β¨ Parcel Post Rate Schedule
DEC. 11.]
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE. 1317
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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| REUNION | .. | Via France | Not exceeding 2lb .. s. d. 4 10 |
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 7 4
7lb 7 9 | Greatest length, 2ft.;
greatest length and
girth combined, 4ft. | Letters.
RHODES (see TURKEY). | | | | |
ROUMANIA | Direct steamers to London | Via Cologne. | Not exceeding 2lb .. 4 1
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 7
3lb 7 0 | 2ft. in any direction | Letters, plants, or parts of
plants, except seeds and dried
roots.
| | Via Hamburg.. | Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 9
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 3
7lb 6 9 | " | Ditto.
ST. CROIX
Delivery of parcels confined to
chief post office. | Ditto | Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamers | Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 5
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 5 11
3lb 7 2
7lb 11lb10 11 | Same as Inland Par-
cel Post | Letters.
ST. HELENA | Ditto | Union and Castle
Lines of mail
packets | Not exceeding 1lb .. 1 9
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2 5
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 2 | Ditto | Bullion, ostrich-feathers, base
coin, books infringing British
copyright, Cape brandy, arrack,
Bengal rum, agua ardente.
ST. JOHN (same as ST. THOMAS).
ST. KITTS (see LEE WARD ISLANDS).
ST. LUCIA
Delivery of par-
els confined to
chief post office. | to London | Direct steamers | Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamers | Not exceeding 1lb .. 1 9
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2 5
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 2 | | Letters.
STE. MARIE DE MADAGASCAR (same as NOSSI-BΓ).
ST. THOMAS
Delivery of par-
els confined to
chief post office. | to London | Direct steamers | Royal Mail Com-
pany's steamers | Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 5
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 5 11
3lb 7 2
7lb 11lb10 11 | |
ST. VINCENT, West
Indies
Delivery of par-
els confined to
chief post office. | Ditto | Ditto.. | Not exceeding 1lb .. 1 8
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2 3
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 2 | |
SALONICA (see TURKEY).
SARAWAK | Direct steamers
to London | Peninsular and
Oriental steam-
ers from the
Thames | Not exceeding 1lb .. 2 1
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 3 1
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 6 | |
SARDINIA (see ITALY).
SENEGAL | Direct steamers
to London | Via France | Not exceeding 2lb .. 4 0
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 6
3lb 7 1 | Greatest length, 2ft.;
greatest length and
girth combined, 4ft. | Letters.
SERVIA | Ditto | Via Austria | Not exceeding 2lb .. 4 1
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 7
3lb 7 0 | 2ft. in any direction | Letters, parts of the vine.
| | Via Cologne. | Not exceeding 2lb .. 4 1
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 7
3lb 7 0 | |
| | Via Hamburg. | Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 9
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 3
7lb 6 9 | |
SICILY (See ITALY).
SIERRA LEONE | Ditto | African and Bri-
tish and African
Companies'
steamers | Not exceeding 1lb .. 1 10
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2 7
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 3 | Same as Inland Par-
cel Post. |
SMYRNA
Parcels are de-
livered on applica-
tion by addressees
at Customhouse. | " | Cunard and Pa-
payanni steam-
ers direct from
Liverpool | Via Liverpool.
Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 2
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 5 8
3lb 7 8
7lb 11lb10 2 | Ditto | Letters, firearms, tobacco, salt,
plants, swordsticks, materials
for the composition of gun-
powder, books unfavourable to
the Ottoman Government.
| | Via France. | Not exceeding 2lb .. 4 0
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 3lb 6 6
3lb 7 1 | Greatest length, 2ft.;
greatest length and
girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, articles of exceptional
value, tobacco, salts, firearms.
SPAIN
A list of the
places in Spain to
which parcels may
be transmitted
can be consulted
at any post office. | Direct steamers
to London | Via France | Not exceeding 2lb .. 3 9
Exceeding 2lb but not exceeding 6 lb 6 3 | Greatest length, 2ft.;
greatest length and
girth combined, 4ft. | Letters, firearms and ammu-
nition, air-guns, reproductions
of Spanish maps or plans, mis-
sals, breviaries, rosaries, relics,
&c., plants, articles of excep-
tional value.
STRAITS SETTLE-
MENTS (Malac-
ca, Penang, Pro-
vince Wellesley,
and Singapore) | Ditto | Peninsular and
Oriental Com-
pany's steamers
via the Thames | Not exceeding 1lb .. 1 10
Exceeding 1lb but not exceeding 2lb 2 4
For each additional lb or fraction of
a lb up to 11lb .. 1 0
Parcels for H.M. ships on the China
station must be prepaid at the rate of
parcels for Hongkong | Same as Inland Par-
cel Post | Opium, spirits.
Parcels will also be accepted, at sender's risk,
for Johor, Perak, Selangor, and Sungie Ujong, in
the Malayan Peninsula; but such parcels, except
those for Johor, will be liable to a charge on de-
livery, for transmission from Penang to Singapore.
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Continuation of Foreign Parcel Post Rates Schedule via London
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π Transport & Communications11 December 1889
Parcel Post, Rates, Schedule, International Mail, Postage, Table, Prohibitions, Customs
NZ Gazette 1889, No 69