✨ Parcel Post Rate Schedule
DEC. 11.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE.
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SCHEDULE—continued.
FOREIGN PARCEL POST RATES, VIA LONDON.
| Colony or Country. | Route from New Zealand. | Route or Means of Conveyance from London. | Rate of Postage. | Maximum Dimensions. | Special Prohibitions. |
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| GUADALOUPE Delivery of parcels confined to chief post office. |
Direct steamers to London | Via France | Not exceeding 2lb . . 4s. 10d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 7s. 4d. |
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| " 7lb 7s. 9d. | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters. | |||
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| HELIGOLAND | Ditto | By sea direct, General Steam Navigation Company's steamers via Hamburg | Not exceeding 2lb . . 2s. 6d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 3s. 0d. |
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| " 3lb 7lb 5s. 8d. | 2ft. in any direction. | Pork, bacon, sausages, &c. | |||
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| Via Belgium by Belgian mail packet | Not exceeding 2lb . . 2s. 9d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 3s. 4d. " 3lb 7lb 5s. 11d. | | |
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| HERZEGOVINA (same as BOSNIA). | | | | ||||
| HOLLAND | Ditto | Netherlands mail packets via Queensborough | Not exceeding 2lb . . 2s. 8d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 5s. 2d. " 3lb 7lb 5s. 10d. |
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| " 7lb 11lb 8s. 11d. | 2ft. in any direction. Parcels slightly longer than 2ft. are admitted if their other dimensions are small | Letters, fresh meat, pork, bacon, sausages, hides, &c. | |||
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| HONG KONG (including Amoy, Canton, Foochow, Hankow, Hoihow, Macao, Ningpo, Shanghai, Swatow)* | Direct steamers to London | Peninsular and Oriental st'm'rs via the Thames | Not exceeding 1lb . . 1s. 11d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 5d. |
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| For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 03d. | Same as Inland Parcel Post | Opium. | |||
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| INDIA (including Aden and Burmah, also the following places on the Persian Gulf and in Turkish Arabia:— Baghdad, Bahrain, Bandar, Abas, Bushire, Busrah, Guadur, Jask, Linga, and Muscat) | Ditto | Peninsular and Oriental st'm'rs via the Thames | Not exceeding 1lb . . 2s. 1d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 9d. |
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| For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 2d. | Ditto | Ditto | |||
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| ITALY (including Assab and Massawah) | Ditto | Via France. | Not exceeding 2lb . . 3s. 9d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 7lb 6s. 3d. | Greatest length, 2ft.; greatest length and girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, tobacco, sea-salt, pork in any form, bacon, plants or living parts of plants (except cut flowers and fruit from 1st November to 31st May), vegetable manure, game from 1st January to 1st September, playing-cards addressed to S. Marino, arms, or chemical compounds without the express previous permission of the Italian authorities, fresh meat, parcels addressed to persons condemned to hard labour or to soldiers in military prisons; and (via France) articles of exceptional value, such as gold or silver articles, and jewellery. |
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| Via Belgium, Germany, and Switzerland | Not exceeding 2lb . . 4s. 0d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6s. 6d. |
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| " 3lb 7lb 6s. 11d. | |||||
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| JAMAICA | Royal Mail Company's steamers | Not exceeding 1lb . . 1s. 10d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 7d. For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 3d. | Same as Inland Parcel Post | Letters. |
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| JANINA and JERUSALEM (see TURKEY). | | | | ||||
| JAVA, BATAVIA, SAMARANG, and SVERABAYA | Direct steamers to London | Via Holland | Not exceeding 2lb . . 3s. 8d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6s. 2d. " 3lb 7lb 7s. 5d. |
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| " 7lb 11lb 11d. 2 | 2ft. in any direction | Letters, opium, firearms, or parts of firearms. | |||
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| Other places in Java (see list at any post office) | Ditto | Ditto | Not exceeding 2lb . . 4s. 1d. Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6s. 7d. " 3lb 7lb 7s. 10d. |
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| " 7lb 11lb 11d. 9 | Ditto. | Ditto. | |||
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| LABUAN | Ditto | Peninsular and Oriental Company's steamers via the Thames to Singapore | Not exceeding 1lb . . 2s. 0d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 11d. |
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| For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 5d. | Same as Inland Parcel Post. | ||||
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| LAGOS, Africa | Ditto | African and British and African Companies' steamers | Not exceeding 1lb . . 1s. 10d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 7d. For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 3d. | Ditto. | Ditto. |
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| LAGOS, Turkey (see TURKEY). | | | | ||||
| LEEWARD ISLANDS (West Indies) Delivery of parcels confined to chief post office of islands. |
Direct steamers to London | Royal Mail Company's steamers | Not exceeding 1lb . . 1s. 8d. Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2s. 3d. For each additional 1lb or fraction of a lb up to 11lb 1s. 1d. | | |
*Parcels will also be accepted for other places in China, but at sender's risk.
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NZ Gazette 1889, No 69
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Continuation of Foreign Parcel Post Rates Schedule
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🚂 Transport & Communications11 December 1889
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