (continued from previous page)

Domain🚂 Transport & Communications
Dated17 January 1889
KeywordsPostage rates, International mail, Tariffs, Postal Union

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